by VDT Attorneys | May 29, 2023 | Water Rights
For many owners of water rights, the confusion over the last few years about whether you can or can’t transfer these rights to another, has been quite frustrating. At last, the Constitutional Court has provided much-needed clarity and hopefully laid the issue finally...
by VDT Attorneys | Feb 8, 2022 | Water Rights
Water use in South Africa is regulated mainly in terms of the National Water Act, 36 of 1998 (Act). In 2020, the North Gauteng High Court ruled that section 25 of the Act did not permit the sale or transfer of water use entitlement to your neighbour or any other...
by VDT Attorneys | Aug 17, 2020 | News, Water Rights
Water use in South Africa is mainly regulated in terms of the National Water Act, 36 of 1998 (“Water Act”). The Water Act clearly states that water is a scarce and unevenly distributed resource and that Government has a responsibility to manage water use and...
by VDT Attorneys | Feb 11, 2019 | BEE, Property, Water Rights
Die Nasionale Waterwet van 1998 reguleer die proses en kriteria waaraan ‘n waterlisensie-aansoek moet voldoen. Een van hierdie kriteria behels dat so ‘n aansoek met ‘n gesertifiseerde afskrif van die applikant se Breë-Basis Swart Ekonomiese Bemagtiging sertifikaat...
by VDT Attorneys | Apr 6, 2018 | Property, Sectional Title, Sectional Title and Community Schemes, Water Rights
The general rule in sectional title schemes is that owners are billed according to the participation quota in the scheme, determined according to the relative size of the unit. The problem with this is that this is not always reflective of the actual use of the water....
