{"id":32290,"date":"2026-04-17T14:55:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32290"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:59:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:59:40","slug":"sa-government-to-evict-illegal-occupants-from-over-40-state-properties","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-government-to-evict-illegal-occupants-from-over-40-state-properties\/","title":{"rendered":"SA government to evict illegal occupants from over 40 state properties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa&#8217;s (SA) Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Sihle Zikalala says the government is planning to evict people who have illegally occupied more than 40 state-owned properties in the North West.<\/p>\n<p>Zikalala announced Operation Bring Back in Potchefstroom.<\/p>\n<p>The operation is part of a nationwide plan to reclaim unlawfully occupied and hijacked government properties.<\/p>\n<p>Zikalala says the process will follow legal procedures and involve multiple stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re working on a process of evicting people who are in those properties. We\u2019re following the eviction regulations, working with municipalities to ensure that those who stay there are properly checked. If they are undocumented foreigners, they get repatriated to their respective countries. If criminal activities are happening, criminal cases and charges are laid, and those involved are prosecuted,\u201d said Zikalala.<\/p>\n<p>The government says the operation aims to restore lawful use of public assets and address illegal occupation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22666,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-32290","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Zikalala announced Operation Bring Back in Potchefstroom.","published_date":"","news_description":"Zikalala announced Operation Bring Back in Potchefstroom.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32291,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32290\/revisions\/32291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}