A title deed is a document that serves as proof of legal ownership over a property, and is important for the transfer of property. Regulation 68 of the Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937 sets out the process that needs to be followed when one has lost or destroyed a title deed or mortgage bond...
Electronic signatures have been a relevant and current topic of conversation, with the legal stance on the validity of such signatures within the context of property sale agreements being clear up until recently...
Leigh-Anne Kriel 12 Jan 2021
In a Land Claims Court judgment on 19 October 2020, Judge Spilg established a precedent for evaluating land claims that places the onus on the Land Claims Commission to ensure that the land intended to be described on the land claim form, and not what was written, is the claim that is investigated...
Samantha Robb 17 Dec 2020
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As the short-term rental market begins to pick up, landlords and tenants alike must take steps to protect themselves while the effects of Covid-19 and an unstable economy continue to disrupt the industry...
The duties of directors of property development-related associations have at times been an uncertain area of law...
Francois Schoeman 7 Dec 2020
Matter to be reheard by three judges of the Western Cape High Court...
James Stent 4 Dec 2020
Cabinet has approved the Land Donations Policy, which aims to accelerate land donations as one of the ways to respond to the slow pace of land reform...
The National Assembly has passed the Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Amendment (Ultra) Bill...
Covid-19 has accelerated a new normal in which more employers are allowing their employees to work from home, and this trend is likely to continue beyond the current Covid-19 crisis...
Sectional title schemes that are not yet compliant with the reserve fund provisions of the Community Housing Schemes Ombud Services (CSOS) Act should rectify that position as soon as possible...
Andrew Schaefer 26 Nov 2020
A 22-year land battle by a small community in the Eastern Cape has come to an end with a decision by the Constitutional Court.
Ashraf Hendricks 25 Nov 2020
Judgment has been reserved in the case brought by long-standing tenants facing eviction from their Bromwell Street homes in Woodstock, Cape Town...
James Stent 19 Nov 2020
The Cape High Court has granted social housing company Communicare an eviction order to remove people who have been illegally occupying units in its Albatros rental complex in Thornton for over a year...
Marecia Damons 13 Nov 2020
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Legal Trends 2021
