by VDT Attorneys | Jun 2, 2016 | Sectional Title
The Rental Housing Act (“Act”) governs the establishment of and the functions, duties and powers of the Rental Housing Tribunals. The Act also provides the necessary tools to deal with the relationship between landlords and tenants as well as the procedures to follow...
by VDT Attorneys | Jun 2, 2016 | BEE, Mining
You are correct. A new draft Mining BEE Charter (“Draft Charter”) was published on 15 April 2016 which aims to amend the 2010 Mining Charter. This Draft Charter makes provision for seven elements which are similar to the 2010 version, with the exception of the...
by VDT Attorneys | May 9, 2016 | Credit Act, Debt
As a consumer you have certain rights provided by the National Credit Act (“NCA”) which do not fall away when you default on your credit agreement. Section 129 of the NCA determines some of these rights by obliging credit providers to provide written notice to a...
by VDT Attorneys | May 9, 2016 | Property
As a rule of thumb our common law determines that a seller is the party entitled to nominate who the transferring attorney must be, given that the seller carries more risk than the purchaser. That said, nothing prohibits parties from agreeing that the purchaser can...
by VDT Attorneys | May 9, 2016 | Company, Shares
A share certificate is not a share itself, but is merely evidence of a share. A share is intangible property and has been described by our courts as being a bundle of rights which you own as shareholder. The nature and scope of these rights are usually set out in the...
