The answer is yes! An occupancy certificate is the approval by your local municipality that your house is built to standard, inspected,

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On 1 February 2022 the Property Practitioners Act 22 of 2019 (PPA) came into effect. The PPA replaced the Estate Agency Affairs Act 112 of 1

The abbreviation NHBRC is very important to all prospective buying off plan new homeowners.

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If you were born before 4 September 1998, you are officially older than Google.

“Your Lordship, it is my humble submission that I was not absent from the ‘offices’ of my principal for more than 30 working

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Limiting physical contact between people has long been held as the most effective way of stopping the spread of Covid-19.

Subtle but strange: ECTA’s reference to the wrong legislation

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Personal rights in terms of long-term lease agreements came under the spotlight in the recent Constitutional Court judgement...

Unlawful evictions are a common feature during tough economic times. While some protection is afforded by the Disaster Management...

As a result of the lockdown, commercial banks and law firms have needed to look at alternative ways to obtain clients’ signatures. Long...

As part of the government’s plan to combat the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, evictions have been suspended across the country for the...

The relief announced for retail tenants to offset the financial impact of the Covid-19 lockdown [Relief offered to retail tenants by...

On 7 April 2020, the Property Industry Group, a newly formed collective of the country’s major commercial property representative bodies...

There have been mixed messages about whether residents in a sectional title scheme can jog or walk their dogs within a complex during the...

Author: Hopewell Sathekge – Director A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) affirms that the full payment of lobola and...

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) handed down judgment in the matter of eThekwini Municipality v Mounthaven (Pty) Ltd (1068/2016) [2017]...