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Newsflash | PROPERTY RATES INCREASE: YOU CAN OBJECT

The City of Cape Town updates the general valuation roll every three years to assess and adjust as necessary the current worth of immovable property within its jurisdiction. If the value of an immovable property is adjusted upwards, it may result

Newsflash | FAMILY AND DIVORCE LAW AT OUR BLOUBERG BRANCH

Our Family and Divorce Law Department is expanding. We are pleased to announce to our Melkbosstrand, Blouberg, Table View and Milnerton clients that you can consult with one of our Family Law attorneys at the STBB Blouberg office. For an appointment, please contact Shirné Grobler at shirneg@stbb.co.za.

Newsflash | POPI & YOUR 6 MONTH GEARING UP PROGRAMME DATES

Don’t be left behind! Further to our Newsflash regarding the coming into operation of the Protection of Personal Information Act on 1 July 2020, below are the Zoom Invitations for these sessions as requested: Session 1: 22 July,

Newsflash | POPI COUNTDOWN AND YOU

Today the bulk of the provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) finally becomes operational and your 12 month countdown to compliance begins. POPI gives effect to your right to privacy and the prescribed principles that must be

Newsflash | POPI Shortly in operation

POPI SHORTLY IN OPERATION President Cyril Ramaphosa today announced the commencement dates for most of the remaining parts of the Protection of Personal Information Act. The Act has been put into operation incrementally, with a number of sections having been

Newsflash | LEVEL 3 NEWS

The new regulations relating to Level 3 arrangements have been published. Note that these new regulations do not repeal the 29 April 2020 regulations and these must therefore be read together to get the full picture. As from 1 June

Newsflash | BE READY TO OPEN YOUR DOORS: YOUR REQUIRED POLICY

In anticipation that estate agents may commence normal businesses operations in the very near future, we share a generic draft AGENCY COVID POLICY document with the relevant questionnaires . You can adapt it as necessary for your agency, so that

Newsflash | REPO RATE AMENDMENT BRINGS INTEREST RATE CUTS

The Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee announced that it has cut the interest rate for the fourth time this year, from 4.25% to 3.75%. As a result of the cut, the prime lending rate will fall from 7.75% to 7.25%.

Newsflash | UPDATE ON CAPE TOWN DEEDS REGISTRY

We are relieved to confirm that the Cape Town deeds office will again accept lodgments from tomorrow, 21 May, onwards. In addition, we are pleased with the present turnaround times, some of the deeds we lodged last week are already

Newsflash | NO LODGMENTS AT CAPE TOWN DEEDS OFFICE

The Cape Town Deeds Office advised today that they will, for the time being, not accept new lodgments. They have explained to us that this was necessitated because of the low numbers of staff at their offices. Staff who have been