106 years in practice
Mossel Bay, Western Cape
Old Advertiser Building, 10 Church Street, Mossel Bay
+27 (0)44 601 9900 Docex: Docex 1
33 years in practice
Mossel Bay, Western Cape
36 Franklin Street, Hersham. Great Brak River, Mosselbay044 004 0098
25 years in practice
Mossel Bay, Western Cape
66 Marsh Street, Mossel Bay.083 604 2710
14 years in practice
Mossel Bay, Western Cape
Bridgeway Building, 6 Mascador Street, Voorbaai, Mossel Bay044 001 1100
10 years in practice
Mossel Bay, Western Cape
Cyprus Cottage, 16 Marsh Street, Mossel Bay, 6500044 690 3666
Law Firm
Mossel Bay, Western Cape
8 Regia Crescent, Dana Bay, Mossel Bay (Home-Based)072 876 84766 of the 11 firms in our Mossel Bay directory list evictions as one of their practice areas (55%). Rauch Gertenbach Attorneys has been practising the longest, at 106 years, followed by Wilhelm de Wet Attorneys & Associates (Great Brak River, Mossel B... and Jones Attorneys. All of them have a full profile on our site, with their people, history and the courts they use.
In South Africa nobody may be evicted from their home without a court order. The Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act 19 of 1998 (PIE) sets out the procedure, and the court must consider whether eviction is just and equitable. Eviction lawyers act for landlords and owners, and for tenants and occupiers facing eviction.
Claims of up to R200,000 are heard in the district magistrate's court and up to R400,000 in the Regional Court. The Small Claims Court handles claims of up to R30,000 (from 1 August 2026) without lawyers. No one may be evicted from their home without a court order under the PIE Act. Mossel Bay has its own magistrate's court, the Mossel Bay Magistrate's Court at Louis Fourie Road, Mossel Bay, 6500. The nearest Legal Aid SA office is in George, about 40 km away: Legal Aid SA George Local Office, Tommy Joubert Building, cnr Craddock and Courtenay Streets, George, 6530. Legal Aid helps people who pass its means test, mainly in criminal, family and eviction matters.
No. Taking the law into your own hands is unlawful. A landlord needs a court order to evict, and a tenant who is locked out can apply urgently to be let back in.
It depends on whether it is opposed. The PIE Act requires notice to the occupier and the municipality before the hearing, so even unopposed evictions take some weeks.
Compare the firms above that handle evictions in Mossel Bay and ask whether they act for landlords, tenants or both.
Smaller civil claims from Mossel Bay are heard at the Mossel Bay Magistrate's Court. Larger claims go to the Western Cape Division of the High Court.
Legal Aid South Africa helps people who qualify under its means test. The closest office to Mossel Bay is Legal Aid SA George Local Office, about 40 km away.
