PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ILLEGAL OCCUPATION 15

PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ILLEGAL OCCUPATION 15 JUNE 2011 1

OBJECTIVE To Provide the Portfolio Committee with information on the status and processes involved in illegal occupation 2

MANDATE • Unlawful occupation is dealt with in terms of the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from Unlawful Occupation of Land Act, Act 19 of 1998; • What is unlawful occupation: Means “a person who occupies land without the express or tacit consent of the owner or person in charge, or without any in law to occupy such land” • Prevalence: – New informal settlements – Newly constructed but unallocated houses 3

Prevention of Illegal Eviction from Unlawful Occupation of Land Act, Act 19 of 1998; • No person may occupy land without the consent of the owner; • If so guilty of offence and is liable to a fine or imprisonment not exceeding two years; • Act prescribed certain procedures; • 14 days before hearings court must serve written notice of proceedings – must be adequate notice and allow the unlawful occupier to defend case 4

Prevention of Illegal Eviction from Unlawful Occupation of Land Act, Act 19 of 1998; • Notice must indicate date and time of court case, grounds for eviction; • If land is occupied less than six months, court may grant order of eviction if satisfied that it is just and equitable to do so; • If land is occupied more than six months land must be made available by municipality or other organ of state for relocation of unlawful occupiers 5

Municipal procedures • After becoming aware of illegal occupation, visited area with Metro Police; • Both Council and private land need to obtain eviction order within 48 hours; • If not then Council has to provide illegal occupiers with basic services as determined by Extension of Security of Tenure Act; • If private landlord fails to secure eviction order, then Council can also be expected to provide basic services as determined by court in the “Grootboom” case, Cape Town; 6

BENEFICIARY ADMINISTRATION • Responsibility: Local Government: • Determine: – Number of informal settlements; – Size of backyard dwellers; – Housing needs in area • Compile waiting list • Package projects in IDP for possible funding from various sources, for example: – Housing needs : Dept of Human Settlements – Social grant needs: Dept of Social Development • Human Settlements projects and funding approved by MEC based on LG proposals 7

BENEFICIARY OCCUPANCY AUDIT • Beneficiary Occupancy Audit done in 2009/10 financial year on 262 686 households in seven Provinces; • Findings in various Provinces as follows: 8

MAJOR FINDINGS • Free State ITEM PERCENTAGE NUMBER Legal Occupant 30 4 470 Renting 2. 2 328 Purchase 2. 0 298 Registered title deed 23. 2 3 427 Valid ID 99. 8 14 780 Habitable (none or 79. 0 11 385 Not Habitable (major 19. 3 2 876 minor defects) 9

MAJOR FINDINGS • North West ITEM PERCENTAGE NUMBER Legal Occupant 26 11 660 Renting 4. 2 763 Purchase 3. 0 545 Registered title deed 30. 8 10 904 Valid ID 99. 5 15 679 Habitable (none or 78. 1 17 821 Not Habitable (major 19. 5 3 543 minor defects) 10

MAJOR FINDINGS • Mpumalanga ITEM PERCENTAGE NUMBER Legal Occupant 19 4 633 Renting 5. 4 1 029 Purchase 2. 6 496 Registered title deed 22. 3 3 321 Valid ID 99. 5 14 820 Habitable (none or 68. 0 10 278 Not Habitable (major 21. 8 3 246 minor defects) 11

MAJOR FINDINGS • Gauteng ITEM PERCENTAGE NUMBER Legal Occupant 30. 8 16 056 Renting 2. 0 1 127 Purchase 1. 6 808 Registered title deed 52. 2 27 201 Valid ID 97. 5 50 808 Habitable (none or 89. 2 46 516 Not Habitable (major 1. 7 865 minor defects) 12

MAJOR FINDINGS • Western Cape ITEM PERCENTAGE NUMBER Legal Occupant 31. 1 7 174 Renting 4. 4 1 932 Purchase 3. 2 1 408 Registered title deed 54. 3 12 525 Valid ID 98. 8 22 790 Habitable (none or 97. 8 23 016 Not Habitable (major 0. 2 46 minor defects) 13

MAJOR FINDINGS • Kwa. Zulu-Natal ITEM PERCENTAGE NUMBER Legal Occupant 52. 5 13 893 Renting 2. 4 15 815 Purchase 2. 1 563 Registered title deed 33. 9 8 970 Valid ID 99. 2 26 260 Habitable (none or 97. 1 25 718 Not Habitable (major 1. 1 295 minor defects) 14

MAJOR FINDINGS • Limpopo ITEM PERCENTAGE NUMBER Legal Occupant 55. 8 12 373 Care Taker Occupant 10. 5 2 345 Dependant 7. 1 1 585 Second Owner 11. 9 2 629 Unoccupied 2. 9 643 Not built 8. 4 1 862 Habitable (none or 82. 9 18 369 Not Habitable (major 17. 1 3 801 minor defects) 15

COMPARISON OF PROVINCES ITEM FS NW MP GT WC KZN LP Legal Occupant 30. 0 26. 0 19. 0 30. 8 31. 1 52. 5 55. 8 Renting 2. 2 4. 2 5. 4 2. 0 4. 4 2. 4 0 Purchase 3. 0 2. 6 1. 6 3. 2 2. 1 0. 0045 Registered title deed 23. 2 30. 8 22. 3 52. 2 54. 3 33. 9 N/A Valid ID 99. 8 99. 5 97. 5 98. 8 99. 2 97. 1 Habitable 79. 0 78. 1 68. 0 89. 2 97. 8 97. 1 82. 9 Not Habitable 19. 3 19. 5 21. 8 1. 7 0. 2 1. 1 17. 1 16

THANK YOU 17