In some cases the properties are illegally occupied while in others they are unlawfully rented
Gauteng residents have helped themselves to 60 pieces of land and unoccupied buildings belonging to the government, turning them into lucrative businesses.
His office is a custodian of provincial state properties with a more than R48bn asset register. They consist of health and education properties, vacant land, nature reserves and others. “In Rethabiseng , a [piece of] state-owned land is used as a driving school, with permanent structures constructed by the illegal occupiers. Other sites have old government properties, which are illegally occupied. A 9ha vacant [plot] in Rietvallei has been occupied by a trucking and planning business, enclosed with electric fencing,” he said.14 vacant plots are used as informal settlements, Ngobese said.
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