Gauteng human settlements department
JHB land invasions case struck off the roll in High Court
A group of residents said to be spearheading land invasions in the south of the city was summoned to appear in court on Tuesday.
This comes after the Auditor-General gave the department an audit disclaimer, which it saw as a huge setback for the province.
Three months ago, it reached boiling point in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, when police and residents clashed when officers tried to evict people.
Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba says that he is shocked that an official the Gauteng Human Settlements Department has admitted to unlawfully accessing sensitive documents relating to the controversial Alexandra Renewal Project.
The city forensic unit has established that a number of files went missing from the locked offices where they were stored.
On Tuesday, the provincial Human Settlements Department handed over 60 houses that formed part of earmarked 200 units for military veterans.
A group of elderly people from that community staged a protest outside Luthuli House earlier on Monday.