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Telkom
23
Oct

Update: Heathfield mast, Cape Town, South Africa – Telkom appeals to the Constitutional Court

October 23, 2019
Image: Heathfield mast Image credit: EMFSA 23 October 2019 Telkom has launched an appeal to the Constitutional Court and as such the City of Cape Town is not able to act on the Supreme Court of Appeal judgment until the Constitutional Court has finally pronounced on the matter. Background:
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10
Oct

Victory in fight against cell mast

October 10, 2019
Thursday, October 10, 2019 By Lillian Amos Heathfield residents have notched up a victory in their ongoing fight to stop the rapid increase of cell masts in the southern suburbs. After three years of petitioning and advocating against the erection of a mast in Fourth Road in Heathfield, residents were relieved when the Supreme Court...
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02
Oct

CITY OF CAPE TOWN 1 OCTOBER 2019 MEDIA RELEASE City victorious in cellphone mast case against Telkom

October 2, 2019
The Supreme Court of Appeal has, in a unanimous judgment, affirmed the City of Cape Town’s constitutional mandate to regulate and control the use of land within its municipal borders. The judgment sets an important precedent that all telecommunications service providers, inclusive of state-owned Telkom, must obtain the City’s approval prior to installing cellphone masts...
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29
Sep

Cape Town, South Africa: Illegal Heathfield Mast – Activists Fought Injustice

September 29, 2019
In a Supreme Court judgement of the 25th of September 2019 Telkom lost its Appeal. For activists it brings to close a long and hard battle. This case is about a community – all of us – standing together to fight injustice: Image: Heathfield,  4th Avenue, where families reported that their children regularly become ill....
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27
Sep

Telkom loses court appeal over location of cellphone masts in Western Cape

September 27, 2019
27 SEPTEMBER 2019, 07:48AM / LISA ISAACS Cape Town – The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has dismissed communications service provider Telkom’s appeal against a Western Cape High Court judgment that it is obliged when erecting a cellphone mast – whether free-standing or rooftop-based – to do so in accordance with the City’s Municipal Planning by-law. In...
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11
Oct

Telkom vs City of Cape Town:Telkom heads for the Supreme Court!

October 11, 2018
11.10.2018 Erf 80708, 47 Fourth Road, Heathfield, Cape Town Telkom appealed the High Court Judgement of the 10th of May 2018 that found the above cell tower to be unlawful. However this application instituted by Telkom against the City of Cape Town was dismissed by the High Court. Telkom has now appealed for leave to...
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17
May

Cell Tower Declared Unlawful: High Court of South Africa – Judgement delivered 10th of May 2018

May 17, 2018
NOTE –  UPDATE: Telkom now heads for the Supreme Court! (see bottom of the page) IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA (WESTERN CAPE DIVISION, CAPE TOWN) TELKOM SA SOC LTD + 1 OTHER AND CITY OF CAPE TOWN – PWC Judgement 10th of May 2018 (a)   The Applicants’ application is dismissed with costs.  The...
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