Court proceedings are now authorized to boot three former MK Party MPs who have been squatting in taxpayer-funded parliamentary homes for over 19 months.
Who are the three former MPs
Who are the three former MPs
- France Bongani Mfiki, Garatwe Agnes Mogotsi, and Nomado Grace Mgwebi got seconded to Parliament on 25 June 2024.
- MK Party yanked them from its list on 7 August 2024 after an internal blowup.
- All three lost party membership and joined a larger group contesting their removal in court.
- Formal eviction notices with a 27 February 2026 deadline were completely ignored.
- Dean Macpherson authorized the Department of Public Works to pursue full court proceedings.
- A cost order against the former MPs is being sought alongside eviction.
- Similar cases at Wingfield in Cape Town and near East London set the precedent.
- Macpherson left the door open for mediation to avoid a drawn-out battle.
- Cape Town's Parliamentary Village has three subsidized complexes strictly for serving MPs.
- Entitlement to those homes vanishes the moment someone exits office.
- Taxpayers cover maintenance, security, and upkeep on all those properties.
- Every month of unauthorized occupation drains public funds further.
- MK Party confirmed reporting the matter to the National Assembly Speaker.
- Macpherson explicitly refused to wade into the party's internal mess.
- Court papers are expected to land imminently through the normal legal process.
- The department is coordinating with law enforcement to safeguard the properties.
