Thought of the Week | INGABA NDIYAKWAZI NA UKURHOXISA ISIVUMELWANO SENTENGISELWANO?

Isiseko somthetho wesivumelwano waseMzantsi Afrika uthetha ngokunikezela nokwamkela ngaxesha nye. Ngamanye amagama, kuthetha ukuthi isivumelwano esisemthethweni nesinyanzelayo kufuneka ukuba kubekhona ukunikezela nokwamkela okusemthethweni, khona ukuze siqwalaselwe Iyenzeka ngamanye amaxesha xa umntu esenza isithembiso sentengo kumthengisi, umthengisi uzakubeka ixesha apho isivumelwano siphelelwa

Can I unilaterally revoke an offer before acceptance?

University of the North v Franks & Others – (2002) 23 ILJ 1252 (LAC)   Introduction  Two of the fundamental elements of the South African Law of Contract is offer and acceptance.  In other words, for a legally binding contract

Blog | WHEN YOU CAN’T BEAT THEM, DO YOU JOIN THEM?

Human rights can seem like an abstract subject, but the reality is that these rights are relevant to all of us and impact each one of us daily. South Africans directly feel the wear and tear that result from the unrelenting

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Conservation: Rates exclusion provision benefits owners

Formal declaration of a conservation area A Tsitsikamma property owner no longer has to pay rates, thanks to the implementation of a little-known rates exclusion provision which is designed to promote conservation. In the news recently was the story of

Municipality loses battle over developer’s R48M housing development claim

And 10 years later, interest keeps running The Mhlontlo Municipality recently lost a vital case in its fight against a R48m damages claim by TDH Tsolo Junction. The latter sought to develop a large housing project at Tsolo Junction just

Objecting to a Development: The importance of public participation

Earlier this year, two property development companies issued summons for almost R200m against an environmental lobby group and its chairperson, claiming compensation for delays in a large Johannesburg project. The developers, Century Property Developments and Riversands Developments, claimed that the

Thought of the Week | AS BUITELANDSE TRUST EIENDOM IN SA KOOP OF VERKOOP

Indien iemand as trustee vir ‘n buitelandse trust aangestel word, hetsy die aanstelling in Suid-Afrika of buite ons grense geskied, word daar sekere vereistes deur ons wet ingestel voordat die trustee namens die buitelandse trust mag eiendom koop of verkoop. Die

Thought of the Week | WHEN A FOREIGN TRUST BUYS OR SELLS PROPERTY IN SA

Our law requires that when someone has been appointed as a trustee for a foreign trust, whether that appointment was made in South Africa or outside our borders, certain requirements must be met before that trustee may buy or sell