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  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...

Gentle Reader,   Herewith my first edition following on a revised intent driven by a change in practice: I intend publishing primarily property and related...

While there is no right or wrong answer, here are the advantages and disadvantages of this approach …   Simply speaking, there are four traditional...

Gentle Reader   I started publishing Snippets in 1997 and, over the years repurposed the content and focus thereof to keep track of what readers...

There is always a new trend when it comes to the property market but very few trends have the lasting benefits of eco-upgrades. As we...

Economy   This week past I was privileged to attend a talk by the Nedbank chief economist Nicky Weimar, who gave an overview on our...