CoJ reviewing all apartheid-era leases entered into by the municipality before democracy

JOHANNESBURG - The City of Johannesburg said it would be reviewing all apartheid-era leases entered into by the municipality before the introduction of a democratic government.

Documents recently presented to the city’s council showed the prestigious Killarney Country Club had been paying rent of two rand a year since 1970 for the 111 hectares it leases from the city.

The Johannesburg council has since initiated a public participation process that will see it either sell the land or renegotiate better terms with the country.

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In an interview with EWN, Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero said there will be more of this in future.

"There’s quite a number of such leases that come from the pre-1996 period of democratic local government and we took a decision, and the council approved the report that we must review these leases so that they are brought up to the current market value and policies of the city. So, we are implementing that process and we are on track," said Morero.