A spokesperson says the shack dwellers of some 590 structures would have been evicted yesterday in terms of an eviction order the metro obtained.

Free State manager of the HRC, Buang Jones, says the residents of Phase 7 contacted the commission the moment they heard they were going to be evicted.

Jones says the HRC studied the eviction order and filed a court review application a day before the evictions.

"We decided to review the court papers and we found out that the court did not consider their personal circumstances.  The municipality did not make any submission with regard to the provision of alternative accommodation and there was no meaningful engagement before the municipality decided to take this step," Jones says.

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