Cape residents gather outside court

A large group of backyard dwellers illegally occupied the houses in December 2007

Hundreds of people have gathered outside the Cape High Court to hear an application to evict about 1 000 backyard dwellers from incomplete houses in Delft.

The application is spearheaded by the government's housing agency, Thubelisha Homes. A large group of backyard dwellers illegally occupied the houses in December last year.

The units form part of the N2 Gateway Housing Project. 70% of the homes are earmarked for informal dwellers squatting along the N2 in the Joe Slovo informal settlement in Langa. The remaining houses are set to be allocated to backyard dwellers.

Judgment is expected later this afternoon. - SABC