09/02/2018
Press Release: Court finds Endumeni housing lists arbitrarily applied and manipulated
Today, 09 February 2018, in the Pietermaritzburg High Court, relief was granted to the Endumeni Civic Association, representing 294 RDP housing applicants who were robbed of their houses through corruption by the Endumeni Local Municipality officials and the Housing Committee.
The Legal Resources Centre, on behalf of the Endumeni Civic Association, challenged the arbitrary application and manipulation of the reconstruction and development programme (RDP) housing waiting lists, unclear RDP housing allocation systems and policies, and the alleged corrupt allocation of RDP houses in Ward 4 and 5 of the Municipality.
In the judgment handed down today, the court found that the conduct of the Municipality is unconstitutional. Further that the arbitrary, irrational and unreasonable allocation of houses in Ward 4 and 5 must be reviewed and set aside. The LRC welcomes the judgment and supports the Court’s call upon the Endumeni Local Municipality to file a report within two months identifying all the applications for RDP houses pertaining to Ward 4 and 5 of the area of Dundee.
Read more: http://lrc.org.za/news/press-release-court-finds-endumeni-housing-lists-arbitrarily-applied-and-manipulated/
