Video | What are Compliance Certificates?

Gretchen & Pam on Property

Thought of the Week | The right to privacy and RICA: Big Brother’s (unrestrained) watch has ended

In February 2021 the Constitutional Court handed down a judgement that made notorious whistle-blower Edward Snowden tweet: “Wow”. Privacy and the protection thereof has become an increasingly hot topic of late, with the spotlight shining brightly on the practices of

Newsflash | Cape Town Deeds Office

Dear Client During this time we are experiencing extreme delays at the Deeds Office due to the adjusted Level 4 restrictions and the Deeds Office now working with one third the number of employees. The status quo will remain until

Video | Incapacity to Act in Property Transactions

Llewellyn Stevens on Radio Helderberg

Thought of the Week | What is the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion?

There is a general misconception between the terms “tax avoidance” on the one hand and “tax evasion” on the other. The two terms can be confusingly similar but there is an important distinction between these tax terms that can have

Video | Co-Ownership in Property

Video | Putting Pen to Paper

Pamela Makhubela on Property Matters

Newsflash | Deeds Office Update

We had 21 working days in the month of June and the Deeds Office was closed for 10 of those days. This has obviously created a massive backlog of deeds that need to be processed. The situation is made worse by

The dreaded Department of Agriculture letter for the opening of a township register

One of the final hurdles a township developer in the Gauteng and North-West Provinces must negotiate before the stands in a township become registrable, is the opening of the township register at the Deeds Office in Pretoria in terms of

Thought of the Week | MY HUURDER GAAN GELIKWIDEER WORD; KAN EK NOG DIE HUURKONTRAK KANSELLEER?

Die wêreldwye COVID-19-pandemie het verreikende finansiële gevolge vir talle individue en ondernemings meegebring, en die reeds verswakte Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie strek soos droë gras voor ‘n wegholveldbrand. Die effek van ‘n 12-maande lange nasionale ramptoestand, tesame met verskeie verlammende regulasies wat ingevolge