The conduct of the City of Tshwane has been criticised by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in a judgment dismissing with costs its appeal against a high court judgment ordering the city to reverse the rates levied on properties in the prestigious Lombardy Estate and Health Spa in Pretoria East.
The Tshwane Metro was ordered by the High Court in Pretoria to reverse the rates levied on properties in the estate because of invalid property valuation rolls as a result of the city failing to comply with the public consultation process provided for in the Rates Act when preparing the valuation rolls.
