SOUTH AFRICAN PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION (“SAPOA”) V THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JOHANNESBURG METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY (“THE CITY”) & OTHERS (648/11) [2012] ZASCA 157 (8 NOVEMBER 2012)

In a judgment handed down on 8 November 2012, the Supreme Court of Appeal (“the SCA”) held that the City acted unlawfully by increasing the property rates levied on the owners of business, commercial and industrial properties situated within Johannesburg for the budget period 2009/2010.