A northwestward view over Featherbrooke Estate in Krugersdorp. The residents scored a legal victory as the state has to now address their infrastructure nightmares.
Following a six-year legal nightmare, upmarket Featherbrooke Estate in Muldersdrift near Krugersdorp has eventually scored a legal victory, forcing three state entities to repair the riverbeds and other infrastructure.
This comes after the Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg, recently granted a structural interdict, ordering Mogale City, the City of Johannesburg, and the Johannesburg Roads Agency - jointly and severally - to repair the riverbeds, install gabions, and produce a formal Stormwater Management Plan.
This outcome is significant beyond Featherbrooke itself, says Johlene Wasserman, Director of Community Schemes and Compliance at law firm Van Deventer Dowlath & Marx Incorporated.
“Structural interdicts of this nature - compelling multiple state organs to act jointly - are rare in South African law and typically reserved for systemic governance failures,” Wasserman says.
