General
Purchasing property at auction
15 June 2016
Sascha Beck discusses how auctions work and the different aspects of sales in execution, insolvency and property in possession of which buyers should be aware.Consolidation of accounts
23 June 2016
Chantelle Gladwin and Gary Boruchowitz write that clarity is needed about the power of municipalities to consolidate accounts for the same person for a single property.Unequal before the law
30 June 2016
Differences in the ability of Johannesburg's consumers to get a retrospective reduction in their municipal property valuation on Supplementary Rolls are prejudicial.Metering disputes
07 July 2016
Chantelle Gladwin and Lindelani Msomi examine the law regarding the onus or burden of proof on the parties when approaching a court for relief in a metering dispute.Arun
14 July 2016
An analysis of Arun Property which considers the nature of the expropriation classification and the resultant ramifications for a valid deprivation of property.Critical appraisal of CRC 7 of 1994
21 July 2016
Thabo Nqhome submits that without legislative amendments to the Interim and 1996 Constitutions, paragraphs 4 and 6 of CRC 7/1994 ought to be withdrawn.Rural burial sites and graves
28 July 2016
Allen West discusses burial and visitation rights which are real rights capable of being, and should be, registered as personal servitudes against the title deeds of farms.RCR 9/2015 and CRC 1/2016
04 August 2016
Thabo Nqhome suggests that both the RCR and the CRC be amended or withdrawn as they purport to convert an option to register property to an obligation.Paragraph 3.3.6 of CRC 16/1998
11 August 2016
Thabo Nqhome submits that the source of the principle behind Paragraph 3.3.6. of CRC16/1998 is not valid, and that it falls outside the Chief Registrar of Deed's powers.Registrar of Deeds Autonomy
11 August 2016
Allen West discusses the autonomy of the Registrar of Deeds with regard to CRCs, Registrar's Conference Resolutions and Chief Registrar's legal opinions.
