The Zion Christ Church (ZCC) has won a court battle against businessman Rachidi Maboe over Portion 13 Farm Klipbank, in Masakaneng. The businessman applied for eviction and an interdict against the ZCC and all those occupying the property through him. It was submitted by the ZCC that the property in question belongs to the Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality and not either parties.
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Maboe’s appeal against an order granted by the local magistrate’s court for him to vacate the land he had occupied to build a lodge was dismissed with costs by the Limpopo High Court on 15 May. Despite numerous meetings having been held between several branch members of the church and the Maboe in Groblersdal, he persisted that the property belonged to him. In 2019, the Maboe proceeded to insert poles on the property as proof of ownership of the property.
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Judge Marisa Naudé-Odendaal stated that the local court handed a judgment on March 22, 2024, ordering Maboe and other people occupying portion 13 Farm Klipbank, Masakaneng, to vacate the property on or before 31 May 2024, failing which, the sheriff was authorised to evict them on or after 3 June 2024. She further interdicted Maboe and all those occupying the property through him from taking occupation of the property after being evicted. This was after the ZCC applied for the eviction of Maboe and others and interdicted them from occupying the property, which the church wanted to use as a place of worship. The ZCC submitted that it has a clear right in that the property in question was allocated to it in 2017 by Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality in Ga-Sekhukhune, through a council resolution. The church is liable for erecting the fence on the property. It also decreed that building any structure on the land should be done in accordance with the National Building Regulation and Building Standard Act.
