THE Makhayas have been trapped like prisoners for four years!
The only way the family can get in and out of their own backyard is by climbing over the wall with a stepladder. Sesi Makhaya (40) said the neighbour decided to build a garage room and wall right in front of the entrance to her home in 2010.
To avoid a serious fight, Sesi started going through an open space behind her yard that the community used as a park to get in and out.
But then another family erected a
shack in the park, claiming they had bought the land from the municipality. Then in 2018 the new owners built a two-roomed house, leaving them boxed in their yard.
Sesi said her mother, Ntsamaeng Makhaya (70), isn’t well and when she is sick, they can’t take her to the clinic as its difficult for her to climb the ladder. Lawrence Pepeza (37), who claims his parents bought the park, told Daily Sun they built the two-room house to close the Makhayas’ entrance out of anger.
He said his mum and Sesi fought as Sesi’s boyfriends were making a noise at night, hooting for her to come out which angered his mum.
Emfuleni spokesman Makhosonke Sangweni said one neighbour had built a wall in the servitude and the other had built a house in the park where there was supposed to be a road. “The municipality promises to attend to the problem and find a solution,” he said.
