Court beckons for company that 'severely pruned' R600k worth of trees in Joburg

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Landscapers accused of cutting six extremely valuable acacia trees that were blocking billboards in Fourways, Johannesburg, will appear in court on November 4.

Ndou called the police who, with members of the Johannesburg metro police, detained the employees and their supervisors. Their vehicles and tools were also confiscated.his was the first case reported to the police with people arrested and charged.

Though the landscapers said the centre instructed them to “prune” the trees, Accelerate Property Fund, the owners of Leaping Frog, said they had not given the landscapers permission to do so. Ndou said: “We have confidence in our justice system that with all evidence submitted, justice will be done with regard to damage done to the six indigenous trees.”

 

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