Cape Town - Fourteen Cape Town residents have a month to vacate their homes after being issued with lease terminations by the City of Cape Town for being involved in “illegal activities”.
This comes after mayor Patricia de Lille visited Kewtown and Hanover Park during a drug raid and saw first-hand “the extent to which illegal activities are conducted in council rental units”.
During the raids they were confronted by graffiti on walls, the smell of urine on stairs, illegal electricity connections and drugs inside flats.
De Lille said the 14 notices were served for violations ranging from selling drugs to sub-leasing units.
“In line with the law, the occupants have now been given one month to vacate the units. In the event that they fail to honour the notice… we will institute steps that will ultimately lead to their eviction.”
She said they had identified about 350 more properties where residents were allegedly involved in illegal activities. These were all over the city, not only in Kewtown and Hanover Park.
“Council properties must not be havens for illegal activities. Any occupant who conducts criminal activities on council property does not deserve to occupy one. There are over 350 000 people on the City’s housing database… And while we are determined to meet their housing needs, we will not tolerate any criminal elements in council rental units or any other part of the city,” De Lille said.
She said the council relied mostly on tip-offs from residents and encouraged people to report illegal activities to their nearest housing office.
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