South Africa, Nov. 25 -- The wild west of Joburg's billboards

In court documents served by Solidarity on Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi and the City of Johannesburg, Solidarity dwelt on the fact that the city never bothers to respond to OOH advertising applications.

The civic organisation also went further by citing its advertising supplier, Provantage, as a respondent in the legal action and later threatening to get its money back from the company. About to be thrown under the bus?

Solidarity then agreed to an out-of-court settlement with the City, which had all along stuck to its guns and maintained the banner was placed illegally.

So bad has OOH in Johannesburg become that I reckon probably three-quarters of the ads are illegal, be...