Transfer Duty rates effective from 1 March 2020
Value of property Rate
Up to R 1 000 000 0%
R1 000 001 – R1 375 000 3% of the value above R1...
Change of Name of a Company and a Close Corporation in Terms of the...
Since the inception of the New Companies Act, No. 71 of 2008, (the Act) a fair amount of confusion exists as to the correct...
Issuing of a certificate of real right of exclusive use areas in favour of...
Once the developer ceases to be a member of the body corporate, as contemplated in Section 2(2) of the Sectional Title Schemes Management Act,...
Lapsing of a Real Right of Extension Which has been Subdivided – Conveyancing News
Section 25(4)(b) of the Sectional Titles Act 95 of 1986 (the Act) provides for the subdivision and cession of a real right of extension,...
Alexa, is my home ready to sell?
With other big tech companies such as Google also now in on the act, the future has firmly arrived. So, if we can now...
Liquidation of PTY and CCs and the Lodgement of Bonds for Disposal – Conveyancing...
Uncertainty prevails as to the interpretation of section 56(1)(b) of the Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937 with regard to the lodging of bonds...
Liquidation of Companies and Close Corporations and the Lodgement of Bonds for Disposal –...
Uncertainty prevails as to the interpretation of section 56(1)(b) of the Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937 with regard to the lodging of bonds...
The Registrability of Contingent Usufructs and Related Matters – Conveyancing News
Section 66 of the Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937 limits the duration of a usufruct to the lifetime of the person in whose...
Duplicated Names Allocated to Sectional Title Schemes – Conveyancing News
There is no statutory or regulatory obligation on the Surveyors General or registrars of deeds to disallow the duplication of names assigned to a...
Deedsview and Deedsweb
In December conveyancers were abruptly informed that the standard Deedsview access (available at deeds offices only) to documentation would be terminated and replaced with...
Are witnesses required on a Contract or Agreement of Sale? – Conveyancing News
One is often confronted as to whether a witness needs to sign an offer to purchase or sale agreement. There are often two spaces...
The Property Practitioners Bill
The Property Practitioners Bill has now been signed into law by the President but it is not yet known when the Act will come...
