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Constitutional law – ss 38 and 172 (1)(a) and (b) of the Constitution – municipality removing and destroying property comprising personal effects and materials used to erect overnight shelter belonging to the homeless applicants in a public health law clean-up exercise – not an eviction – applicants not entitled to mandament van spolie or mandatory substitution of the property – destruction of property unlawful and a breach of applicants’ rights to dignity, privacy and not to be deprived of their property – declaration of the unlawfulness of the destruction of the applicants’ property and compensation therefor appropriate relief.
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Cited documents 3
Judgment 1
1. | Rajah and Another v Balduzzi (76 of 2017) [2018] ZASCA 57 (16 May 2018) | 2 citations |
Legislation 2
1. | Superior Courts Act, 2013 | 1696 citations |
2. | Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act, 1998 | 444 citations |