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NERSA seeks comment on 2019 municipal tariff guidelines

The National Energy Regulator (NERSA) has called for comment on the municipal tariff guideline, benchmarks and proposed timelines for the municipal tariff approval process for the 2019/20 financial year. A notice inviting comment until 12 April 2019 has been …

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Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) on track

The energy minister, Jeff Radebe, has confirmed that the finalization of the Integrated Resource Plan is imminent. The minister was speaking at the DLO Africa Power Roundtable in Johannesburg. The Draft IRP, South Africa’s policy blueprint for the power sector,…

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City of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018: New requirements for land use and development

The new City of Johannesburg Land Use Scheme, 2018 was published by The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (Council) on 2 January 2019 and comes...

by John Webber and Melissa Peneda

Can a consumer “contract out” of a right to receive a pre-termination notice?

Introduction Our offices have taken note of an alarming increase in the number of SMS’s sent to clients by the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (“COJ”)...

by Chantelle Gladwin and Maike Gohl

Can a consumer “contract out” of a right to receive a pre-termination notice?

Environmental law: Sustainable development and planning

Sustainable development is an evolving concept in both international and domestic environmental law. The intellectual foundation thereof was laid in Bruntland’s vision of Our Common Future,...

by Gemma-Kate Bishop

Environmental law: Sustainable development and planning

Municipal mysteries: When “actuals” aren’t “actuals”

Introduction This article canvases what consumers can do to protect themselves when a municipality is charging them according to “actual” readings for electricity or water consumption,...

by Chantelle Gladwin

Municipal mysteries: When “actuals” aren’t “actuals”

What to do when your neighbour builds right up to your property

Introduction This articles explains your rights as a property owner when a neighbour violates a building line or encroaches on your land. Determining building lines Every property has...

by Chantelle Gladwin

What to do when your neighbour builds right up to your property

Extending a section in a duet sectional title scheme

There are a substantial number of “duets” in Richards Bay. A duet sectional title scheme is normally formed when a property is too small to...

by Barbara Van Rooyen

Extending a section in a duet sectional title scheme

How to fix incorrect valuations/categorisations of properties “in between” property rolls

Introduction It often happens that property owners miss the deadline for objection to incorrect details on a property roll. If municipal staff advise you that there...

by Chantelle Gladwin and Maike Gohl

How to fix incorrect valuations/categorisations of properties “in between” property rolls

NADEL perturbed by the announcement made by the Minister of Water and Sanitation

The National Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL) is perturbed by the announcement made by the Minister of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Makonyane, that her department...

by Memory Sosibo

NADEL perturbed by the announcement made by the Minister of Water and Sanitation

A hollow victory: Municipal debts for new homeowners

Section 118(3) of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 has become a popular subject of dispute before our courts. This section provides that any...

by Heather Marsden

New home owners are not liable for municipal debt of the previous owners

On 29 August 2017, the Constitutional Court handed down judgment in an application for confirmation of an order by the High Court of South Africa,...

by Constitutional Court

New home owners are not liable for municipal debt of the previous owners

Is it illegal for a municipality to disconnect water?

The South African Constitution guarantees a right of access to water (but not a right to water itself). What this means is that the South...

by Chantelle Gladwin

Access to Water

When municipal debt lurks in the shadows

Buying and selling immovable property is usually a fair exchange, with the purchaser paying an agreed price to the seller in exchange for the property. However,...

by Lavarn Gounden

When municipal debt lurks in the shadows

Municipal Systems Act: Perfecting the Section 118(3) Hypothec

This article is one in a series dealing with the consequences of the judgement handed down in the matter of City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality...

by Chantelle Gladwin and Rogan Heale

Municipal Systems Act: Perfecting the Section 118(3) Hypothec

The Right to Obtain “Job Cards” from a Municipality

This article discusses what a job card is, why you might need one, the process to obtain one, and what to do if you are...

by Chantelle Gladwin and Jonathan Salant

The Right to Obtain “Job Cards” from a Municipality

Disconnection of electricity or water: Legal or illegal?

This article examines the legal issue of when a disconnection of electricity or water by a municipality will be lawful. Dispelling the Myth Many people think that...

by Chantelle Gladwin and Rogan Heale

Disconnection of electricity

Could failing to pay your rates, taxes, water and electricity charges lead to termination of supply?

Termination of electricity supply due to non-payment of an electricity account This is according to the recent High Court judgment in the matter of Anva Properties...

by Lavarn Gounden

Could failing to pay your rates, taxes, water and electricity charges lead to termination of supply?

A very reasonable royalty

Major damages awards are rare in South African IP cases – we’ve certainly never seen anything like the US$1-billon that was awarded in the USA...

by Waldo Steyn

reasonable royalty

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