General
Deaths and mortgages
10 June 2004
On most occasions, the first casualty of death, illness, retrenchment or unemployment for any South African is the individual's mortgage repayments.Revive dead capital
10 June 2004
The secondary market in housing barely exists in the former black townships. This has massive implications for SA's economic and social development.The Immigration Act
10 June 2004
Allen West considers its effect on deeds registry practice in this year's January Deeds Registration Law Newsletter.Conveyancing course
17 June 2004
Legal Education and Development [L.E.A.D] is offering a secretarial training course for conveyancing assistants.Power of Attorney
17 June 2004
Allen West discusses Power of attorney to appear before a notary in last year's August Deeds Registration Law Newsletter.Two years to transfer
24 June 2004
It took Dudu Mgaga two long years to have the Soweto house she had been renting finally registered in her name.Fica update
24 June 2004
Banks may be off the hook regarding the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (Fica), but other accountable institutions such as attorneys and estate agents still have less than a week to comply.Frustrated
08 July 2004
A reader writes regarding his property transfer: "... a friend told me that it is the same experience as going through a divorce."Time to transfer
08 July 2004
Should it take four weeks or four months to register a "typical" transfer? Lizelle Kilbourn wrote a thesis to answer this question.Check the mortgage clause
22 July 2004
The mortgage clause in some Offers to Purchase or Agreement of Sale documents can be confusing.
