The City of Joburg is surely setting something of an infamous new national record: three consecutive urgent applications have been brought against it, two of which have found it in contempt of court for disregarding the previous order.

All three orders concern a rates clearance certificate for a property owned by Sienaert Prop CC. According to Sienaert, it faces liquidation by Sasfin Bank if it is unable to transfer the property, for which it had applied for a clearance certificate, as part of a bigger deal...

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