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10 January 2018 Statement by Home Affairs Director-General Mkuseli Apleni at the media briefing to correct false reports on date of termination of green-barcoded ID books, held in Pretoria, on 10 January 2018 Article credit: RSA Home Affairs Members of the media, I welcome all of you to our first briefing in the New Year.Read more

“Co-ownership is the mother of disputes” (Roman law maxim) Buying property can be an excellent investment, but it can also be expensive. So sometimes it makes a lot of sense to share the financial burden with someone else. Perhaps for example you are spouses or life partners buying your first home. Perhaps you are aRead more

Both sellers and buyers (of anything – houses, cars, you name it) need to understand how the CPA (Consumer Protection Act) has impacted on the very common “voetstoots” (“as is”) clause. Firstly, what’s the difference between “patent” and “latent” defects? Before we get into the meat of this question, let’s understand two important terms –Read more

FEBRUARY 2018 “It is well established that contractual provisions are against public policy ‘… if there is a probability that unconscionable, immoral or illegal conduct will result from the implementation of the provisions according to the tenor’” (extract from the judgment below) When you choose to buy into a security estate or other community scheme,Read more