Browse the full library of legal insights, property updates, family-law guidance, and practical business articles.
If you run an estate agency in South Africa, the way you reach potential buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants changed on 15 April 2026 - and the change is bigger than most principals realise. The Consumer Protection Act has been amended to introduce a national "Do Not Contact" register, and the new regime applies imm
Most people don't realise you can transfer a property you personally own into a company without paying a single rand in transfer duty. It sounds too good to be true. It mostly isn't. But there is one condition that catches people off guard, and if you get it wrong, it could cost you far more than the duty you saved.
Water is coming through your ceiling. The body corporate says it is your problem. You say it is theirs. Neither of you is budging, and in the meantime the damage is spreading. This is one of the most common disputes in sectional title schemes - and it has a clear legal answer, even if no one in your complex seems to kn
A lot of South Africans believe that if they ignore a debt for three years, it vanishes. Some debt collectors know this too, and they are counting on you not understanding exactly how the clock works. This article explains when your debt genuinely prescribes and goes away, when it does not, what that "written off" note
Developing a property with a body corporate, homeowners' association, or any form of shared governance structure is not just a conveyancing exercise. It is a legal architecture project. And the gap between getting the title deeds right and getting the governance right is exactly where developers run into trouble, somet
The OTP is signed, the bond is approved, but registration is still weeks away. Meanwhile, the buyer wants to move in. The seller wants compensation for the delay. Welcome to occupational rent - one of the simplest concepts in a property transaction, and one of the most reliably contentious when it has not been handled
That WhatsApp message you sent last Tuesday confirming the deal? It may already be a contract. The one from your director promising to pay next month? It may just have handed your creditor a liquidation order. South African courts are no longer treating digital messages as informal communication. This article explains
The idea sounds simple enough: you own a flat in a complex, you list it on Airbnb when you are not using it, and you earn some extra income. Thousands of South African property owners have done exactly that. Many of them did not realise that their body corporate had the legal power to stop them, fine them, or take them
A Certificate of Compliance is a formal document issued by a registered professional confirming that a specific installation on a property meets the legal and safety standards applicable to it. The purpose is protection in both directions: the seller is protected from future liability claims, and the buyer takes transf
If you have watched a transfer drag on and wondered what is taking so long, part of the answer is logistics. Under the current paper-based system, once a conveyancer has prepared a full set of transfer documents, those documents are physically printed, signed, and bundled into a lodgement pack. That pack then needs to
Effective 1 May, a significant amendment to the earnings threshold under the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) will come into force, carrying profound implications for both employers and employees across South Africa. This adjustment, gazetted by the Department of Employment and Labour, raises the annual earnings.
It has become common for South Africans to hold a meaningful portion of their wealth outside the country, whether that is a property in Portugal, a share portfolio in the US, a trust interest in Mauritius, or a bank account in the Channel Islands. Many people assume their South African will automatically takes care of
No articles match these filters yet.
View all posts