BRYANSTON - A once-sprawling 3,500-square-metre Bryanston home now stands stripped, vandalised and carved into a maze of illegally built structures, and the owners are fighting to reclaim it.
It’s the latest example of how property hijackings are tightening their grip on Johannesburg’s suburbs.
City officials conducted a raid and inspection at the property.
Some occupants told eNCA they pay up to R2,000 a month to live here, and a man claiming to be the landlord collects the rent.
He insists he has done nothing wrong, saying he found the property “abandoned,” and arguing he holds a lease agreement.
City officials say they will continue to monitor the property until its cleared of all illegal occupants.
- eNCA's Nabeelah Shaikh reports.