The implementation of the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA) has posed numerous challenges for community housing schemes...
What has happened to the Property Practitioners Act, No 22 of 2019 (PPA)? The president has signed the Act into law, however, the date of commencement...
Justine Krige 19 Jul 2021
A new Land Court Bill aims to speed up land reform by addressing the slow processing of land claims by the Land Claims Court...
Geoffrey Allsop 12 Jul 2021
A family trust offers individuals an alternative to purchasing the property in their own name, however, this comes with its own set of pros and cons...
Bowmans chair and senior partner Rob Legh died on 1 July of Covid-19-related complications...
When it comes to signing agreements of sale for immovable property, people are advised to be cautious before using an electronic signature to do so...
Steven Fisher 25 Jun 2021
In a significant victory for more than five million people in KwaZulu-Natal living on land owned by the Ingonyama Trust, the Pietermaritzburg High Court has ruled...
Tania Broughton 11 Jun 2021
For the Khoi and San, a verdant patch of land in Cape Town embodies victory and tragedy. The two communities drove back...
Wendell Roelf 3 Jun 2021
For decades, progress towards the integration of world economies and the establishment of a global economic market has been a feature of the times...
Virusha Subban and Cameron Jeffrey 2 Jun 2021
Deputy President David Mabuza says 436,563 hectares of land have to date been released and approved for allocation, under the land distribution programme...
South Sudan's chief justice, Chan Reec Madut, has been implicated in serious corruption allegations since independence. Some relate to the recruitment process within the judiciary...
Mark Deng 13 May 2021
Lesotho's Judicial Service Commission has started a process to recruit seven judges of the High Court through a merit-based process...
Hoolo 'Nyane 12 May 2021
The Constitutional Court has dismissed the appeal by Kingsley Jack Whiteaway Seale, Ontspan Bellegings (Pty) Ltd, HI Frank Components (Pty) Ltd, and Schoemansville Ouwerklub over the ownership and control of some parts of Hartbeespoort Dam and its surrounding areas...
Many owners of a unit in sectional title schemes, especially those schemes opened before 7 October 2016, remain confused as to which body corporate rules apply to their scheme...
Lisa Tonini 19 Apr 2021
