South Africa: City of Johannesburg’s property error causes havoc for homeownersCity of Joburg’s property error causes havoc for homeowners

Scores of households in Bertrams, Johannesburg, are being threatened with service cut-offs, but they have not been receiving municipal bills because of the City of Johannesburg’s faulty property records.

The City’s allocated stand (erf) numbers do not coincide with those on the title deeds, or with the street addresses, of at least 22 properties, all of them part of the Maurice Freeman Housing Scheme.

Besides the billing errors, the incorrect erf numbers mean homeowners struggle to…