People are trapped in squalid and hazardous living condition

• Author: Karen Watkins karen.watkins@inl.co.za
• Published date: 12 May 2022
• Publication title: Constantiaberg Bulletin

“That’s exactly what it is,” said Ward 62 councillor Emile Langenhoven, after joining Sub-council 20 chairwoman Xanthea Limberg and other officials on the tour of the area on Tuesday April 29. “People who have made a wrong turn and have been imprisoned there ever since. There is little chance of escape. My thoughts always return to the children who live there.”

Ms Limberg and Mr Langenhoven vowed to use all legal means to tackle the problems in Ebor Road.

Dr Leif Peterson, the co-director for the Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation, a non-profit company, accompanied them on the tour of this short, mixed-use road running parallel between the railway line and Wynberg Main Road. He said decay had plagued the area for over a decade. His office in the southern section of the road is up for sale.

The inspection included two double-storey buildings – one in Ebor Road, once home to Uli Heydt Master Butchers, and the other on Wynberg Main Road – as well as a lane dividing the block.

According to City records, 8 Ebor Road belongs to Purple Rain Properties 171 and the one at 263 Wynberg Main Road is owned by Up Front Investments.

Company records list Ulfila Axel Alexander Heydt as the sole director of Purple Rain Properties 171 and as the...