BACKGROUND The two trustees of the Ismail Habib Family Trust (“the Plaintiffs”), instituted action against the Defendant, the eThekwini Municipality, in respect of rates and penalties (“the debt”) that they had paid to the Defendant. The debt was owed to the Defendant by a previous owner of the immovable property, which the Plaintiffs had purchased.
BACKGROUND Pick n Pay Retailers (Pty) Ltd (the “Applicant”) launched an urgent application to perfect its security in of the form of a general notarial bond (“the Bond”) held in favour of Pine Valley Supermarket (Pty) Ltd (the “Respondent”). The Applicant sought to perfect its security as a result of the Respondent’s failure to effect