Legal Articles and Guides
Gupta’s Saxonwold mansions back on the market
Two multimillion-rand mansions owned by the Gupta brothers, a trio of India-born businessmen at the centre of a corruption scandal that triggered the nation’s worst political and economic crisis since apartheid, are back on the market in Johannesburg.
SARS wins Shauwn Mkhize challenge
The KZN High Court (Durban) has ordered that five properties tied to reality television star Shauwn Mkhize be sold, granting SARS its urgent application to dispose of the crumbling Sandown estates before their value erodes further.
Construction of Bishopscourt houses gets underway
Some families who were forcibly removed from one of Cape Town’s most affluent suburbs under apartheid are a step closer to returning home, with construction of 86 restitution houses now under way in Bishopscourt, reports News24.
Mother loses bid to reclaim property
The Western Cape High Court dismissed an application by a Hout Bay woman seeking to cancel a property sale agreement with her daughter and son-in-law over a disputed outstanding payment of R200 000, according to IoL.
Data centre appeal to be heard behind closed doors
The City of Cape Town’s approval of a 170MW data centre next to Cape Town International Airport will be considered by the city’s planning appeals advisory panel today, with the appellants raising concerns about the fairness and transparency of the process.
Madlanga commission
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Transnet land occupiers lose eviction appeal
Just two days before their eviction deadline, 161 people occupying Transnet-owned land in Cape Town lost another legal battle when the Western Cape High Court refused their application for leave to appeal, reports News24.
Woman charged with property auction scam
A 32-year-old woman has appeared in the Klerksdorp Magistrate’s Court been in connection with a property auction scam in which a woman was allegedly defrauded of more than R200 000.
Family ordered to vacate property after rent free ride
A Durban family who lived in a Newlands East property for more than 12 years without paying rent has been ordered to vacate the home after the KZN High Court (Pietermaritzburg) found that their lease had been lawfully cancelled.
Concerns over failure to recover stolen state property
Taxpayers have already spent R31.4m on a project to recover stolen and occupied state properties, but only 20 out of the more than 600 properties have been recovered.
SIU flags irregular sale of vacant stands
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has released the findings of its investigation into the fraudulent sale of City of Ekurhuleni vacant land worth more than R58m.
Activists lodge appeal against data centres approval
Civil society activists have lodged a formal appeal against a land use approval that will allow US technology company Equinix to build a hyperscale data centre at King Air Industria in Cape Town, reports GroundUp.
Hollow victory over Sea Point apartment development
Sea Point residents have secured a legal victory against a controversial five-storey luxury apartment development – but the building they fought to stop will remain standing after the Western Cape High Court found the City of Cape Town had approved its plans on the basis of a material error of law, reports News24.
Mansion ‘sold’ to dormant firm after exposé
Mega-contractor and pastor Witness Mazanga allegedly sold his golf estate mansion to a dormant company owned by his alleged wife shortly after News24’s exposé of his R500m City Power contracts, some of which were allegedly ‘fraudulent’ and ‘irregular’.
Evicted families allowed to return to informal settlement
The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) has ordered the City of Ekurhuleni to allow around 570 people and their families to return to the N12 informal settlement in Benoni, and that temporary structures be built for them, pending any court appeals.
