You’ve signed your transfer and bond documents, the Transfer Attorneys have successfully registered the property in your name, and the Bond Attorneys have registered a bond over the property in favour of Bank X.
Although ownership is often perceived as a straightforward concept, it can become complex when the right to use and enjoy certain assets are granted to others. At its core, ownership involves the legal possession and control over assets – whether movable or immovable, tangible or intangible (hereinafter referred to as “things”). However, the creation of limited real rights, more particularly personal servitudes, introduces a nuanced dimension to ownership.
Women for Change is a South African non-profit organisation committed to combating gender-based violence (“GBV”) and femicide. The organisation has once again sparked thought-provoking conversations around the need for urgent systemic reform aimed at addressing the country’s high levels of femicide and GBV, further demanding GBV to be declared a national crisis. Thousands of South Africans have shown their solidarity by painting their social media TL (“timeline”) purple and changing their profile pictures in support of the movement.