Month: December 2020

  • December 11 2020

    Development Planning responds to accelerated service delivery

    A City of Johannesburg Press Statement by the Member of the Mayoral Committee for Development Planning, Cllr Thapelo AmadDevelopment 11 December 2020 The Department of Development Planning has considered feedback from the development and construction industry and found alternative office space to operate from, for the duration of maintenance work required at the Metro Link […]

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  • December 10 2020

    Questioning developers’ levy liability in new township HOA development

    There are fairly regular incidences of judgments where developers question their liability for owner levies in respect of erven in townships opened on large parcels of land they own.  Here, we look at a the outcome of a recent judgment dealing with the above question, to assist developers and their legal teams to better anticipate […]

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  • December 10 2020

    Michael Hartman: Insights, highlights and advice on SA’s property development market

    SA Affordable Housing put some questions to Michael, who is not only a property developer, but also chairman of the SA Affordable Residential Developer’s Association. Can you provide some insight into your early career and work life? I studied Law and became an attorney. After exposure to all the disciplines in Law I found that […]

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  • December 4 2020

    Temporary closure of Metro Link

    The information below is in response to the various issues that have been raised by members of the industry and public, following the closure of the Metrolink last week and the electronic / email submission of building plans. The Department understands the inconvenience that has been caused by the temporary closure of Metrolink. We urge […]

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