High court strikes down ‘unlawful and unconstitutional’ eviction of homeless people from Alberts Farm — City of Joburg to help restore destroyed dwellings

Since 13 August 2021, four of the homeless people who have called Alberts Farm Conservancy their home for many years have been deprived of their shelter, privacy and possessions. They have been sleeping without shelter or blankets on some of the coldest nights of the winter. On Friday an equity-affirming order of the Johannesburg High Court directed authorities to rectify the situation as a matter of urgency.