by Daan Steenkamp | Aug 24, 2018 | Business
Most ex large-practice conveyancers have a love/hate relationship with banks. I share the sentiment. I business-bank with Nedbank to access, what has become the industry standard for handling client deposits and guarantees, Corporate Saver. Having declared my...
by Daan Steenkamp | Aug 21, 2018 | Practice
There is a position open for a competent, experienced commercial conveyancer, either in Pinetown or in Umhlanga. If this interests you, drop me a note. A report last week on a serial maintenance dodger sent to gaol for 4 ½ years must have come as great news to many...
by Daan Steenkamp | Aug 20, 2018 | Property
This week past there was news of the first electronically signed property transfer having been registered. Conveyancers celebrated and lamented. Pouring cold water on this is the realisation that the deeds were not electronically lodged or registered – the Registrar...
by Daan Steenkamp | Aug 17, 2018 | Business
It is common cause that our SOE’s have been managed into financial difficulty. What to do? Lend money from the public service pension scheme to such an entity and convert the loan to equity and voilà, the problem is solved. The government still controls the SOE...
by Daan Steenkamp | Aug 9, 2018 | Snippet
Centuries ago British missionaries and traders set out for respectively upliftment and profit. Christianity and free trade went hand-in-hand. The former demanded cleanliness and the adoption of British values, the latter free trade often enforced by gunboat diplomacy....
