African Cellurar (Pty) Ltd and Another v Firstmile Prop JHB Crown Mines (Pty) Ltd and Another (2024/070849) [2024] ZAGPJHC 605 (28 June 2024)

begin wrapper begin container begin header begin slogan-floater end slogan-floater - About SAFLII About SAFLII - Databases Databases - Search Search - Terms of Use Terms of Use - RSS Feeds RSS Feeds end header begin main begin center # South Africa: South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg South Africa: South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg You are here: SAFLII >> Databases >> South Africa: South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg >> 2024 >> [2024] ZAGPJHC 605 | Noteup | LawCite sino index ## African Cellurar (Pty) Ltd and Another v Firstmile Prop JHB Crown Mines (Pty) Ltd and Another (2024/070849) [2024] ZAGPJHC 605 (28 June 2024) African Cellurar (Pty) Ltd and Another v Firstmile Prop JHB Crown Mines (Pty) Ltd and Another (2024/070849) [2024] ZAGPJHC 605 (28 June 2024) Download original files PDF format RTF format make_database: source=/home/saflii//raw/ZAGPJHC/Data/2024_605.html sino date 28 June 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA GAUTENG DIVISION, JOHANNESBURG Case NO: 2024-070849 1. REPORTABLE: 2. OF INTEREST TO OTHER JUDGES: 3. REVISED 28 June 2024 In the matter between: AFRICAN CELLURAR (PTY) LTD                                                1 ST Applicant WAJAHAT CHOUDARY                                                                2 nd Applicant and FIRSTMILE PROP JHB CROWN MINES (PTY) LTD                    1 st Respondent TAKE SHAPE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD               2 nd Respondent JUDGMENT WRIGHT J 1. The applicants rent a shop from the respondents in downtown Johannesburg. 2. In a very terse founding affidavit they seek urgent spoliation relief. They say that the respondents, on Sunday 23 June 2024, switched off the electricity and locked the shop. 3. Urgency is alleged in that the applicants sell cellphones and if they can’t trade they may be liquidated and employees will become unemployed. 4. The respondents oppose but have not had time to file an opposing affidavit. Counsel for the applicant insisted that the matter proceed today, Friday. Belatedly, he asked me to stand the case to Tuesday next week. It is open to the applicants’ attorney to set the matter down whenever he wants to provided there is sufficient urgency. 5. The urgency, if it exists at all and I make no finding thereon, is not urgent enough for a Friday hearing. 6. The respondents are entitled to an opportunity to file an opposing affidavit and have not yet been given a fair opportunity to do so. 7. Adv Mutenga for the respondents seeks punitive costs but in my view party and party costs on scale A suffice. ORDER 1. The matter is removed from the roll. 2. The applicants are jointly and severally to pay the respondents’ costs. GC Wright Judge of the High Court Gauteng Division, Johannesburg HEARD                   : 28 June 2024 DELIVERED           : 28 June 2024 APPEARANCES    : Applicant                Att S.F Silamulela 084 525 3261 silamulela@silamlaw.co.za 1 st Respondent      Phambane Mokone Incorporated 010 446 0864 simon@phambaneattorneys.co.za Karabo@phambaneaatorneys.co.za sino noindex make_database footer start