Change of Name of Trusts – Conveyancing News
The Trust Property Control Act, 57 of 1988, does not provide for the change of name of a trust. Section 93 of the Deeds...
Payment of Increased Levies on the Extension of the Floor Area of a Section...
Practitioners are often confronted with the question pertaining to the date from which an owner of a section, who has extended the floor area...
Conveyancing Update – Certificates Issued In Terms Of Section 15b(3) Of The Sectional Titles...
Introduction Practice has showed that the contents of the section 15B(3) certificates provided by conveyancers do not always depict the correct state of affairs....
Description of Municipalities in Conveyancing Documents
Deeds RegistryPretoria24 Mav 2001
Registrars Circular No 9/2001 (Reminder)
In terms of the LOCAL GOVERNMENT : MUNICIPAL STRUCTURES ACT NO. 117 OF 1998 three new types of Municipalities...
Power of Executor/ Representative to Act Prior to Appointment by Master – Conveyancing Updates
The question one is often confronted with is whether it is the duty of the registrar of deeds to conclude whether the date of...
Interesting Facts Pertaining to Conveyancing – Part IV – Conveyancing News
DID YOU KNOW:
A registrar of deeds has the power, in terms of section 4(1)(a) of the Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937 (DRA), to...
What Happens When An Inheritance Cannot Be Put Into Effect? – Conveyancing News
Where a testator bequeaths immovable property to heirs which, for some or other valid reason, cannot be put into effect, such immovable property will...
Cross Border Insolvency Law – Conveyancing News
Introduction
South Africa has a mixed legal system because its common law – the Roman-Dutch law – has been significantly influenced by English law. Mercantile...
Guidelines on Conveyancing Fees – effective from 16 May 2022.
CONVEYANCING: CONVENTIONAL DEEDS (ACT 47/1937) GUIDELINE OF FEES
Effective from 16 May 2022
Conveyancing fees are negotiable. These are merely guidelines and not minimum or maximum...
SECTIONAL TITLES ACT, 1986 (ACT NO. 95 OF 1986) AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS
CHIEF REGISTRAR'S CIRCULAR NO. 4 OF 2025
1 . COMMENCEMENT OF AMENDED REGULATIONS
The amended regulations to the Sectional Titles Act, 1986 (Act 95 of 1986) ('the...
Relevant Case Law & The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 –...
GUMEDE V PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA AND OTHERS – (CCT 50/08) ZACC 23 (8 DECEMBER 2008)
In Gumede v President of...
Incorporating Restrictive / Homeowners Association Conditions Contained in Section 11(3) (B) Schedule into New...
A fair amount of confusion prevails as to the inclusion of restrictive homeowners’ association conditions in new drafted deeds, inclusive of cessions of real...
