Trafalgar property guide

Sectional Title (ST) owners are experiencing insurance premium shocks this year as insurance companies and re-insurers rethink the risks associated with building insurance.

In a move that could have significant implications for the owners of inner-city buildings that have been ‘hijacked’, two property-owning companies recently lodged an application in the Johannesburg High Court to compel the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) and the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), among others, to fulfil their statutory obligations with regard to providing temporary emergency accommodation (TEA) for illegal occupants.

Community Housing Schemes should as a matter of urgency be making sure that they have a secure water supply system that is independent of the municipal infrastructure.