Bo-Kaap residents have accused property developer Blok Urban Living of underhanded tactics after the developer’s Western Cape High Court application to interdict residents from interrupting construction at its Lion Street site.
The application, before Judge Patrick Gamble, was for the interdict to be made permanent.
However, Judge Gamble found that the application had what seemed outstanding procedural issues which needed to be addressed, the absence of which could impede his ability to give a fair judgment on the matter.
In November, irate residents picketed against the development and against the delivery of a crane.
After heated arguments with police, the residents were met with force, including stun grenades and rubber bullets.
The developer’s lawyer had identified respondents in the second interdict application, which included nine protesters (five arrested), the Bo-Kaap Neighbourhood Watch and its chairperson.
