More than 30 residents of a dilapidated government-owned building, 104 Darling Street in Cape Town, remain in limbo as their urgent eviction case was postponed again.
The building is owned by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, which is seeking to evict the residents. The department says the building is unsafe to live in and will likely have to be demolished.
The department is gathering proposals from the private sector for what to do with the building once the residents are evicted.
After a brief meeting on Thursday with both parties in Western Cape High Court Judge Mokgoatji Dolamos chambers, the matter was postponed at the request of the department. Two months ago, the departments state lawyers failed to show up to court to defend their application.