About Dr Steenkamp

I am a practising conveyancer and notary public. I initially studied at the Rand Afrikaans University where I obtained a BA(law) and LLB degree. As a firm believer that practice and theory are complementary, I completed an LLM in estate law at Potchefstroom, followed by an LLD on training attorneys for the profession. This was followed by a postgraduate diploma in insolvency law at Pretoria and an LLM in commercial and company law at Unisa.

I prosecuted and worked as a legal advisor for the State before qualifying as attorney. I entered practice as a litigant in Pietermaritzburg, discovered the error of my ways and moved on into conveyancing and later as estate law specialist. I currently practice as conveyancer and notary with specific interests in commercial, estate and trust law.

I have, over forty years, served in positions from filing clerk to managing director of sizeable practices as litigant, estate specialist, property specialist and commercial practitioner.

This has positioned me as an experienced attorney capable of handling any form of property work including developments, estate law problems and a wide range of commercial and notarial work.

Snippet 01-2025

Property Trends: Regular readers of property news will recall that especially (the average) South African residential property prices are in decline, when compared to our inflation rate. South Africans are not alone in this position, as may be seen from the following...

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PropertyTrends:Our residential rental market reflects the increasingly positive market outlook and stood at a record low vacancy rate of 5.07% in Q3/2024.Similarly, Growthpoint reports declining office rental vacancy space, stating that coastal regions outperform...

Snippet 2024-19

PropertyTrendsFNB reports that fewer South Africans are immigrating out of the country of late with such dropping from 8 to 7% now, down from 14.2% in Q1 2019. It also says that there is an uptick in, especially, the affordable housing market, owing to stronger market...

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PropertyTrends:Consensus has it that the tide is turning in the property market – whilst this may be so, there is little of this yet aside from interest. Investors are reportedly piling into the listed property sector to take advantage of the coming surge.Whilst...

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PropertyTrends: With inflation seemingly under control, the expectation is that more aggressive interest rate cuts will follow, which should stimulate our property market.The residential market has stabilised, with isolated spots showing real price increases, such as...

Snippet 2024-16

Practice News Legal PractitionersDr Hlope has been in the news quite often of late; the MK party’s application for leave to appeal the decision that Hlope be prohibited from serving on the JSC will be heard on the first November.Dali Mpofu SC is a well-known...