The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and its municipal manager have been declared to be in contempt of court for non-compliance with a court order related to the citys failure to provide regular and accurate billing accounts to two property holding companies.
Acting Judge Dingenus van den Bogert issued a punitive cost order against the metro, noting in his judgment handed down in the High Court in Pretoria that a punitive costs award is warranted.
It is crucial to uphold the integrity of the judicial system and to ensure that contempt of a court order is not tolerated, said Van den Bogert.
