Tenants at Airport Park Phase 2, a housing complex owned by Ekurhuleni municipality in Germiston, have not paid since 2020 and owe R85m in rent as well as over R40m in rates and taxes. This according to Zingisani Nkamana, chief operating officer of Ekurhuleni Housing Company (EHC) which manages the property. According to Nkamana, the amounts date as far back as 2020 when this property was subject to hijacking were residents stop paying rent and others illegally occupied it.
He was speaking to Sowetan against a backdrop of hundreds of occupants of Airport Park complex being evicted yesterday arising from a court order by EHC to deal with unlawful occupation. This is one of five complexes in Germiston under the company’s management including Pharoah Park, Airport Park, Delville, Chris Hani, and Delville Ext 9. “HistoricallyPharoah Park, Airport Park and Delville — which we call PAD —complexes have been hijacked by unlawful occupants who had taken over the property and not paying rentals and rates and taxes that are due.
“We had to go to court to seek an eviction order. We got the eviction order for Pharoah Park in June 2025 and executed it in August. Subsequent to that we got another eviction for Airport Park which we got in September.
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“However, the unlawful occupants challenged it but in November the court refused it, giving the residents two months to move out or make arrangements to pay.” The Jozi Eviction Team evicting people occupying about 300 units illegally in Airport Park Phase 2, Ekurhuleni, on Monday. The team says residents have been occupying the units for years and do not pay for services.Video:@MimieShanapic.twitter.com/ygbZAbsh3D Nkamana said Airport Park has about 300 units with 278 households facing eviction. “The collective amount that is in arrears owed by the unlawful occupants is about R85m.
As the entity we owe the City of Ekurhuleni R46m in municipal services for the same property because if tenants don’t pay their rentals or services it becomes difficult for the entity to pay to the City. These problems go as far back as 2020. The entity is really at the brink of collapse, hence we are taking these actions,” he said.
On the sidelines of the evictions, tenants had different versions on the issue of non-payment. One said he had moved into the property in 2024 and paid rent up until July 2025 when eviction threats started. “I was confused about whether I should continue paying rent or not because we were told all of us would be thrown out.”
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