Property hijacking on the rise
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- Property owners should keep their attorneys and private security firms close at hand, as property hijacking is on the rise According to Dominic Steyn, a partner at Cowan-Harper-Madikizela Attorneys, organised syndicates are mobilising and seizing properties. #DStv403
If someone hijack my property, I mobilize the community. Finish and klaar. I don't have money for nonsense.
Well spoken Jabulani, if it happens to me...I will call you
@@marebrooke7761 😂😂😂
@@marebrooke7761 😂😂😂we are not wasting money, Jabulani will help us
@@iam.tshiya6302 😂😂😂😂 preach it!!!!
One of the reasons the crime rate in South Africa is so high because the law is way to soft on criminals and gives them way to much opportunity to get away with crime. Many of the laws are outdated and was created in an entirely different South African era. Serious revision of many laws must become a priority along with an upgrate in law enforcement effectiveness. Criminals are simply walking right over the innocent and then the law ties the hands of the innocent instead of tying the hands of the criminals. The main reason for the high crime rate is due to a culture problem. Mandela was a good man and believed his people are good also. They prove him wrong...
The justice system was intentionally made weak so that if by any chance the ruling cadre and friends endup before the judge, they will walk scotfree. It's not a mistake. They know exactly what they are doing.
@@simplyjapheth6188 One could easily get such an impression. Almost like the laws were designed by criminals. But which ever way. The laws needs a serious revision.
@@NeoFrontierTechnologies I fully agree
I Agree with you in most of the analysis but would add my opinion on the last part, " All races have all sort of people, any situation within human beings can trigger different reactions mostly unlikely situations ". I personally don't convince myself with anything interms of what's wrong, this is wrong
@@sibongeleninxumalo7434 Any person can change for the better. Does not matter what his skin color is. Black is beautiful if his/her inside is. Just a pitty that so few bad people are willing to change ...
Joh, I remember some tenant's also wanted to take over, we had to move in with them that's when they moved out,😭 my advice would be to avoid letting to foreigners and big families
Foreigners are ok for short term rentals. Families are a no go area.
Thanks Joh that's very true don't rent out to foreigners.. I will never, never
That is true my mother warned me. No foreigners 🙅🏽♀️ No families 🙅🏽♀️
They can be one's biggest nightmare
@@zimasamadikizela2346 what happened?
@@moe_ramz nope. For ever foreigner u rent to there 5 more waiting to sneak in n live rent free. So don't rent to foreigners unless u want them messing up ur property
It is so refreshing to hear another south african give such a professional opinion and refusing to mix it up with politics. In my view, the message will hit the mark.
Yes go occupy eff and anc properties. They would love you there
That kak law needs to be amended immediately before law abiding citizens are forced to take the law into their own hands and deal with these criminals!
exactly, we are TIRED of everything not working properly in this country!!!!
Those judges live in their ivory towers. The only thing they have achieved with this judgement is the spreading of vigilantism. I read it takes ZAR 800,000 to bring a case to court. Hiring your won thugs is a lot cheaper. Perhaps someone should do this with their houses, that’ll teach them a lesson.
Very true mates... It has gone from worst to disastrous. Just to think of it, the CBDs have got so bad you're even afraid to walk @. and your safest place is in a public transport (taxis) but then you get robbed. This is too much!!!
I will hire thugs to take them out
I wouldn't' even call it the law. At all
It´s so painful to be a South African, we´re not at all protected in this ANC led lawless country!
Only option is to forcefully take back your property
You forgetting the whose sweat wept
@@SpycosMt what does that mean?
This happened to a friend a few years ago already with a house she rented out. She also had a filling station, so she gave spare keys to all the workers. That evening when the illegal occupants returned home, they were greeted by 5 guys already making food in the kitchen. That was the end of it
This is ridiculous. People can be evil.
