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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 | Modernising conveyancing: Final Deeds Registries amendments take effect

In a clear bid to hasten the modernisation of conveyancing in South Africa, the remaining provisions of the Deeds Registries Amendment Act (‘the Amendment Act’) recently took effect. The commencement of the provisions, which impact components of the Electronic Deeds

Conveyancing Correspondent | Chief Registrar issues new circular on fee amendments

Following the commencement of the amended Schedule of Fees of Office, which took effect on 1st April 2025, the Chief Registrar’s Office issued a clarifying circular (‘CRC 6’) last week. Intended to provide certainty to Deeds Registry officials, conveyancers, and

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

Conveyancing Correspondent | Payment requirements: Chief Registrar provides clarity in new circular

Pursuant to the commencement of the revised Schedule of Fees of Office on Tuesday, 1st April, and the imminent commencement of the amended Regulations to the Deeds Registries Act (‘the Regulations’), the Chief Registrar has issued another circular (‘CRC 5’) clarifying

Conveyancing Correspondent | New circulars released: Chief Registrar provides clarity on recent amended Regulations

In light of the commencement of amended Regulations to both the Deeds Registries Act and Sectional Titles Act early next month, the Office of the Chief Registrar recently released two circulars (‘CRC 3’ and ‘CRC 4’) to clarify the nature

Conveyancing Correspondent | Digitalising deeds registration: Government publishes new EDRS Regulations and amended Deeds Registries Regulations

Pursuant to the partial commencement of the Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Act (‘the EDRS Act’) in December 2024, the Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development published the Regulations to the EDRS Act (‘the EDRS Regulations’) last week. Scheduled to