Zakiyyah Williams Divorce is a legal process that marks the dissolution of a marriage, and in South Africa, it is governed by the Divorce Act of 1979. The Act outlines the procedures and principles that must be followed when seeking a divorce within the country. In South Africa, there are two main types of divorce: …
Nicole Stander If you haven’t already heard, ChatGPT is a language model created by the company OpenAI and released in November 2022. ChatGPT has recently gained popularity due to its ability to generate quick, detailed, and human-like responses in the form of text. It does so by returning answers to questions and prompts input by …
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Nwabisa Sihlahla The Supreme Court of Appeal (“SCA”) in the case of Shepstone & Wylie Attorneys v Abraham Johannes De Witt N.O and Others (1270/2021) [2023] ZASCA 74 dismissed a claim to hold a Trust liable in terms of a deed of suretyship. The deed of suretyship was signed in favour of the Appellant for …
Zelda Damons IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW RETIREMENT SYSTEM On 9 June 2023, the National Treasury and SARS published the revised Draft Revenue Laws Amendment Bill and Draft Revenue Administration and Pension Laws Amendment Bill to commence from 1 March 2024 to implement the so called “two pot” or “two component” retirement system. What is the …
GUY DAKIN S 67 of the Property Practitioners Act requires property practitioners to utilize a prescribed property disclosure form attached to a sale or lease agreement to be signed by all parties to the agreement in question. The section was introduced to ensure increased transparency by way of disclosure of key component features of a …
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SARAH FRITZ The Road Accident Fund (“RAF”) is a statutory body whose objective is to provide compensation for all persons who have suffered any loss or damage, due to death or bodily injury as a result of the negligent driving of motor vehicles within the borders of South Africa. While the RAF makes provision and …
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The meaning of the word VOETSTOOTS is “as it stands”. The VOETSTOOTS CLAUSE firstly places an obligation on the estate agent to explain the meaning to the parties as well as the difference between a patent and a latent defect. A patent defect is something you can or should see when you walk through a …
Zakiyyah Williams In South African law there are two matrimonial property systems people can choose from, a marriage in community of property or a marriage out of community of property. The marriage in community of property means there is one joint estate that belongs to the spouses in equal and undivided shares. The estate consists …
Tanya Stander A property disclosure form requires a seller to disclose any known defects or problems with the property, for example leaks, cracks, or electrical faults. The disclosure form ensures that buyers are aware of any potential liabilities associated with the property that they are purchasing. Regulation 34.3.2.1 of the Property Practitioners Act, 2019 provides …
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Burger van Dyk Let’s eat Grandpa.Let’s eat, Grandpa Just by adding a comma can change the meaning of what you want to say. In this example it can save Grandpa’s life. This may be a funny example. However it you end up in court because of incorrect interpretation of punctuation it is not funny anymore. …
