Problem Building — 85 Anton Lembede Street
85 Anton Lembede Street, Durban CBD
Problem Building — 85 Anton Lembede Street, at 85 Anton Lembede Street, Durban CBD in Durban, is a government-owned derelict — a state-owned property recorded as derelict under municipal audit. Its current official status is recorded as: Under Investigation. The tracker classifies it as high risk.
Documented details
Explicitly identified in eThekwini annual reporting as a municipal bad-building intervention site. Described as vacant for years and vandalised. Presidential eThekwini Working Group said it showed "visible improvements" — indicating prolonged municipal remediation rather than final resolution.
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Data integrity and legal notice
Data is sourced from City of Johannesburg GFIS audit records, court papers obtained through public reporting, official municipal revitalisation plans, and documented fire incidents. Properties are described according to their official legal or municipal status — for example, “subject to eviction proceedings” or “classified as derelict under municipal audit” — rather than asserted as fact by Odyssey Tools independently.
This data is aggregated solely from official municipal filings, public court documentation, and published journalistic sources. It does not constitute independent valuation, legal advice, or structural assessment by Odyssey AI Labs. This tracker covers a documented sample — the City of Johannesburg alone reports 188 active hijacked building cases citywide.