Municipal property rates: s 118(1) of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000: rates are payable by a township owner over the remaining extent of the township as a single entity, and not all the unsold erven separately.

Where a township owner sells an erf in the township, and applies for a clearance certificate in respect of municipal rates and charges, required before transfer can be effected, the municipality must determine the rates and charges payable over the preceding two years in connection with that erf and issue the certificate against payment of that amount.