"The high court application saw property owners take on Tshwane and Ekurhuleni for cutting municipal services to home owners who had inherited debt."
The Gauteng Rental Housing Tribunal has ruled that landowners should not charge their tenants an electricity "service charge".
Lenasia Extension 13 residents say that they were duped into buying land by people claiming to be officials.
The Gauteng housing department will argue against an urgent interdict preventing the demolition of illegally erected houses in Lenasia.
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/ 19 September 2007
The special investigating unit (SIU) on Wednesday confirmed it is investigating thousands of government officials believed to have fraudulently received housing subsidies. In its initial findings, the SIU identified 53 000 public servants receiving housing subsidies, for which more than 31 000 did not qualify.