{"id":6213,"date":"2016-02-26T11:57:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T09:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/?p=6213"},"modified":"2020-01-03T12:00:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T10:00:32","slug":"property-law-update-issue-07-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/property-law-update-issue-07-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Property Law Update | Issue 07 &#8211; 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>TENUOUS OWNERSHIP OF WILD THINGS<\/h2>\n<h3>Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency v Medbury (Pty) Lts t\/a Crown River Safari and Another (1466\/2013) [2016] ZAECGHC 2<br \/>\n(18 February 2016)<\/h3>\n<p>Ownership of game is only protected when game is held on land that is considered to be sufficiently enclosed. The land is considered to be sufficiently enclosed when it has been issued a formal &#8216;certificate of sufficient enclosure&#8217; by the provincial premier. The case is illustrative of the consequences if no such certification is in place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>read more<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZAECGHC\/2016\/2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #e66a21;\">The Judgment<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/stbb_plu7-2016_s1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #e66a21;\">Summary of the Judgment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>DEVELOPER&#8217;S RATES LIABILITY AFTER OPENING TOWNSHIP REGISTER<\/h2>\n<h3>Sable Hills Waterfront Estate Home Owners&#8217; Association NPC v Sable Hills Waterfront Estate CC (39635\/2013) [2015] ZAGPPHC 831<br \/>\n(10 December 2015)<\/h3>\n<p>This judgment is another in a growing string of matters in which developers approach a court for clarification on the basis for which they are held liable for homeowners&#8217; association levies in respect of unsold erven in a new township. Their liability is first and foremost determined by the association&#8217;s governing documentation. As soon as the liability is linked to ownership of a property or erf in the township, it will include the developer who becomes owner of the unsold erven in the township register on registration, unless there are specific provisions to the contrary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>read more<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZAGPPHC\/2015\/831.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #e66a21;\">The Judgment<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/stbb_plu7-2016_s2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #e66a21;\">Summary of the Judgment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TENUOUS OWNERSHIP OF WILD THINGS Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency v Medbury (Pty) Lts t\/a Crown River Safari and Another (1466\/2013) [2016] ZAECGHC 2 (18 February 2016) Ownership of game is only protected when game is held on land<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":3170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-property-law-update"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Property Law Update | Issue 07 - 2016 - STBB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/property-law-update-issue-07-2016\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Maryna Botha\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-07-2016\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-07-2016\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Maryna Botha\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/623606b2022560795816523a4fd0bfec\"},\"headline\":\"Property Law Update | Issue 07 &#8211; 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