City of Joburg must pay R500K contempt of court fine for failing to fix electricity bill

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One of the country’s biggest municipalities must pay a R500 000 fine for contempt of court after bungling the implementation of an order to fix an electricity billing complaint.

Johannesburg - One of the country’s biggest municipalities must pay a R500 000 fine for contempt of court after bungling the implementation of an order to fix an electricity billing complaint for more than three years.

This is despite having been first forced by the same high court to fix the electricity billing challenges faced by Preston Place in 2018. A settlement agreement was reached and made a court order. However, the City of Joburg failed to implement the order and the body corporate asked the high court to hold the municipality and then city manager Dr Ndivhoniswani Lukhwareni in contempt of court for failing to implement the March 2018 ruling.

Still, the City of Johannesburg did not comply with the March 2020 ruling and the body corporate again approached the high court to enforce the suspended contempt of court order. non-compliance. The finding of wilfulness andagainst the respondents is justified, this being the only inference established by the respondents’ conduct,” said Acting Judge Crutchfield in her October 5 judgment.

 

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