DPWI Building — 104 Darling Street
104 Darling Street, Cape Town CBD
DPWI Building — 104 Darling Street, at 104 Darling Street, Cape Town CBD in Cape Town, is a government-owned derelict — a state-owned property recorded as derelict under municipal audit. Its current official status is recorded as: Eviction In Progress. The tracker classifies it as high risk. An estimated 30 people are reported to be living there.
Documented details
Approximately 30 residents in the three-storey building, some for more than two decades. Additional people living in an informal settlement in the parking area. City declared it a problem building. DPWI launched eviction proceedings citing the structure as unsafe, possibly requiring demolition. Court case postponed multiple times — judgment still awaited as of September 2025.
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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.