General
New s118(3) process
18 April 2013
On the 1st of May 2013 the City of Cape Town will be implementing a new process to enforce the payment of costs when rates clearance certificates are applied for.Fica rules and property sales
09 May 2013
Answers are given to a Fin24 reader who questions the Estate Agency Affairs Board’s power to regulate property sales outside of Fica legislation.Partition agreements
09 May 2013
In terms of 26 of the Deeds Registries Act and a partition agreement joint owners of a piece/s of land may redistribute it to become owners of their own portions.Fixing marital status errors
16 May 2013
Where immovable property vests in a married person described with an erroneous marital status such vesting can be rectified in terms of section 4(1)(b).Deeds Registries Amendment Bill 2013
23 May 2013
The Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform gave notice on the 15th of May that he intends to introduce a Deeds Registries Amendment Bill this year.Property Valuation Bill 2013
30 May 2013
The Property Valuation Bill, 2013 was recently published by the Minister for Rural Development and Land Reform in the Government Gazette for comment.The object of a right of habitatio
06 June 2013
G K Makallane submits that the known interpretation or application of the concept of habitatio has been flawed for far too long.Shares in land
27 June 2013
Allen West discusses the practice and procedure to be followed pertaining to shares in land and to their relevant paragraphs in deeds.Validity of polygamous marriages
04 July 2013
Ngwenyama v Mayelane gives legal certainty to the requirements for the validity of polygamous customary marriages, these and a citation question are discussed.Electric fences revisited
18 July 2013
To certify or not to certify that is the question: asks Milton Koumbatis, in a comprehensive commentary on the controversy surrounding electrical fence certificates.