We had a problem with squatters in NL for decades, before they criminalised it. Friends of mine had an empty house taken by squatters, the municipality did nothing. So, they waited until the squatters went to work, moved all their property out and put it on the curb (under a tarp). Then they went to town on the house, removed the doors, the windows, electricity, capped the water and even took of the roof tiles. Needless to say that was the end of that.
The law should have been amended a long time ago, the issue has been discussed on various radio stations but this government is not doing anything about until people take the law into their own hands. Always reactive and not proactive
Ok JjM. I didn't know about the proposed amendment. Tjooooo! The government is dragging its feet!!! That's the great opportunity for these outsiders to continue doing bad to the citizens. Soweto Parliament and Operation Dudula must be made aware of this issue.
@@trustingnobody628 some of these syndicates could be working with corrupt people at the deeds office, they are able to transfer properties in their names without the knowledge of the owners. Many people lost their properties through hijackings in places like Hillbrow, Berea, Yeoville, Betrams, Rosettenville, Turfontein including many properties in the inner city. By now something should have happened to address the matter. City of jhb, Dudula and many people know about this problem.
Worse government in the world
@@minlanaidoo7605 I don't think so!
@@jjm5300 and the EFF and SAHRC actively defend such laws, and most recently in the Cape High Court. I smell rats...
The problem is impunity! The moment building hijacking’s became prevalent in the cbd, measures should have been taken to update these laws & provide serious punishment to perpetrators
Take windows and doors down, and if they still refuse to move then start by breaking the roof it works trust me. I did it to my tenants who did not want to pay and i won
You telling a white land invader to cause destruction of black natural owners of the land? The same people who killed Chris Hani, Steve Bantu Biko, Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu, Frederick John Harris, Mthuli Ka Shezi, David Sibeko, Dr Richard Turner, Sipho Hashe, Qawawuli Godolozi, Champion Galela to mention a few. That will not be the sentiment you utter if you were directly affected. The ANC was formed to reposes what the white man had forcefully taken upon settling in Africa. The mighty Nguni Kingdom was destroyed people moved to reserves, black people were commandeered to build the famous buildings today you finding so precious to chase away foreigners from. You are undone if think the white man molded those bricks or mixed morter. It is the sweat of a black man and women who worked for pennies. Whites have had their fair share it is the blood of the fallen heroes that is inspiring the zeal to reap the fruits of liberation.
Samdile, you rock!!!!
Yoh! So much money spent but it was worth it. I call taxi drivers I know and they leave
Thank you for sharing 👍
We all know who are doing this and they are right in those Johannesburg cities centres…Nigerians Nigerians
Send them home. We dont need then here
They must go to their countries dintsa TSE!
It is disgusting the way things are going in this country. Your name and signature is on legal documents to prove that you own the property or rent property, and these people can just come in and possess what you've been paying for.
It doesn't make sense. How does a country not revise outdated laws that have continuously proven to work against its people?
There would be an "unfortunate accident" and my house would accidentally catch fire...
Especially where the cats and dogs are hibernating
@@oldtimereligion1stlady447 What cats and dogs hibernate?
Well. you will have fun as you set it on fire, and as you repair,
Agree set the fucken thing on fire 🔥
@@jameskillu9171Those fighting for you to stay will soon become victims of you. Keep hijacking their properties and they will soon show their true colours.
Had this issue some years ago. Consulted a lawyer and after several weeks and R10k in legal costs decided that the property needed maintenance. Couldn't switch the water or power off, but could take all the outside doors for this 'maintenance'. They absconded quickly. These laws protect the crims.
Thank you for sharing🙂
Cadres: ANC & EFF policy.....occupy! EFF & ANC properties will be next, cadres....
I don't think they understand the consequences of their words, yet followers believe Malema is clever, this is exactly why Africa is struggling, poor leadership, the blind leading the blind
Unbelievable, unimaginable
Blame Julius Malema.He invited them.I wish they can go take his farm.
