Readam SA (Pty) Ltd v BSB International Link CC and Others (2016/27211) [2017] ZAGPJHC 69; [2017] 2 All SA 902 (GJ); 2017 (5) SA 184 (GJ) (27 February 2017)
Court
South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg
Case number
2016/27211
Judge
Sutherland
The court found that the first and second respondents were in contempt of the SCA order, as they had deliberately and openly refused to comply with the requirement to partially demolish the unlawful building. The absence of a deadline in the order did not excuse their non-compliance, as their conduct demonstrated a clear intention not to comply. The respondents' strategy of seeking to regularise the unlawful building through consolidation and rezoning applications did not negate the obligation to comply with the court order. The court held that permitting such evasive conduct would undermine…