It is likely the end of the legal road for five District Six families who have spent years in the courts to stop their eviction from Victorian cottages in Searle Street, which survived apartheid-era demolitions.
In a judgment handed down in December 2025, acting Cape Town magistrate Juan de Pontes granted an order in terms of the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act PIE, in favour of the owner of the properties, Ettiene du Toit, a private developer.
