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HOW TO ACCESS CITY OF TSHWANE’S 2020 GENERAL VALUATION ROLL
Monday, 25 May 2020
- Published in 2020, community Schemes, COVID-19, News
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WORKING FROM HOME IN SECTIONAL TITLE SCHEMES
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
Tshwane’s 2020 General Valuation Roll
Tuesday, 07 April 2020
MUNICIPALITIES AND “SNAIL MAIL”
Friday, 21 February 2020
INTRODUCTION This article considers the legal obligation of municipalities when it comes to sending notices, letters of demand and court documents via e-mail, “snail mail” (ordinary post) and “certified” or “registered” mail. This is important to consumers of municipalities because if the municipality in question fails to serve properly in accordance with law, the demand
- Published in 2020, Municipal Law
EXPROPRIATION #5: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 25 OF THE CONSTITUTION, FEBRUARY 2020
Friday, 07 February 2020
INTRODUCTION This article is one in a series on expropriation that looks at some of the fundamental legal issues surrounding expropriation without compensation (“EWC”). A list of the earlier articles in this series can be found at the end of this article. This instalment examines the proposed amendments to section 25 of the Constitution of
- Published in 2020, Expropriation without compensation (“EWC”).
WHEN ARE ENGINEERING CONTRIBUTIONS DUE AND PAYABLE?
Friday, 17 January 2020
INTRODUCTIONThis article examines more closely the thorny issue of when engineering contribution figures demanded by the municipality become due and payable. COMMON MUNICIPAL PRACTICE In most (but not all) municipalities it is common practice to require payment of any engineering contribution figures levied (but not paid) at the time when rates clearance figures are applied
- Published in 2015, Engineering Contributions
VACANT GARDENS AND PROPERTY RATES
Friday, 17 January 2020
INTRODUCTIONThe purpose of this article is to explain the laws and policies that determine how property rates and other services are charged to erven that do not have residential homes on, but form part of the garden of a person’s residence. TYPICAL EXAMPLE The problem discussed in this article most commonly arises where a person’s
- Published in 2015, Property Law
UNUSUALLY HIGH WATER BILL?
Friday, 17 January 2020
INTRODUCTIONThere can be nothing more alarming than suddenly receiving a monthly invoice containing municipal charges that far exceed what you had expected or budgeted for. There are three possible reasons why you may have suddenly received an unusually high water bill. The City* may have:i. overestimated the amounts that you should be charged for based
- Published in 2015, Unusual Water Bill
SPOLIATION IN COMMERCIAL LEASES
Thursday, 16 January 2020
INTRODUCTION It is a settled law that if a landlord unlawfully deprives a tenant of electricity or water supply at a residential property, this constitutes spoliation, or unlawful dispossession. This unlawful dispossession can beprotected by bringing an application to a Court for an order that the supply be restored immediately. The action under which this
- Published in 2015, Spoliation
MULTI-DWELLING PROPERTIES AND THE COJ
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
INTRODUCTIONProperties on which residential sectional title schemes or apartment blocks are built must be billed by the City in a manner that takes into account the number of ‘dwelling units’ or ‘flats’ at the property.This is because in terms of our law, each ‘unit’ or ‘flat’ is entitled to 6 free kl of water per
- Published in 2015, Property Law
