/ 13 June 2025

Joburg officials implicated in RDP house hijackings in Freedom Park

Residents are living in shacks and rented rooms despite having legal title deeds to houses they were allocated under the Reconstruction and Development Programme

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Stolen: Title deed holders’ homes in Freedom Park have been taken by illegal occupants, and they now live in shacks. Photo: Aarti Bhana