It’s a luxury penthouse or nothing for jobless tenant

Siqu Zungu, who hasn’t paid rent for his Umhlanga apartment for two years, says it’s not fair to evict him because he couldn’t find anywhere else to stay

28 July 2024 - 00:00

A Durban businessman who has been living rent-free for more than two years in a R12m Umhlanga penthouse has applied for leave to appeal an eviction order in a bid to extend his gratis stay at one of the coastal city’s smartest addresses...

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