Legal Articles and Guides
Municipality ordered to reconnect electricity
Cradock businessman Ben Schenk – who received ‘rates accounts’ of more than R100 000 a few days after his official rates bill showed that he owed nothing to the municipality – has obtained a court order to stop the ‘electricity disconnection spree’ by the Inxuba Yethemba Municipality in Cradock.
Department intends evicting ‘unlawful’ flat occupants
The Gauteng Department of Human Settlements plans to pursue an eviction order against 500 residents in three blocks of government-owned flats in Extension 22 in Mamelodi East, Tshwane who have unlawfuly occupied the building, reports GroundUp.
R1m compensation award in failed restitution bid
A Mpumalanga family has been awarded R1m compensation by the Land Claims Court in a restitution claim for land currently used for timber operations dating back almost 20 years.
Exxaro wins long battle to evict tenants
Land Claims Court Judge Jane Cowen has highlighted the quagmire faced by labour tenants whose applications are held up in the government’s bureaucracy.
Man cannot sell ex his part of home
A Cape Town man who co-owns a house with his ex-wife approached the Western Cape High Court because he wanted to sell his share of the house to her.
Neighbour gets guest house shut down
A resident of Kenton-on-Sea in the Eastern Cape has taken on the owners of a guest house next to her property, claiming they are intruding on her privacy as they have a full view over her property.
Law firm fails in rezoning appeal
Law firm Sandenbergh Nel Haggard (SNH) – which cried bias when its land use application to operate in Durbanville near Cape Town failed – has been ordered to pay the city’s legal costs, as the Western Cape High Court found the municipality was well within its rights to reject the application.
Limpopo kingdom seeks Gauteng ownership
A kingdom from Limpopo is claiming ownership of land that stretches from Sekhukhune to the Vaal River in Gauteng.
Plett airport upgrade on the cards
A new plan to turn Plettenberg Bay into a regional aviation hub has got some heavyweight businessmen eyeing the crumbling runway.
Nova unable to repay former Sharemax investors
The Nova Property Group is in a desperate financial position and is unable to repay its debenture holders – former Sharemax investors – anytime soon, if ever.
Property syndication complaints a ‘serious problem'
The Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Ombud, which handles disputes in the sector, put more than R39m back into consumers’ pockets over the past financial year, reports the Mail & Guardian.
Attorney exposes alleged Durban land sale fraud
The eThekwini Municipality is investigating how its officials sold a prime piece of real estate in Durban North for R200 000, labelling the sale as ‘fraudulent’, notes a Sunday Tribune report.
Bogus estate agent faces jail after payment default
It could be straight to jail for a Gqeberha woman who defaulted on the conditions of her suspended sentence by not paying back the R500 000 she swindled from unsuspecting clients while posing as an estate agent, reports HeraldLIVE.
Glencore takes municipal powers battle to ConCourt
Glencore will battle it out with two Mpumalanga municipalities at the Constitutional Court in November, challenging local councils’ authority to regulate the transfer of properties.
SCA overturns land claim judgment
Land restitution claimants who were close to receiving R92m in compensation, had their offer partially set aside after red flags were raised with the original claim from 1998, reports BusinessLIVE.