All those liberals fighting for them to stay in the country. Good that they hijacking their properties. Next they will be selling your property. SA is lawless and we taught new crimes by our lovely neighbours.
A friend of mine spent a year trying to remove a tenant from his property because she stopped paying rent. It was such a difficult process for him, the tenant had vicious dogs and always locked him out. He tried to bring police, private security and the lot. She was never there or always pretended not to be home. He resorted to poisoning her dogs in order to be able to jump over the fence to get into his own property. Even with that, she knew her rights...The law does not favour the landlords.
This government 🤮
Buffoons
Just remove them forcefully. It's not that hard. Let them go to court. Nothing will happen
We must fight back we can not allowed that on our watch
So sad guys to experience all non compliance stories of hijacked buildings as l know and wonder if things are going right there ,there is a Zimbabweans couple living in a mansion house in Orange Groove with cottage for tenants and they say the owner gave them that property just nje or for pleasure ,so l wonder if they are paying for services or levies and all the taxes as they are domestic workers both of them a day they are not working the whole week working for same employer ,the women is working one day there so l wonder if things are right there and asking myself questions, legally or illegally here and how transfer of the house has been done ,heish too rough
Criminal government, Criminal state,laws favoring criminals since 1994.
@Talbot Dylan- Well said😭
It was a criminal state since 1600s. Apartheid set the standards.
@@kamogelomosweu1869 true as well
@@kamogelomosweu1869 You are right it’s a prolongation of pain😭
Just get your own people to evict them.
You telling a white land invader to cause destruction of black natural owners of the land? The same people who killed Chris Hani, Steve Bantu Biko, Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu, Frederick John Harris, Mthuli Ka Shezi, David Sibeko, Dr Richard Turner, Sipho Hashe, Qawawuli Godolozi, Champion Galela to mention a few. That will not be the sentiment you utter if you were directly affected. The ANC was formed to reposes what the white man had forcefully taken upon settling in Africa. The mighty Nguni Kingdom was destroyed people moved to reserves, black people were commandeered to build the famous buildings today you finding so precious to chase away foreigners from. You are undone if think the white man molded those bricks or mixed morter. It is the sweat of a black man and women who worked for pennies. Whites have had their fair share it is the blood of the fallen heroes that is inspiring the zeal to reap the fruits of liberation.
Bring in your traditional doctor or sangoma to perform rituals at property and tell them your ancestors said so. Or bring nyaope boys and tell tenants that they have to share with your cousin's. The nyaopes must start with zol and sleep around 2am daily
my company offers a service that tracks around the clock all our clients assets and investments to prevent things like this
Need to number
we can hope you are telling the truth.
This is very sad. They took our farm and we went to court but to our suprise there was a lot of irregularities even now ww are still struggling but through our new attorney God will assist us to win the case.
Sorry about that Sarah, who are those people?
@@mokone4758 the 2 police officers mobilizing farm dwellers to fight us. So we only utilizing 8 ha and they took 132 ha they gave the land to commercial farmers because they dont have money to plant themselves so we are stuck with our seeds we can't plant on our land.
@@sarahbuda7493 where are these farm dwellers from?
@@sarahbuda7493 And South Africa thinks people will come and invest when things like this are happening
@@sarahbuda7493 The sad part of this saga is that you incur or carry the cost of this litigation. The court will probably say you can evict them provided you offer them alternative farm. Very scary, sorry about your situation and good luck
I know 1 guy who went with a bulldozer and demolished his property, with the illegal tenant's furniture inside. Loss was suffered by all.
😂😂😂
This is sad, out of frustration, the poor landlord took extream measures, because we have a government that does not value and respect property rights.
Why not ? You want property you just take it and there shall be no consequences. The law is on your side. Property owners are the bad guys here. How dare they own property that they paid for.
Nobody owns anything. We r slaves of the system since birth
@@elizabethcollop13 are we blaming whites now.
You are not normal!
