Illegal land grabbers in Faerie Glen, Pretoria East became very hostile and threatened the community that they will burn down their homes and kill them

Dear Residents, I just got back from an attempted land grab of Municipal Property in Faerie Glen, Plaston Str. I arrived on site this afternoon with the community who wanted to meet with the 'owners' of the property after they started building and even put in an illegal water connection to this property, probably to make the construction seem more legitimate. Unfortunately for the land grabbers, the community is very well organized and aware of the fact that this property is a Municipal Road Reserve. I immediately contacted the MMC as well as the Chairperson of Roads & Transport from the site, who confirmed my position that no Municipal Land was sold to these 'owners'. I proceeded to disrupt this meeting, saying that we cannot engage with thugs grabbing land and, unless they can prove the contrary, they should leave - this prompted the land grabbers, who were very diplomatic up until then, to show their true colors and intent. The land grabbers became very h…
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Interdik teen onwettige grondgrypers in Hammanskraal toegestaan

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AfriSake het vandag namens sommige van hul lede ’n dringende interim interdik bekom om grondgrypers te verhoed om privaat grond in Hammanskraal in die noorde van Pretoria onregmatig te beset. Die keerdatum om die saak in die hof te finaliseer, is 8 Januarie 2018.

“Ons maan die publiek om veral in die komende feesseisoen ’n wakende oog oor hul eiendom te hou omdat die tendens van grondbetreding dikwels in hierdie tyd van die jaar toeneem,” sê Charles Castle, bestuurder van AfriSake se arbeidsregadvieseenheid. “Artikel 25 van die Grondwet waarborg aan elkeen die reg om nie arbitrêr van hul regmatige eiendom ontneem te word nie. Ons doen daarom weereens ’n beroep op die SAPD en veral die Pretoria Metropolitaanse Polisie om proaktief op te tree, hul pligte na te kom en die publiek se regte te beskerm. Ons moet elke sentimeter eiendom beskerm wat in besit van regmatige eienaars is. Ons kan nie toelaat dat Suid-Afrika in ’n tweede Z…

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