May 20, 2025 | Conveyancing and Property Law
The Housing Consumer Protection Act, 25 of 2024, is set to replace the existing Housing Consumer Protection Measures Act, 9 of 1998. While not yet in effect, the commencement of this new legislation is expected imminently, ushering in a more robust regulatory...
Apr 2, 2025 | Conveyancing and Property Law
Following amendments made to the Regulations to the Deeds Registries Act published on 5 March 2025, the Deeds Office now requires Form LLL to be lodged “for statistical and land audit purposes relating to land ownership in South Africa”. The newly amended Regulation...
Oct 17, 2023 | Conveyancing and Property Law
In these periodically dark times of load shedding, citizens find themselves seeking alternative measures of power generation which has led to a rise in purchases of small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) systems such as solar installations and on-grid inverters. In...
Apr 3, 2023 | Conveyancing and Property Law
When purchasing property, it may come to light that the boundary walls may have some defects. The question arises on who, between a seller and buyer, will be liable to remedy this? Latent and patent defects In order to discuss defects, one needs to discern between...
Nov 29, 2022 | Conveyancing and Property Law, Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Johannesburg High Court Acting Judge Tebogo Thupaatlase has recently reversed an “unlawful” sale of property that occurred 20 years ago. Originally the house had been financed by the original owners, Agnes Malinga and Joseph Njoko, through the now...
