Challenge to termination of lease and eviction by private landlord as contrary to Rental Housing Act and the constitutional right to housing; whether a landlord may cancel a lease, consistent with the terms of the lease, in order to raise the rents on the tenants; Rental Housing Act 50 of 1999.
In May 2012, a complaint was filed with the Gauteng Rental Housing Tribunal. A copy of that complaint and subsequent activity on the case can be accessed at the website of the Social and Economic Rights Institute of South Africa, http://www.seri-sa.org.
This case was groundbreaking in that it affirmed the rights of tenants to challenge excessive rents and unfair lease terminations.