“Pay Extra for My Generator or I’ll Cut You Off During Loadshedding”. Can a Landlord Do That?
Loadshedding continues to plague us and our businesses, and when tenants are connected during power cuts to their landlord’s alternative [...]
Can You Use Land Use Laws to Close Down a Neighbour’s Business?
“A bad neighbour is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage”. (Hesiod, poet of Ancient [...]
Festive Season Sellers: Start Getting Your Compliance Certificates Ready
“If you don't like where you are, move. You are not a tree” (Jim Rohn) It’s that time of year [...]
A Costly Case of Buyer’s Remorse
“Caveat subscriptor” – old legal maxim meaning “Let the signer beware!’ A recent High Court decision once again highlights the [...]
Selling Your House to a Non-Resident
“Oh, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien” (Sting’s ‘Englishman in New York’) South Africa is attractive to overseas property [...]
Security Warning: Property Sale Cybercrime Surges, and a New AI Danger
“The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague” (Napoleon Bonaparte) This October marks the 20th anniversary of the globally [...]
Landlords: You Cannot Cut a Defaulting Tenant’s Water and Electricity
“A fundamental principle in issue here is that nobody may take the law into their own hands. In order to [...]
Your New House Leaks Like a Sieve – Can You Sue the Seller?
“There is no sound more peaceful than rain on the roof, if you're safe asleep in someone else's house.” (Anne [...]
Leaving Anything Important Out of Your Property Sale Agreement Will Sink It
“No alienation of land … shall … be of any force or effect unless it is contained in a deed [...]
Property Buyers: The Danger of Not Doing Your Financial Homework
“Look before you leap” (wise old proverb) Don’t let the excitement of buying a property blind you to the necessity [...]