@@shanaazabrahams1319 I think its sarcasm to show wat has become of South Africa
@@terryvarta9306 you think
I wonder if SAPS would respond if these illegal tenants just "disappeared" all of a sudden.
Disappeared sounds to me
🤭😅
If the SAPS can't be bothered to assist with a legal eviction, then I'm sure responding to an "illegal" eviction (facilitated privately) would receive no assistance either. Who writes these idiotic laws and why aren't such risks identified prior to ratification.
Torch the damn thing. Going the legal route should be your last resort
Yes that or you bring in Inkabi to clear up the place..
You telling a white land invader to cause destruction of black natural owners of the land? The same people who killed Chris Hani, Steve Bantu Biko, Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu, Frederick John Harris, Mthuli Ka Shezi, David Sibeko, Dr Richard Turner, Sipho Hashe, Qawawuli Godolozi, Champion Galela to mention a few. That will not be the sentiment you utter if you were directly affected. The ANC was formed to reposes what the white man had forcefully taken upon settling in Africa. The mighty Nguni Kingdom was destroyed people moved to reserves, black people were commandeered to build the famous buildings today you finding so precious to chase away foreigners from. You are undone if think the white man molded those bricks or mixed morter. It is the sweat of a black man and women who worked for pennies. Whites have had their fair share it is the blood of the fallen heroes that is nourishing their zeal to reap the fruits of liberation.
Yea. But lock the doors first.
@@mrcohiba1662 😂😂💔
I would like the lawyers speaking - can you put a clause in the tenant's agreement that if they do not pay rent, then asked to move out, and refuse, that the landlord can then have them removed because they signed the agreement??
This is a good point. But can it be done and will it hold up in court
I believe it can be done. In the apartment I'm renting I signed this. They have a strong team of lawyers to fight evictions for none paying tenants. They also made sure that our rent is strictly debit order, and they are the first to debit as soon as the salary reflects 😅😅 I don't know how they do this.
Also if you will be venturing on property it's better to have a lawyer for lease agreements and an agent that will help handle everything for you.
@@kgomotsotlhapane1161 thnx dear🥰
Is very funny that some South African should be talking about exact things that Dudula was fighting for when they marched to Hillbrow twice and the police stopped them by saying those forighners are armed. Where are the owners of this flats ?. If South African whites can stop hiring this arrogant people then we together will fight this people. They say they are South African but they are not there to chase this people out. Take out of the jobs and buildings then we all South African we marched them to the borders.
Bruh iam white and I love Lux he nees to be our next president he thinks about what's good for south africa and the south africans who live in it.
Don't even allow them to rent your property.
Just....use.force...to get them out...." FIRE WITH FIRE "....
The PIE act must amended - its far too biased in favor of tennants and doesn't protect property owners.
High pressure cleaner with pool acid or ammonia
We have been complaining about this long time in Johannesburg. 2011 the property we used to rent at was hijacked. We where forced to move out. I was still in College by then. We tried going to police stations, our closest ANC office to report the matter but it was just waste of time. Rosettenville, Larochelle, Turffontein, Kenilworth many houses were hijacked. Imagine some are grannys who lost there properties now struggling renting from place to place. 😥💔
It just the general lawlessness that happening in the country and the judiciary and the police are not helping the situation. Invading a property in south Africa is not even a crime coz people that invade land and other properties never even get detained by the police. Lawlessness is i a wide range system and once you let off on one side, you let off in everything.
This is getting worse SA demons roaming around buildings now shocking 🙄😳
They learnt from your racist criminal government that raped this country for 399 years
Title "You can't do nothing to property hijackers, law is on their side"., court order to get people out of my house?? Mx I'll bring my boys, dogs and guns m telling you, did they go to court before hijacking my property?
I have been made to understand that Nigerians and foreigners are the hijackers of these buildings. I want to know how a Nigerian or foreigner for that matter can come to RSA and take over a building. Where is the council, provincial govt, immigration, police, lands dept etc?? It is local official, police and some politicians involved in this scam.
