Pensioner has to live in shack despite ‘owning’ RDP house for 17 years

This article highlights the plight of Bridget Mokhetle, a 60-year-old woman from Roodepoort, who has been forced to live in a dilapidated shack for 17 years despite officially owning an RDP house allocated to her in 2008. Her house, along with about 50 others in the Sol Plaatjie settlement, was illegally occupied before being handed over to rightful beneficiaries. A 2012 Corruption Watch report revealed that many homes were invaded due to delays, vandalism, and municipal inaction, including failure to enforce a court-ordered eviction. Mokhetle, who holds a title deed but cannot reclaim her house, is excluded from other housing opportunities because she is already registered as a homeowner. Living without basic services and exposed to dangerous conditions, she has turned to Legal Aid and community protests led by SANCO, demanding government intervention and an end to housing-related corruption.

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