The Gauteng High Court upholds an interim order for the N12 informal settlement residents to return after their shacks were earlier demolished.
The Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg, is standing steadfast behind an interim order it made last month allowing around 570 individuals and their families to return to the N12 informal settlement near Cloverdene in Benoni.
Judge Stuart Wilson dismissed an application by the City of Ekurhuleni to appeal the interim order. The judge made it clear that the people are allowed to return to the site for now, until the court has finally ruled on the matter.
The judge last month interdicted and restrained the municipality from demolishing any structure erected at the settlement until the final determination of the matter.
Judge Wilson earlier ordered the Ekurhuleni Municipality to erect temporary structures that will house the occupiers while their application for final relief is heard. While not barging on his interim order, the judge did say that his deadline for the municipality to complete the rebuilding of the structures could be varied if the municipality could not meet the deadline.
