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The Property Practitioners Bill, 2018 is intended to replace and repeal the Estate Agency Affairs Act of 112 of 1976 and is intended to govern

We previously published articles in respect of the case of Singh and another v Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate Management Association 2 (RF) NPC and

From 1 March 2019, Conveyancers are required to invest trust funds on behalf of clients in terms of section 86(4) of the Legal Practice Act

This newsflash is an update to our September 2018 newsflash published on this topic. We previously discussed the landmark judgment as handed down by the

A landmark judgment has been handed down by the bench of the High Court of South Africa in the Gauteng Local Division, Johannesburg on 12

For the purposes of this article we will be discussing recommendations on how to deal with immovable property before divorce (in uncontested divorces) and factors

On 21 December 2018 the draft Expropriation Bill, 2019 (the “Bill”) was published in the Government Gazette by the Department of Public Works. The Expropriation

CITY OF JOHANNESBURG AND MOGALE CITY PROPERTY VALUATION ROLLS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED Notice has been given in terms of Section 49(1)(a)(i) of the Local Government:

The South African Budget Speech took place in Parliament on 21 February 2018 as presented by Minister of Finance Malusi Gigaba. The highlights of the

WHAT IS THE SPATIAL PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT ACT OR “SPLUMA” AS IT IS NOW COMMONLY REFERRED TO? SPLUMA is a national framework legislation

By now most people have heard the fantastic news that the Constitutional Court has ruled that once a property has been transferred, the rights of

As a general rule residential property should never be bought in a name of a Company or Close Corporation due to the fact that a

On the 17 March 2017 the Regulation of Agricultural Holdings Bill (the “Bill” or “Act”) was published in the Government Gazette. Although this Bill may

One always has to be extremely careful when one of the contracting parties is a trust. The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that in

The Constitutional Court held that in the case of Land Access Movement of South Africa and others v Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces

The cost and metering of services supplied to residential and commercial properties are often disputed as consumers normally do not have direct insight or control

A company or close corporation (for ease of reading we only refer to a company hereafter as the deregistration and reinstatement is the same, other

In terms of section 33 of the Town-planning and Townships Ordinance 15 of 1986, “(a)ny person may, within a period of 28 days from the