Nature’s Choice Farms (Pty) Ltd v Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (463/2019) [2020] ZASCA 20 (25 March 2020)

Jurisdiction: South Africa
Citation: Nature’s Choice Farms (Pty) Ltd v Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (463/2019) [2020] ZASCA 20 (25 March 2020)
Media Neutral Citation: [2020] ZASCA 20
Hearing date: 3 March 2020
Court: Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa
Case number: 463/2019
Judges: Eksteen AJA, Dlodlo JA, Petse DP, Swain JA, Nicholls JA
Judgment date: 25 March 2020
Language: English
Type: Judgment
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Flynote: Rule 33(4) of Uniform Rules of Court – separation of issues –
issues not accurately circumscribed – dispute relating to issues to be decided
– sections 74, 75, 75A and 95 of Local Government Municipal Systems Act
32 of 2000 – Municipal Water Tariffs – interpretation of bylaw – prescription
– when debt falls due – rendering invoice does not interrupt prescription.