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November 21st, 2022 | Business, Economics, Practice
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...
November 14th, 2022 | Business, Economics, Practice
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...
KEEP HOUSEPLANTS ALIVE WHEN YOU’RE ON HOLIDAY WITH THESE TRICKS
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...
October 25th, 2022 | Business, Economics, Practice
Practice Generally: • Erratum: in my last publication I reported that an underhand contract between married parties could not take precedence over an ANC. This...
Property Practitioners Act
The Property Practitioners Act 22 of 2019 (the “Act”) came into operation on the 1st of February 2022. The Act replaces the Estate Agencies...
The pros and cons of subletting a property
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...
October 10th, 2022 | Business, Economics, Practice
Practice News: • In 2014 Court-Annexed Mediation was introduced in South Africa, purportedly to improve access to justice by providing a dispute resolution system...
Property remains a good way to earn a passive income
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...
September 25th, 2022 | Business, Economics, Practice
Practice News: Mkhwebane suffered 37 court losses in her reign to date. Her preliminary expenditure on court cases was R146m, R14m of which was...
September 7th, 2022 | Business, Economics, Practice
Gentle Reader, Herewith my first edition following on a revised intent driven by a change in practice: I intend publishing primarily property and related...