The Kyalami Estates resident last paid her municipal bill almost two years ago.
The Johannesburg High Court has dismissed a case by a Midrand resident who neglected to pay her municipal bill because of her constitutional rights.
In early July, the resident approached the court on an urgent basis alleging that she had a constitutional right to access sufficient water after the City and Joburg Water disconnected her water supply and subsequently removed the water meter linked to the property over her prolonged failure to settle her municipal bill.
“The City of Johannesburg has won another significant court case, this time around against a resident of an affluent northern suburb who last made payment towards her municipal bill almost two years ago,” said COJ in a statement.The resident wanted the court to declare the water connection and removal of her water meter “wrongful and unlawful and in violation of her basic constitutional rights to have access to water.
Although the resident did not dispute owing the City for municipal services, she however disputed the amount she owed.The City and Johannesburg Water opposed the application, arguing that the resident was a “chronic defaulter” and last made payment to the municipality on 21 October 2023.
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