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Cape Town ties fixed water and sanitation charges to meter size after court ruling

Cape Town homeowners' fixed monthly water and sanitation charges now depend on the size of their water meter rather than property value, following an April High Court ruling and a tariff change on 1 July.

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Uganda minister orders arrest of Masaka city clerk over stalled Shs14bn headquarters

Masaka City town clerk Uthman Ssebaduka was detained after the state minister for local government found construction work continuing at the city's Shs14 billion headquarters despite a ministry freeze.

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Abuja estate subscribers seek police protection as plot dispute escalates

Subscribers to Valington Premium City Estate in Idu have asked FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and the Inspector-General of Police to enforce a subsisting court order, alleging that rival claimants have marked their buildings for demolition and sealed access to the estate.

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Ugandan court voids Centenary and Absa mortgages on Wakiso school land

The High Court's Commercial Division has nullified two bank mortgages over 12.35 acres in Kyambala, Wakiso district, ruling that land housing Ndejje Quality School, a mosque and a cemetery was fraudulently transferred.

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Delta estate owners seek compensation over 2024 Anwai demolition

Property owners at Parkview Estate in Anwai, Delta State, want Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to investigate the demolition of their buildings and establish who owns the disputed land.

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Public Protector to assess Brackenfell zoning complaint over housing site

The Public Protector's office has confirmed that a complaint about conflicting zoning records at Erf 9702 in Ruwari, Brackenfell, the site of a planned affordable housing development, is awaiting assessment.

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Ugandan MPs probe railway land encroachment in Jinja

A parliamentary committee is investigating how more than 700 people, including a sitting MP, acquired Uganda Railways Corporation land in Jinja City, and whether the titles they hold are valid.

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Ekiti appeals to landowners to release 200-metre ring road corridor

Ekiti State has asked five communities along its ring road to release land for a 200-metre corridor on both sides of the road, promising compensation and dialogue after landowners resisted the acquisition.

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Uganda gives local governments 14 days to account for public land

Uganda's lands ministry has given chief administrative officers, town clerks and district land officials two weeks to submit records of government-owned land, as it builds a national inventory of public assets.