Nine Cape Town families are waiting for the keys to their homes as court proceedings against Belhar Pentech development occupiers continue. (Supplied/Democratic Alliance)
Nine families who have been waiting for nearly three years for keys to their new homes are putting up a fight in the Western Cape High Court after occupiers allegedly hijacked their homes.
The City of Cape Town has been fighting for over two and a half years in court to gain an eviction order and restore the homes to the rightful beneficiaries.
In 2021, the night before the nine families were to get the keys to their long-awaited new homes in the Belhar Pentech development, the doors of their new homes were smashed down and a group of occupiers moved in.
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