Goverment takes back illegally occupied buildings
The property which is located in Krugersdorp is used without any lease agreement and generates more than R18 000 per month.
The Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development (DID) is intensifying its efforts to reclaim yet another government property that is currently illegally occupied and being used to generate income for a bogus landlord.
The property which is located in Mogale City is used without any lease agreement and generates more than R18 000 per month.
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DID conducted an investigation on the use of the property after complaints were received from members of the public about the nuisance and inconvenience it causes to neighbouring residents.
The property will be added to the pool of buildings earmarked for use by universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges to meet their infrastructure requirements. DID set up a round table discussion with universities and TVET colleges last year after the Provincial Government signed an agreement to use government properties to assist these institutions with their infrastructure challenges. The round table has met four times and concluded engagements for 2017, with a session Wits University today.
DID’s capacity to reclaim and reuse government property was bolstered by the finalisation of the GPG Immovable Assets Register in September 2016 – the property portfolio is worth over R31 billion. The register was established to comply with the Government Immovable Asset Management Act.
Jacob Mamabolo, MEC for Infrastructure Development said “private persons and business people who are living or trading in government buildings to exercise great caution”.
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“Occupants must ensure that documents and papers purporting to give legitimacy and authority to occupying and utilising any government property are legitimate and valid. The law requires us to account for all government assets under our custodianship,” he said. “I intend ensuring that the letter of the law applies to every property in our portfolio. We are therefore reclaiming government property one at a time,” Mamabolo said.
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