A mother-in-law who was 105 years old sold the family home in Meadowlands, Soweto, that her son and his family had been living in for more than 40 years to a new homeowner. As a result, the son and his family have been forced to live on the streets.

 

 

 

Caroline Sekano, who is 70 years old, was forced out of her home on Wednesday by the new owner, who works for the Department of Housing and is only known as Vincent. According to members of the neighbourhood, the new owner arrived with his “army of men” to evict Caroline Sekano.

Reports say that the men tried to get Sekano and her daughter Kagiso out of the house by breaking down the locked gate and throwing furniture and household items into the street.

Because of this, Sekano and her daughter are now homeless, and it is unclear where they will be able to find a place to sleep following their eviction and the sale of the four-room house. The procedure resulted in the destruction of their furnishings. According to statements that Sekano made to The Star, she and her late husband were given the home by Sekano’s mother-in-law, who is now 105 years old and has since sold the residence.

She said that at the time, they filed an affidavit that gave them control of the home. However, after her husband died, she was told that this piece of paper wasn’t enough. She believes this to be the case because she was told this after her husband passed away.

My mother-in-law left the house to my husband and me in her will. “She gave us the home, and we lived here for more than forty years, right up to the time when my husband passed away,” the woman recounted.

Sekano said in her statement that her sister-in-law Kate had convinced her mother-in-law to sell the house. She went on to say that Kate coerced her mother into signing the paperwork, despite the fact that Kate was aware that her mother was an elderly person who, according to the law, should not have been entrusted with such an obligation.

We were forced to spend the night on the streets because the workers the new homeowner had recruited to help him had to sleep inside the house.

We learned today that we are going to have to move in with them and share the home. That is something I cannot guarantee will be accomplished.

“The new homeowner hired those guys you see outside to frighten us, and they were paid for by the new homeowner.” When this guy buys a house, he hires other individuals to threaten the potential buyers. They did not bother to listen to what we had to say and instead dumped all of our possessions out into the street. “How could you possibly let a lady who is 105 years old sign a purchase agreement?” Sekano asked.

Vincent, the new homeowner, admitted that he’d purchased the property 3 years ago; however, he declined to provide any further information regarding the sale of the home or to provide a response to the allegations that he had sent his men to threaten Sekano into leaving the home. Vincent also declined to comment on the allegations that he had sent his men to intimidate Sekano into leaving the home.

It was disclosed by Kate, the gogo’s daughter, that her mother had sold the property more than three years ago. Kate is the gogo’s daughter.

She claimed that the sale of the home had been conducted in an honest manner and that the individuals who had been living in the house had no right to be there in the first place since the house was her mother’s property.

“The assertion that this residence was sold in violation of the law is a falsehood spread by those individuals. Back in 2015, the home was really put up for sale. My mother sold the home to a guy who is familiar with the law and who had the documents that give him the right to inhabit the residence.

They need to simply pack up and leave the home in order to give the new owner the chance to move in. “As you can see, my mother is exhausted, and as a result, she is unable to go any more on the subject, with the exception of saying that those individuals similarly abused my brother and never cared for him while he was still alive,” Kate stated.

A community leader from the EFF who did not like to disclose her name said that she has requested Sekano’s family to provide her with the particulars of Sekano’s spouse so that she may check and verify the genuine ownership of the home.

She said that according to the statutes of the city, legal ownership rests with the deceased spouse, which in turn makes the wife of the deceased husband, Sekano, the legal owner of the property.