The City of Johannesburg has welcomed a court ruling ordering a land lord in the Johannesburg CBD to pay R800 000 in utilities.
The City of Johannesburg has spoken out against non paryment of services such as water and electricityAccording to the spokesperson for the city’s group finance Stan Maphologela, the owners of the building were not paying for“Since 2020, the landlords of Joubert Park Property which has a total of 79 units, had sought no less than five court orders, in desperation to try and stop the city from cutting off their services over non-payment of municipal services for many years.
“The high court in the Gauteng division criticised the landlord of the Joubert Park Property for collecting rental money from its tenants but refusing to pay the City of Johannesburg for municipal services used. “When in frustration the respondents terminate the services, there is a further urgent application or resort to self-help. There are principles I wish to articulate.“Firstly, our courts should not encourage illegality in any form. Self-help and resort by landlords to illegally reconnect services cannot be tolerated.
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