Legal Articles and Guides
Developer forced into share sale agreement
Michael Georgiou, a non-executive director at JSE-listed Accelerate Property Fund, was forced into a share sale earlier this month which saw 107m shares in the group disposed of.
Estate resident wins garage door dispute
A resident of a Johannesburg housing estate was so determined to keep his mirror-finish garage door that he dragged his homeowners' association to court when it ordered him to remove it.
Stellenbosch developer seeks municipal land swop
A prominent winelands property developer says he will have to erect a R7m fence across the mountainside overlooking Stellenbosch unless the municipality agrees to a land exchange.
Regulator digs in heels over B-BBEE
The Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) says there has been enough consultation on new fidelity fund rules and it will not back down on stricter B-BBEE requirements.
Mother loses bid to avoid eviction
A Tembisa woman who refused to vacate her late father’s house was evicted after the new homeowner took her to the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg), says a report in The Star.
SCA dismisses Copperleaf appeal
The SCA has dismissed with costs a Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality application to review and set aside a 2020 Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) judgment that declared its recategorisation of certain properties at Copperleaf Golf and Country Estate in Centurion unlawful, and set aside some aspects of its valuation roll.
R53m stolen land forfeited to SIU
A forfeiture order valued at R53m has been granted to the SIU and Asset Forfeiture Unit by the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) as part of an investigation into the fraudulent transfer of government land to a syndicate.
Municipality chastised over treatment of possible evictee
KZN High Court (Durban) Judge Robin Mossop, faced with an application which could see a mother and her three young children on the streets, has ruled the mother is entitled to assistance in her ‘moment of need’ from the entity burdened to provide that assistance.
Real estate agents in BEE cross-hairs
More than 40% of the country’s real estate agencies and nearly half of the 40 000 registered real estate agents’ operations could be disrupted due to the government’s latest BEE requirements that it is enforcing on the private sector.
Landowner cleared to demolish illegally built structures
Houses of 70 supposedly ‘wealthy’ homeowners built on illegally acquired land in an upmarket Pietermaritzburg suburb face imminent demolition as the invaders refused to pay the property owner’s asking price.
Municipality gets 21 days to resolve sewerage problem
Faced with evidence of extensive sewage pollution throughout Komatipoort, the Mpumalanga High Court on Friday ordered the Nkomazi Municipality to clean up its act.
Seller loses bid to keep R1m deposit
After the property sale for his house in Hout Bay worth millions fell through due to the Covid-19 pandemic, UK accountant Christopher Hughes has lost his case to claim a R1m deposit as ‘damages’.
ConCourt criticises trustees for improper motives
The Constitutional Court has given the trustees of the Goede Hoop Trust a tongue-lashing for having ‘improper motives’ and using farmworkers as a means to frustrate the execution of sale of a wine estate to recover money owed to Nedbank.
SCA rules Cape Town site sale lawful
The SCA has upheld an appeal by the Western Cape Government and the City of Cape Town, and set aside two previous High Court orders declaring the sale of a Sea Point property, known as the ‘Tafelberg’ site, to be unlawful, reports GroundUp.
Sheriff concludes eviction of Cape Town's homeless
The Sheriff of the Western Cape High Court yesterday concluded the eviction of homeless people living in and around Cape Town's central business district, reports News24.
