Legal Updates

Last week the Information Regulator published the guidancenote-on-information-officer-20210401, including instructions on how to register your business’ Information Officer with the Information [...]

The Information Regulator has, in terms of section 114(3) of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (No.4 of 2013), determined the 1 July 2021 as the date on which section 58(2) of the [...]

Real Estate Business Owners of South Africa NPC and Others v Estate Agency Affairs Board and Another (3968/2021) [2021] ZAGPJHC (15 March 2021) Persistent hitches at the Estate Agency Affairs [...]

Courtesy: Maryna Botha – STBB The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI or POPIA), in the most simple terms, sets out ways in which businesses must deal with personal information [...]

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