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Enhancing conveyancing practice: Chief Registrar releases four CRCs

Intended to clarify and streamline conveyancing practice, the Chief Registrar recently issued a series of Chief Registrar’s Circulars (‘CRCs’) – the first of 2026 – following a meeting with elected officials. Following notable amendments to the Regulations under the Deeds

Conveyancing Correspondent | Deeds Office fees to increase and new circulars released

Deeds Office fees set to increase on 1st April 2026 As anticipated, government recently published amendments to the Schedule of Fees of Office, which impacts all property transactions from 1st April 2026. Read more Enhancing conveyancing practice: Chief Registrar releases

Deeds Office fees set to increase on 1st April 2026

Late last month, the Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development published annual amendments to the Schedule of Fees of Office, as prescribed by the Regulations to the Deeds Registries Act. The amendments, which apply nationally and are scheduled to

Conveyancing Correspondent | Understanding the latest amendments to the Deeds Registries Act Regulations

Against the backdrop of South Africa’s shift towards the full-scale implementation of an electronic deeds registration system (‘e-DRS’), new amendments to the Regulations under the Deeds Registries Act were recently published. Although limited in scope, the amended provisions, which take

Conveyancing Correspondent | Agri law update: NTCSA declared a statutory body under SALA

Recently, the Minister of Agriculture published a notice declaring the Eskom National Transmission Company of South Africa (‘NTCSA’), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eskom, to be a statutory body under section 1(c) of the Subdivision of Agricultural Land Act (‘SALA’), effective

Blog | Lodging Form LLL: What you should know

Following a recent amendment to the Deeds Registries Act (‘the Act’), conveyancers in South Africa are now statutorily required to lodge a new form, otherwise known as Form LLL, for statistical and land audit purposes. The prescribed form is now

Blog | Disrupted services: Johannesburg Deeds Office update

Following the closure and ongoing disrupted operation of the South Gauteng Deeds Registry: Johannesburg (‘the Johannesburg Deeds Office’) for alleged non-compliance with occupational health and safety requirements, officials have now approved the relocation of the Johannesburg Deeds Office to a

Conveyancing Correspondent | Deeds Registry fee increases scheduled for 1st April 2025

On Friday, the Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development published the anticipated annual amendment to the Schedule of Fees of Office, as prescribed by the Regulations to the Deeds Registries Act. The amendments, which apply nationally and are scheduled

Conveyancing Correspondent | Important notice: Chief Registrar suspends new RCR 9/2024

Late last year, the Office of the Chief Registrar issued an important circular suspending the operation of a new Registrars’ Conference Resolution, namely RCR 9/2024. Introduced to clarify the correct transaction date to insert on a transfer duty receipt in

Conveyancing Correspondent | Modernising deeds registration: Ramaphosa signs the much-awaited Deeds Registries Amendment Bill into law

Tabled before Parliament in 2022, the Deeds Registries Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’) was passed earlier this year and finally assented to by President Ramaphosa last week. Designed to modernise and streamline the administration of deeds registration processes and procedures, the