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Do you need an occupancy certificate before occupying your new house?
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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Lawtons Africa
- Jun 30
- 2 min
When is transfer duty or VAT payable on the sale of immovable property?
The use of social media has many benefits; one of them being the creation of work and income opportunities, such as doing promotional work o
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Lawtons Africa
- Jun 23
- 1 min
Who does the new Property Practitioners Act applies to?
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
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Lawtons Africa
- Jun 22
- 2 min
Building a home? Find out how the NHBRC can assist you
The abbreviation NHBRC is very important to all prospective buying off plan new homeowners.
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Lawtons Africa
- Sep 6, 2022
- 6 min
Virtual real estate: New-age fad or feature of the future?
If you were born before 4 September 1998, you are officially older than Google.
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Lawtons Africa
- Jun 9, 2022
- 5 min
To turn your camera on or not to turn your camera on?
“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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Lawtons Africa
- Jun 6, 2022
- 6 min
Sheriff’s auctions: Bargain or blunder?
The promise of snatching up luxury real estate for a fraction of the price has always attracted buyers to th
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Lawtons Africa
- Mar 15, 2022
- 3 min
Can you commission documents virtually?
Limiting physical contact between people has long been held as the most effective way of stopping the spread of Covid-19.
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Lawtons Africa
- Jan 21, 2022
- 2 min
Subtle but strange: ECTA’s reference to the wrong legislation
Subtle but strange: ECTA’s reference to the wrong legislation
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Lawtons Africa
- Sep 16, 2021
- 3 min
The Validity of e-signatures in Sale Agreements for Land
Currently in South Africa, electronic signatures are regulated by both the common law and the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act
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Lawtons Africa
- Jun 17, 2021
- 6 min
When do personal rights become real?
Personal rights in terms of long-term lease agreements came under the spotlight in the recent Constitutional Court judgement...
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Lawtons Africa
- Sep 10, 2020
- 2 min
Protecting against unlawful dispossession: the mandament van spolie
Unlawful evictions are a common feature during tough economic times. While some protection is afforded by the Disaster Management...
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Lawtons Africa
- May 22, 2020
- 2 min
Electronic signature of bond documents during the lockdown and beyond
As a result of the lockdown, commercial banks and law firms have needed to look at alternative ways to obtain clients’ signatures. Long...
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Lawtons Africa
- Apr 23, 2020
- 4 min
The legality of evictions during the lockdown
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...
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Lawtons Africa
- Apr 21, 2020
- 3 min
Relief package for tenants in good standing during lockdown
The relief announced for retail tenants to offset the financial impact of the Covid-19 lockdown [Relief offered to retail tenants by...
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Lawtons Africa
- Apr 16, 2020
- 5 min
Relief offered to retail tenants by property industry
On 7 April 2020, the Property Industry Group, a newly formed collective of the country’s major commercial property representative bodies...
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Lawtons Africa
- Apr 3, 2020
- 3 min
Jogging or walking dogs within a complex
There have been mixed messages about whether residents in a sectional title scheme can jog or walk their dogs within a complex during the...
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Lawtons Africa
- Oct 21, 2019
- 3 min
Courts determine legal conclusion of a customary marriage related to lobola & handing over ceremony.
Author: Hopewell Sathekge – Director A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) affirms that the full payment of lobola and...
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Lawtons Africa
- Nov 29, 2017
- 8 min
Reversionary rights and prescription
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) handed down judgment in the matter of eThekwini Municipality v Mounthaven (Pty) Ltd (1068/2016) [2017]...
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