Retired civil servant faces eviction from govt accommodation

Nxumalo urged the government to consider his plight and that of one of the other occupants.

“I was given a three-month notice to vacate this house,” he said.

“Upon receiving that notice, I told the authorities that I was still trying to have my compensation papers fixed as well as my pension. I have however exceeded those three months here. I have now been served with an eviction order from the court. I have been given one month’s notice to leave this house.”

He further explained: “Before all this, as Mabutweni Messengers’ Camp residents, we had written a letter requesting the President to look into our accommodation issue since we never benefited from any of the government’s housing schemes. We had also requested that the new dispensation give us ownership of these houses which are now very old and no longer serviced.”

He said it was unfortunate that some occupants had since retired before the issue could be finalised.

“However, I am not refusing to vacate this house, we however appeal to the President that we be given title deeds,” he said.

“We served this government but it seems there are no benefits for that. I had thought the courts would sympathise with me but they did not care or even consider the years I served the government.”