by Daan Steenkamp | Sep 4, 2018 | Practice
The Sunday Times reported that the ANC has bowed to pressure from traditional leaders that allowed citizens the right to refuse to be subject to the jurisdiction of traditional courts. The difficulty seems to be that optional participation would nullify the existence...
by Daan Steenkamp | Sep 2, 2018 | Property
Moneyweb reports that the average national residential property rental growth has halved from a year ago and is currently at 3.27%. Interestingly, the Free State at 8.14%, KZN at 6.75% and the Western Cape at 6.97%, are the only provinces in which such rental growth...
by Daan Steenkamp | Aug 30, 2018 | Business
For the first time, since 2009, State capex has decreased – by R12bn. It appears that those who backed off most were Prasa and TransNet. The Statistician General recorded that municipalities had spent R63bn on capital expenditure and R331bn on “operational...
by Daan Steenkamp | Aug 28, 2018 | Practice
Yesterday a gentleman, who had just passed his notarial exams, mentioned to me that it was probably a worthless qualification. Possibly; whilst often mundane jobs are done by notaries, the value thereof can hardly be overestimated. My protocol stands at some five...
by Daan Steenkamp | Aug 26, 2018 | Property
Tribal land: just this phrase, harkening back to feudal times, says it all. Traditional leaders are in a bind: the tenure under which land is held in traditional areas is simply unsustainable. Land “owners” don’t pay rates which makes it difficult to render services....
