The metropolitan municipalities of Tshwane and Ekurhuleni have approached the Constitutional Court to appeal a judgment that held that municipalities may not hold a property owner liable for a previous owner’s historical municipal debts.

The judgment of the High Court in Pretoria gave relief to home and business owners who had been saddled with years of historical municipal debt, and who have been refused municipal services until the debt has been settled...

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