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  Gentle Reader   This will be my last newsletter this year – I will resume publication towards the end of January. May you enjoy...

Economy   Not quite in time: South Africa (we rank 12th in the world as polluter) will be given R10.8bn by France and Germany to...

General news: Shades of Mr Zuma: the Mkwebane application for leave to appeal, whilst awaiting a Concourt decision, and her representative’s argument that her suspension...

If you’re not lucky enough to have a friendly neighbour or trustworthy person to take care of your houseplants while you’re away, all hope is...

Practice Generally: • Erratum: in my last publication I reported that an underhand contract between married parties could not take precedence over an ANC. This...

  The Property Practitioners Act 22 of 2019 (the “Act”) came into operation on the 1st of February 2022. The Act replaces the Estate Agencies...

  Subletting can be helpful if you’re in need of extra cash. By Shafeeka Anthony    Property subletting is becoming popular in South Africa, largely because...

Practice   News: • In 2014 Court-Annexed Mediation was introduced in South Africa, purportedly to improve access to justice by providing a dispute resolution system...

With interest rates still off their pre-Covid highs, rental vacancies declining, and rental growth recovering now might be the best time to take the plunge...

Practice   News: Mkhwebane suffered 37 court losses in her reign to date. Her preliminary expenditure on court cases was R146m, R14m of which was...