Legal Updates

The Department of Human Settlements Director-General Mbulelo Tshangana has granted the public an extension to make comments on the Property Practitioners Regulations, notice 139 of 2020. The [...]

South Africa has moved to Alert Level 2 of the lockdown and many restrictions have been lifted.  Estate agents may now hold show days but are cautioned to continue observing COVID-19 health and [...]

The South African Government announced that Alert Level 2 will be in place from 00h01 on 18 August 2020. Disaster Management Act: Regulations: Alert level 2 during Coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown [...]

MEDIA STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, WATER & SANITATION 05 MAY 2020 DEPARTMENT GRANTS AN EXTENSION FOR THE INDUSTRY AND PUBLIC TO SUBMIT COMMENTS ON NOTICE 139 OF [...]

Below find the draft Property Practitioners Regulations, 2020 for public comment. genn-139-of-2020-property-practitioners-regulations-2020 Any interested persons or institutions are hereby [...]

        Please see below the proposed amendments to the estate agent scorecard. pscc_estate-agents-scorecard

The Property Practitioners Bill was passed by both houses on 28 March 2019 and has been sent to the President for assent. Please find a full copy of the Bill as amended by the Portfolio Committee [...]

There have been two recent cases dealing with agencies that traded without Fidelity Fund Certificates (FFC’s) which we thought would be of interest to you. Here are summaries of the two cases: [...]

Please be advised that it is stated in Section 8.6 of the Property Sector Code that: An EXEMPTED MICRO ENTERPRISE (“EME”) is only required to obtain a sworn affidavit or certificate from the [...]

The FIC Act has two types of penalties for contraventions or acts of non-compliance with the FIC Act.  The first is administrative sanction(section 45C(3))  for non-compliance with the FIC Act [...]