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Cape Town · Western Cape · Documented 26 May 2024

DPWI Building — 1 Jan Smuts Drive, Maitland

1 Jan Smuts Drive, Maitland, Cape Town

High RiskUnder InvestigationGovernment-Owned Derelict

DPWI Building — 1 Jan Smuts Drive, Maitland, at 1 Jan Smuts Drive, Maitland, Cape Town 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: Under Investigation. The tracker classifies it as high risk.

Documented details

Official statusUnder Investigation
Building typeGovernment-Owned Derelict
Risk classificationHigh Risk
Address1 Jan Smuts Drive, Maitland, Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape
Estimated occupantsNot available
Legal ownerNational Department of Public Works
Known syndicateNot available
Court order dateNot available
Documented fire incidents0
Date documented26 May 2024

Included in the same enforcement action as 2 Keizersgracht, with the City issuing fines to National DPW for by-law non-compliance and long-running drug and crime complaints. Formally declared a problem building by the City of Cape Town.

Source — City of Cape Town media release + IOL, May 2024

Documented 26 May 2024

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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.