The Tshwane multi-party coalition government is pleased to announce that the city has just completed a revaluation of properties for the purpose of levying property rates, and the new rates will be billed as from 1 July 2025.
In the conveyancing context, obtaining and lodging a rates clearance certificate is central to a successful property transfer.
Johannesburg has initiated legal action against a judgment by a valuation appeal board (VAB) concerning the categorisation of properties used for residential purposes developed on land where the use zone also allows business and commercial use.
Rates Watch has lodged a significant number of appeals in many municipalities across South Africa. Our latest update looks at those appeals that are still outstanding in each major metro.
The Information Regulator, charged with overseeing, amongst others, enforcement of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”) intends looking into the practice of security officers at gated office parks, residential estates, and the like, of scanning visitors’ driver’s license cards prior to admission to the property.
If as a member of the public you notice any by-law violations listed below, you can anonymously lodge a complaint with the City
This is part 1 of an “idiots guide” to logging queries, disputes and complaints with the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (“COJ”).
This is part 1 of an “idiots guide” to logging queries, disputes and complaints with the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (“COJ”).
The Information Regulator, charged with overseeing, amongst others, enforcement of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”) intends looking into the practice of security officers at gated office parks, residential estates, and the like, of scanning visitors’ driver’s license cards prior to admission to the property.
For the last few months, the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (“the City”) has adopted a new practice of including a generic notification at the very bottom of every customer’s monthly municipal statements, which warn that in the event of non-payment, cut off will follow.
Municipalities throughout South Africa utilise a well known debt-collection mechanism known as “clearance” to collect arrear debt from its customers.
Auditor-General (AG) Tsakani Maluleke on Tuesday, 27 August, called on all roleplayers in the accountability ecosystem to “work deliberately and with urgency” towards a culture of performance, accountability, transparency and institutional integrity to ultimately result in a better life for the people of South Africa.
SAPOA and the City of Tshwane held a high-level business breakfast on Tuesday 20th August 2024 at the Centurion Country Club. The event was facilitated at the request of the Tshwane Economic Development Agency, known as TEDA, which recently took up membership of SAPOA.
Meter tampering, the sneaky art of tweaking utility meters to bend the rules, is a serious criminal offence that the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality doesn’t take lightly. But what happens when things go wrong and the customer is wrongly accused of having tampered?
Johannesburg’s residents know all too well how much their city has been looted and neglected. They also know how to fix it, and a new mayor must work with them to bring it back from the brink.
