A COMPLAINT AGAINST WATERFALL KENNELS AND CATTERY

My name is Analine Portia Mokwatjibi, a resident at the Waterfall Kennels and Cattery (179 Inchanga Road, Maroeladal, Randburg). I've had multiple fights with my landlord, but I feel like the situation has become unbearable. The security lights around my home haven't worked since I got to the property, so I reported this to him. He said that he can't fix the lights because he can't guarantee whether they were working or not when I took over the property. The law says that your landlord can't avoid responsibility just because they can't guarantee the lights worked before; they must provide a habitable home, meaning they're responsible for fixing non-working installed fixtures, not just bulbs. The landlord usually handles the fixtures, the tenant handles bulbs. The landlord hasn't completely refused to fix the lights and has threatened that I must leave his property by the end of February or sooner.

Secondly, I used to rent 2 cottages on this landlord's property. then I let go of one at the end of December 2025. The landlord went ahead to deduct basic cleaning fees from my deposit, which isn't allowed by the law. I didn't cause any messes beyond normal living, I didn't leave the cottage in any unsatisfactory condition, nor did I cause any specific damages. He went ahead to charge me R700 for labor for cleaning the cottage. I left the cottage super clean when I moved out of it.