WATCH: Tempers flare at squatter camp as eviction seems imminent

Materials for more shacks delivered at the Dann Road squatter camp on February 12 saw squatters coming in numbers to collect boards, poles and iron sheets.

A truck dropped off the items at the entrance of the disputed property.

In the past months, shacks on the property grew in numbers as occupants refuse to move with the intention to make their stay permanent.

While Kempton Express was on an adjoining property on the same day, an argument between a man claiming to be one of the landowners and three squatters was witnessed.

The apparent landowner demanded from the squatters that a shack that had just been erected be demolished. The argument escalated into trades of insults with the man leaving abruptly after seeing the squatters were not budging.

Ward councillor Jaco Terblanche said steps to evict the squatters on Dann Road were being taken and the metro had appointed attorneys to handle the case.

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Terblanche said the landowners also appointed their own attorneys.

“Certain residents also appointed attorneys at a community meeting to protect the interests of community members affected by the illegal land use on Dann Road.

“As we understand there are various court applications. The first application has been brought by council wherein the owner is ordered to utilise the premises for what it is currently zoned,” Terblanche said.

He said a further application for the eviction of the squatters, as advised by the owners’ attorneys, were in the process of being launched.

“The communities’ attorneys were advised by the landowners’ attorneys that an eviction application was in its final stages and would be launched imminently.”

The lawyers representing the landowners did not want to comment on the matter at this stage.