Legal Articles and Guides
Ruling stops bank from auctioning pensioner’s home
Pensioner Deborah Maluka has been given a court-ordered reprieve that prevents Absa bank from auctioning off her home.
Cape Flats eviction case heads to court
Hundreds of people living on land earmarked for the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) are heading to court later this month to fight their eviction.
Hearing for eviction order against homeless sites underway
The Western Cape High Court is hearing an application by the City of Cape Town to obtain a final eviction order for several homeless encampment sites across the CBD.
Probe of loans to Mashatile's son-in-law delayed
Unexplained delays have hampered the Gauteng Partnership Fund's (GPF) probe into loans worth R30m it granted Deputy President Paul Mashatile's son-in-law, Nceba Nonkwelo, for a housing project that was never built.
House defects claim prescribed
A couple who bought a house in Bloemfontein for R1.3m in July 2013 and discovered problems within a year of ownership have failed in their bid to claim damages for the defects.
Legal challenge stalls Bishopscourt land claim
More than 50 years after the Protea Village Community (PVC) in Bishopscourt was forcibly displaced by the Group Areas Act, environmentalists are mounting a legal challenge that could further stall their return to the land.
Couple liable for disputed property sale
A Durban couple who signed a purchase agreement for a Chatsworth property before backtracking on the deal days later has been ordered to pay Wakefields Real Estate R40 000 in commission, as well as their legal fees, IoL reports.
Pretoria court still gutted 13 years after fire
Next month it will be 13 years since a large section of the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court was gutted during a fire. Despite promises to revamp this heritage site, nothing has been done to date.
Liesbeek group drops appeal against restitution project
The Friends of Liesbeek Association has withdrawn an appeal against the Protea Village restitution housing project in Bishopscourt, Cape Town.
Property investors take legal action over hijacked building
The City of Johannesburg is being taken to task over a building it owns that’s been hijacked and cast into ruin, reports EWN.
Sapoa loses rates interdict bid
The South African Property Owners Association (Sapoa) has failed in a bid to interdict the eThekwini Municipality from doubling rates on vacant land, and from taking action against ratepayers who refused to pay the increased amount, reports TimesLIVE.
River Club whistle-blower receives threats
A whistle-blower has been subjected to threats after he exposed alleged fraud and corruption in attempts to remove a key player in a court challenge against Cape Town's River Club development, according to a Weekend Argus report.
Couple loses bid to keep unlawful farm lease
A farming couple in Malmesbury has lost an appeal against a ruling that their lease agreement was in contravention of agriculture legislation.
Ratepayers sue over service delivery dispute
The Westville Ratepayers’ Association (WRA) will know on Thursday whether its urgent court application to stop the eThekwini Municipality from disconnecting water and electricity will be successful.
Businessman in court over ‘rent-free’ luxury penthouse
A Durban businessman who has been living rent free in a R35 000 a month Umhlanga Ridge penthouse for two years has pleaded poverty as he opposes a court application for his eviction from the R12m property.
