Court allows city to evict foreigners

The Western Cape High Court in Cape Town has granted the city and the departments of home affairs and public works permission to evict foreigners from Wingfield and Paint City in Bellville.

- Vhahangwele Nemakonde

In June, the city approached the court in an effort to evict the remaining 360 foreigners who had been illegally occupying the area since the Covid pandemic began in 2020.

At the time, mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said the state and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees had offered alternative living arrangements to them. While some accepted the offers, others refused, demanding that the government relocate them to Canada or Europe.