I read somewhere about an advocate who practiced at the Johannesburg Bar, who was heard to say to the Judge in a motion court application, that he had “Three points and One udder point.” When the judge said to him that he surely meant he had four points, Counsel was adamant by saying that no, he had three points and “den wun udder” point. I think you get the picture.

Today’s points:

1. The deeds office is still blowing hot and cold. Sometimes they strike and sometimes they don’t. Sometimes it is open for some things like lodgments and sometimes not. Yesterday it was closed. Today it is closed.
2. One of our deeds was recently rejected and I was told by my Pietermaritzburg agent that the query from the deeds office pointed out that the “title deed has been artificially reinforced with a cellophane covering which precludes it from being scanned through the computer system” so the deed was being regarded as unserviceable and a formal application needed to be made for a replacement deed under Regulation 68(8). Easy enough but who pays the costs of that application?
3. Are we being bullied into accepting [judging by newspaper reports] that the Consumer Protection Act will see the demise of the “Voetstoots” clause in sale agreements?

And the one udder point:

On one of the international television channels, viewers were informed last night that computer users now more readily access their Facebook accounts than Google. Wikipedia tells me that as of July 2010, Facebook has more than 500 million (five hundred million!) active users. Users are accessing websites that their friends access. It is a viral thing.

Regards,
Sieg

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