Johannesburg CBD

We really need to go and stop, uh, this at the source to say, "How do we build communities that are safe?" Because if they are safe for children, then they are safe for everyone.

The National Counterfeit and Illicit Goods Unit has seized counterfeit goods worth more than 160 million rands during a multidisciplinary operation in the Johannesburg CBD this week.

This is according to the SAPS, which says the goods were found in several identified shops located in a retail building.

Police spokesperson Amanda Van Wyk says they have discovered more than 62,000 counterfeit items, including high-end branded clothing and jewelry.

All three suspects in the vehicle were certified dead, and two AK-47 rifles, multiple rounds of ammunition and magazines were found inside their vehicle.

The second vehicle, a white Audi, was traced and found at Johannesburg CBD.

Two suspects have been subsequently arrested.

That was police spokesperson Dimakatso Nebulwe.

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but they were all of the Johannesburg CBD.

And it was painted in almost the colors of the 1980s, and the buildings, you know, those sort of architectural buildings of the '80s.

It made me feel very disturbed.

The thing here is the PIE Act doesn't grant ownership rights to squatters.

It just makes the eviction process incredibly complex, like in Johannesburg CBD.

Property owners must follow six strict steps: issue a notice to vacate, approach the court if occupiers don't leave, serve the notice of motion through the sheriff, attend a court hearing where factors like vulnerability of occupiers, all of those things are considered, wait for the eviction order to see if it's granted, and then finally have the sheriff execute the eviction.

Steve Wood, writing on tenant evictions, he notes that the Protection of Eviction Act 1977 extended even to commercial properties, meaning you cannot use force to enter a property where someone is residing, whether that's against the person or the building itself.