by Daan Steenkamp | Nov 8, 2022 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Practice General news: Shades of Mr Zuma: the Mkwebane application for leave to appeal, whilst awaiting a Concourt decision, and her representative’s argument that her suspension is an act of cruelty, followed by Adv Mpofu’s withdrawal is wrong on so many fundamental...
by Daan Steenkamp | Oct 25, 2022 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Practice Generally: Erratum: in my last publication I reported that an underhand contract between married parties could not take precedence over an ANC. This was incorrect. A contract with no cancellation clause may still be cancelled on reasonable notice: Reference...
by Daan Steenkamp | Oct 12, 2022 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Practice News: In 2014 Court-Annexed Mediation was introduced in South Africa, purportedly to improve access to justice by providing a dispute resolution system which is efficient, amicable and affordable. An academic (UFS) criticises this system and suggests that the...
by Daan Steenkamp | Sep 27, 2022 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Practice News: Mkhwebane suffered 37 court losses in her reign to date. Her preliminary expenditure on court cases was R146m, R14m of which was spent on resisting impeachment. Her total is some five times more than her precursor, Madonsela, spent. You will recall the...
by Daan Steenkamp | Sep 9, 2022 | Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet, Uncategorized
Property General news: IOL flighted a write-up which you may find interesting in terms of what purchasers want from property when they buy: Reference On the same theme – Loos describes the rise in residential building plans, passed and completed in the Western Cape,...
by Daan Steenkamp | Aug 14, 2022 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economy Pipe dreams? You will recall that during last year there was much hot air spewed by politicians around the development of our eastern seaboard at Port St Johns, together with a high-speed rail link from there to Gauteng. Now it appears to be the western...
