WATCH: Stranded Tembisa residents head to court following eviction
Pretoria - Women, many holding small babies, lined the corridor outside the urgent court on Monday as they hoped a judge would come to their aid so that they could have a roof over their heads.
According to the municipality these people were never occupying the structures and that when the Metro police arrived there, the structures were empty. Regarding the bribery claims, the municipality said the residents openly admitted that they were part of alleged bribery of the metro officials. It said that there was no proof that any officer was bribed and this was in any event something which the SAPS should investigate.
“Many of the occupants agreed to pay bribes, but a group of us decided to vacate and rebuild our homes on the adjacent property,” she said.
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