Doomed when more brutal criminals will be allowed to rule.Warning has been issued who listened😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@Old time religion 1stLady- What warning- kindly explain 🙏💖
Why should an owner go to court to take back him own property, once again the laws of this country protects the bad guys, they are jst taking advantage of the good guys
Maybe they should start with internasional companies as well. Shell, Angloplat, Anglogold. A few suggestions. All the internationally owned mines.
We are truly a Banana republic! This is the ANC, can't blame anyone else.
I just want to leave South Africa and move to a different country 😪
So called owners of residential buildings must keep abreast with who occupies their apartments. No building will be hijacked if the body corporate or so called owners own up to maintenance or maintaining the buildings.
I have seen a building get hijack in a single night by over 300 people and the owner has been struggling for years to legally get them out, in the end, he gave up because he could not afford the finances of paying for lawyers and paying taxes on a building that was not bringing in any money. Hijackers do not follow the law, but you the legal owner has to, and the law is outdated slow and expensive.
@Frank Frank- You are not totally right- they can hijack even if the building is properly and neatly managed-
One tenant can bad influence other tenants not to make payments to their Landlords- giving them evil valid reasons- and where money is involved-i.e those who are bad influenced will follow suit- and in no time the whole building is hijacked- Believe me it’s bad out there😭
Had a problem tenant with no lease. Gave a lease to 10 street men and moved them in. Tenant left in 1 day. A quick alcohol deal got the homeless out. Everyone happy. Except tenant. Shame miss him.
How is it that you need to go to court to remove trespassers from your property? What the hell?
I'm on the same stress, my hause was taken by my ex fiance. I've been up and down with lawyers 10 months now. She's inside with her criminal family members.
South Africa is a DEMOCRAZY!!!!
God bless our troubled Country...
Thank you ...
Is property hijacking unique to South Africa? South Africa's human development index is below the world's average with a declining trend! SAD!
Or just blow them away
You call that a solution?!?
Who is highjacking the buildings?!
Stop beating around the bush and tell it like it is!!!
Buildings in Jhb are highjacked by our neighbouring "African brothers and sisters"
Lol, when it happens to the 'affluent' areas only then does it become a problem. Very good. I like this syndicate. Working very well 😌✊🏿
I give up with this country
It seems like to many of the laws in the country protects criminals over victims... Correct me if I am wrong?
Let's think carefully who benefits from building hijacking clearly attorneys are if u go the court route. Do what is right the law is abused right from the highest office who are we not abuse it.
this is a policy of the ANC since 1993 - I been a victim of his act by ANC supporters - supported by the SAPs in Durban - been to court several times - whilst winning my case 3 times - being removed by dum sheriff of the court - and another occasion the last by black SAPs officers who accepted the verbal court version of the invaders supported by a letter of a leading top official of the ANC ....This is the country freedom we fought for so hard
I'm sorry to hear that...
@enca are you assisting people currently facing this issue of their property in the process of being hijacked. If you do please help us.
How is this allowed by law enforcement agencies and the owners? Why do owners not report the crimes? Something is not adding up
This happens in Uk it cannot operate here in SA even in Uk its not effective at all this country should not dare bring that here 😒
what about the illegal occupation of land? Farm land listed on the departments land reform applications, have people going and occupying the land during the long process, after which they then put in an application with those current coordinates, which leaves the department in a position to "just give it up". That same farm land destroyed for wood and grazing. No development support for the occupants, funds funneled and kept within. WHY IS THERE NO INVESTIGATION ON THIS! COME TO LIMPOPO AND FIND OUT!
All they should do is get the sheriff and arrest the property and lose and lock up the said property short and sweet
Fight fire with fire.
I think this is a crime if someone occupate your apartment, stolen your furniture...this have to be punished like this!!!. You as owner have right to go inside your apartment and change the door key...even change completely the door!!! Its your property!!! Install security cameras inside so you can see on your phone in real time what happens in your apartment and instal alarm!!! You have right everytime to go inside in your apartment but with some BIG guys never alone. It's your property you not have any agreement with the people what are inside....
