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Duty of Sellers to Evict Squatters from Property

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Evicting squatters and unlawful occupiers from property can be a difficult, costly and time-consuming process. If you want to sell a property with unlawful occupiers on it, the purchaser will require that the illegal occupiers first be evicted (the purchaser will insist on obtaining “vacant occupation”). The Supreme Court of Appeal dealt with this problem …

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Who are occupiers in terms of the EST act and why are they excluded from the ambit of the PIE act?

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The Prevention of Illegal Eviction and Occupation of Land Act 19 of 1998 (“PIE Act”) provides, inter alia, the procedures for the eviction of unlawful occupiers. Section 1 of the PIE Act defines an “unlawful occupier” as someone who occupies land without the express or tacit consent of the owner or person in charge or …

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