Legal Articles and Guides
Amazon interdict bid dismissed
An urgent application for an interdict to stop the building of Amazon's headquarters in Cape Town has been struck off the roll at the Western Cape High Court.
ANC accused of breaching lease agreement
The ANC is at odds with the landlords of its merchandise store in Gandhi Square, Johannesburg, following the ruling party’s alleged breach of the lease agreement, which has accumulated monthly rentals of over R3m, reports City Press.
Prophet Bushiri ordered to pay for breaching lease
The landlords of the premises where the Enlightened Christian Gathering Church congregated in Pretoria will enforce a settlement agreement against the church’s fugitive leader, self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri, following a court order instructing him to pay nearly R1m for breaching the lease, reports City Press.
City to pay damages for evicting 'park dwellers'
The City of Johannesburg and the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) have conceded that they violated the Constitution by evicting a group of ‘park dwellers’ from the Alberts Farm Conservancy in Randburg on 30 August.
City and evicted 'park dwellers' settle out of court
The City of Johannesburg and the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) have agreed to compensate a group of ‘park dwellers’ after illegally evicting them not once, but twice.
Khoisan settlers face eviction
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment (DFFE) has confirmed that the occupiers of the Khoisan settlement in Grabouw will soon be facing eviction, reports GroundUp.
Judge criticises parties in Melck warehouse battle
The Habitat Council, which has spent 11 years fighting to save an 18th century Cape Town building, has lost its court battle against the city in a Western Cape High Court judgment that saw neither party emerge unscathed.
Payback time, says DA on Ingonyama Trust ruling
The DA has welcomed the ruling by the SCA to reject Ingonyama Trust’s appeal to set aside a KZN High Court (Pietermaritzburg) ruling which declared the Trust’s policy of making communal land occupants sign leases and pay rent as unlawful.
SCA dismisses Ingonyama bid to appeal lease ruling
The SCA has dismissed with costs an application by the Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) for leave to appeal the KZN High Court (Pietermaritzburg) ruling that declared its controversial residential lease programme unlawful.
Private school group disputes Johannesburg rates
Private school group Curro is fighting the City of Johannesburg in two legal cases as it disputes irregular billing and a decision by the city that all private schools must pay rates as if they were businesses.
Amazon appeal set for January
The appeal against the ban on the R4.6bn Amazon office block and park development in Cape Town will be heard by a full Bench of the High Court in January 2023.
Judge lashes Standard Bank and its lawyers
A couple who fell into arrears on their home loan and were about to lose everything are breathing easier after KZN High Court judge ruled against Standard Bank, which was found to have made false allegations in its attempt to repossess the house.
Communicare to appeal thwarted eviction bid
Social housing organisation Communicare says it will appeal a Cape Town Magistrate's Court decision which has thwarted its efforts to have a tenant evicted from her Brooklyn home, reports the Cape Times.
Of power cuts and rent arrears ...
What recourse is available to an aggrieved landlord in the case of a non-paying tenant – with specific reference to the disconnection of electricity supply to the leased premises – and on the other hand, the remedies available to a tenant (whether paying or non-paying) when the electricity supply was unlawfully disconnected?
SCA orders High Court to hear Amazon appeal
The SCA has ruled that a full Bench of the High Court must hear the appeal against the lower court’s ban on the construction of the R4.6bn Amazon office development in Observatory, Cape Town.