By publicising these things. You are going criminals ideas....you literally provide operational strategies
We all know we have a government problem. And especially, a border problem.
Good thing I got my father property and information on under safekeeping
SA Law needs to cater for SA's ridiculous out of control levels of crime!!!!!
my mum is facing the same issue and for her it was an inheritance from my grandmother and she had rented it out. who can we contact to help her.
Audrey as sad as it sounds pls do yourself a favour organise friends and take all doors down or move in with them cause no one is coming to your help, i did it and so can you. The law wont help instead it favours tenants...just do it and record everything..
Can you sell it without those people knowing
Yoh! This country, I know of foreigners who rented a house after some years they took over that house illegally, I don't know what happened to the real owners. yah this government has really failed us.
How do they even get into a private security estate??
Sad to say landlords has less rights to their own property tenant are the ones with more power.
I experienced that first hand. Thank the Lord they are finally out but left me with a huge bill.
Bull chitt ..ek soek Ramapoesa se plaas
Ich auch!😂😂😂
And they tell young people if you want to build passive income then buy property 🤣hell no!
How can someone hijack your property because they don't even have a title deed. That nonsense.
In MTHATHA E cape this is what happening and police and criminals are together doing this game. They build houses in somebodys land, threaten the tenents to pay rent to this sindicates ( including government property rent now paying to this syndicates) Law need to be changed......
Welcome to the criminal anc.
How much electricity is being wasted with that door opening and closing constantly? And VERY distracting as a viewer. Please move back to your proper studios in Cape Town.
There are more serious issues than that door...that's all you concerned about...getting enca back to CT your comfort zone? Are you a narcissist or feel entitled😎🙄😏
Way do property theft more writed than the property owner
Now you call it Property Hijacking...😂😂
Is lobbying for this an consideration
What is definition of occupation within the law
....or just burn the property with the criminals inside, and claim insurance on the damages. That will send a clear message.
Just put Temik in the geysers.
Release live snakes , like loads of them. Puff adders and cobras would be a good start.
Can't you torch the building?
I have hijacked a plot in Cape Town, due to the fact that at Department of Human Settlement it shows that I have RDP House. When ask them where is my house, I need a title deed number and address, dololo answer.
it's been 6 years and I'm stress free but I'm paying municipal charges, like water, electricity, sewerage, refuse and rates.
A directive is NOT the law
Yuh, this is one of them, take the law into your own hands. Court crap later
Bro, ANC must fall!!!!! This is nonsense.
Who are these syndicates🤔???
Throw them out the window, no more syndicate...simples
Internationals
Oh yes
@@not.likely who are internationals? You mean the British,Italians,Australians etc I hope😉🙄
@@TlhakisiM why do want to blame innocent people
It includes all internationals but let's face it...we have big problems with immigrants and con artists from African states like Nigeria
I don't think European countries are interested in SA anymore. Once they've moved there, life's so good it would be torture for them to return.
Most of them never return anyway
Just follow the commentary and you'll see
@@not.likely you just speaking for the sake of having to, list those buildings we go there and seek a place to stay and we see who will process us. Here is the thing, black people were commandeered to build the famous buildings today you finding so precious to chase away foreigners from. You are undone if think the white man molded those bricks or mixed morter. It is the sweat of a black man and women who worked for pennies. Whites have had their fair share it is the blood of the fallen heroes that is nourishing their zeal to reap the fruits of liberation.
@@SpycosMt So, I'm not going to waste my time any further...
You have 2 options. The modern life and the simple life. Both have advantages and disadvantages
Take your pick
we all know the people highjacking the properties or are we scared to be. called xenophobic?
There is NO law enforcement!
Change the laws
Please someone help me with further explanations, I totally got lost with this post