Molokomme and Another v Premier of the North-West Province and Others (1/2000)
Molokomme and Another v Premier of the North-West Province and Others (1/2000) [2000] ZANWHC 8 (5 June 2000)
The applicants contravened the relevant regulations by subletting the property and failing to pay rental and municipal charges for an extended period, which entitled the third respondent to act against them. However, the third respondent did not cancel the certificate of occupation as provided for in the regulations but instead imposed an interdict preventing the applicants from acquiring ownership. The court found no regulatory or statutory basis for the third respondent to impose such an interdict. The proper course would have been cancellation of the certificate of occupation. Furthermore,…
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- Certificate Of Occupation
- Municipal Interdict
- Contravention Of Regulations
- Preferential Right To Purchase
- Local Government Powers