Residents of the three-storey Express Building at 44 Nugget Street in downtown Johannesburg say they need help, not eviction.
, but the application was dismissed for being grossly unprocedural. Not only were the occupants not properly served, but the municipality was ignored. There was also no explanation as to why the landlord waited eight years to take action. Many of the occupants had been in the building for over a decade.
She has a bed, a small wardrobe, a little table for their primus stove and a small mirror hanging on the wall."We have stayed here since 2008," says Zulu."We joined people who had hijacked the building." She said there were two murders in the building last year. The building cannot be locked and people come and go.The one usable toilet in the Nugget Street Express Building.Ihsaan Haffejee
Khusitso Seepane, originally from Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga, says she moved into the building in 2010.
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