Municipality

Urban Densification

What is urban densification and how does it affect you? The Council has a policy of encouraging more and more people to live and occupy the existing areas within the city of Johannesburg. The practical effect is to allow developers to erect more and more smaller and more compact apartments in the city. The City

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Can the Municipality demand future payments before issuing a rates clearance certificate?

A recent High Court decision has left everyone believing they cannot, but the judgement is being misinterpreted. The Deeds Registries Act provides that a rates clearance certificate issued by the local authority and valid as at the date of registration of the transfer must be lodged with the other documents for the registration of a

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The Process of Opening and Closing a Rates Account with the Municipality

The property is registered at the Deeds Office into the name of the purchaser; The transferring attorneys send a letter to the municipality stating that registration has occurred; Within eight weeks of registration of the property, the Deeds Office sends information via direct link to the municipality so that they may update their systems; The

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