PROPERTY: Seller’s right to appoint conveyancer
There is no law in South Africa that states whether the purchaser or seller must appoint a conveyancer to attend to the transfer of...
PROPERTY: Land claims resurrected
On 30 June 2014, President Jacob Zuma announced the re-opening of the land restitution claims giving the people a five-year window period...
PROPERTY: New legislation to ban foreign ownership of land
The Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Gugile Nkwinti, announced a range of property related legislation that government...
PROPERTY: Sellers beware! ConCourt rules defaulting debtors entitled to transfer of property
In the recent decision of Lorraine Sophie Botha and Another v Henry Robins Rich NO and Others CCT 89/13 [2014] ZACC 13, the...