Impilo place 603

1. The lease covers the AFHCO Property Management responsibilities as a managing agent and your responsibilities as a tenant. Which I confirm I have read and understand. Your lease agreement has been drawn up in compliance with the Rental Housing Act as well as the Consumer Protection Act, and is a legal document; both you, as the tenant, and AFHCO, as the landlord, are legally bound to comply with the terms of the lease. 2. My name is Thato Buthelezi, a student who has been resident at AFHCO housing since early 2018. For purposes of this resolution, I wish to be accompanied by my subtenants as they have been witness to all that has transpired. 3. AFHCO property management agrees that it will : 3.1 Provide a well-managed and efficient service to tenants 3.2 Make sure that tenants receive a unit that is habitable, clean and of good quality 3.3 Ensure that exterior of the building is well maintained and in good condition 3.4 Pay all council charges including water, electricity, rates, sewage and refuse collection to the municipality. 3.5 Pay the insurance for the building (please note that this does not include insurance for your personal movable goods) 3.6 Pay for the following services that are necessary to effectively manage the property: – Building Management – Cleaning Services for Common Areas – Security Services – Lift Services – Fire Equipment Servicing – Maintenance Services – Fumigation. 4. As a tenant I am aware that I have: 4.1 Not always been able to pay rent on the first of every month but have had no trouble in making up for lost payments. 4.2 I have abided by the rules of the building despite occasionally indulging in intoxicating beverages and playing some music. In such an event that the sound becomes excessive and I’m notified either through the buzzer or a visit by the security to my door, I do comply. 5. At times the noise from the next building braai area, namely Vuselela, gets excessive and sounds as though it coming from the 6th floor. On Numerous occasions the security guard by the name Jeff would come knock, id bring same to his attention. After having a thorough look at the book, most incidents recorded are not that of my own doing or that of my subtenants. 6. Over the years that I have stayed here I have not been engaged in a personal vendetta or acts of aggression against any other tenant. However over the last few months it became evident to me that the building manager Keneth disapproved of my presence at the building. On numerous occasion, he switched off my electricity supply, confronted both myself and subtenants with threats of violence, choking and man-handling when we spoke out about the unfair treatments we were receiving from him. I know that even a building manager has to have time-off. Hence when I saw him attending to us reeking of alcohol I made no fuss of it till he choked me and pinned me up against a wall. I do not believe in violence nor have I condoned it, when he acted the way he did, I forgave his behavior when he sincerely asked that I understand he was under the influence. However, matters worsened when I caught him vacating a vacant flat with a female which I believe is his meeting place with her as there is a well-dressed bed amongst other things. I previously disclosed at our consultation that I am no longer in speaking terms with the manager as most encounters end with him resorting to violence. I have attempted to resolve the problems with him but he pays me no attention as you witnessed today in his office. 7. As a result of his vendetta I have been deprived of the opportunity to receive a well-managed and effective service, I have not been able to report any maintenance services for the flat such as the door or cupboard. In the event that I am removed from the flat on 31 March 2021, the building manager, Kenneth must be released from his job for all that I have endured under his management. He has deprived me of essential services such as electricity; he has physically abused me all in the name of intoxication and deprived me off services included in my contract because I caught him having a regular encounters with a female in what is believed to be a vacant flat. 8. Lastly, according to the Consumer Protection Act, if a tenant is in material breach of the lease, a landlord cannot cancel the lease without the giving the 20 business day-notice and cannot cancel the said lease if the breach is rectified within those 20 days. The Rental Housing Act does not contain such a prescriptive clause, but the Consumer Protection Act takes precedence over other legislation. 8.1 I attended your office to remedy the initial eviction notice dated 12 March but served 15 March. 8.2 The days lapsed between March 15 and March 31 have not been 20 business days. 8.3 The 20 business days was also disturbed by our meeting on 18 March 2021, were you agreed to reinstate the lease. 8.4 The following day an altercation broke out between my subtenant and a gentleman by the name Nkageleng whom I believe to not be a tenant here whom the building manager has allowed access into the building from last year. The altercation occurred at the third floor during the evening, the building manager proceeded to my flat 603, where he found me sleeping, accompanied by the Security Jeff, aggressively shook me awake and grabbed me by me throat and said to Jeff “ Come here! Take a video, I want these boys to be out.” He then looked at me still attempting to choke me and told me “ You’re ****en moving out!.” I continued to ask him to let me go, why is he harassing me when he found me sleeping. Eventually Jeff and other tenants pulled him off me. As a result of the altercation the eviction has been reinstated. 8.5 The altercation although involving my subtenant is not legal grounds to terminate my lease. No other tenant was harmed in the fight except those in the fight, I am aware that ADT was later called to premises but found the fight already dispersed. Many tenants have engaged in altercations but none have had their leases terminated for it. 8.6 This vendetta that he has against me has him resorting to abuse of power to make me feel uncomfortable and unsafe in my own home that I rightfully pay for monthly this my request to have his employment terminated. He is a danger to the tenants, he uses resources given to him to improve lives to oppress and belittle us despite us being the customers. Loyal ones too. In the event that my lease is reinstated I wish to have him either let go or transferred to another building. I did not wish to resort to holding onto his past behaviours but after seeing how today’s meeting went with the New area manager, I believe this is the best way to resolve this matter emicably. 9. I wish to have my lease reinstated as I am and have always been a loyal tenant. I do admit that like everyone I have a drink and play some music but never to infringe on the other rights or needs of the tenant.