Sunday, March 1, 2020
An amendment of s25 of the Constitution has been on the cards for a while. It is specifically aimed at, supposedly, enabling expropriation of land without compensation.
Stakeholders in the industry have been concerned and confused regarding whether a certificate in terms of the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act ("SPLUMA") is required throughout South Africa in order to transfer property.
Friday, February 28, 2020
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced, as part of the 2020 Budget Speech, that transfer duty will no longer apply to properties with a purchase price of R1 million and less. Previously the threshold was R900 000.
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Legal updates and commentary from our Environmental and Mining Law team for February 2020.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, has by Notice in the Gazette extended the comment period on the protocols for the assessment of environmental impacts and minimum report content requirements for environmental themes and activities requiring environmental authorisation
Saturday, February 1, 2020
Assessments on social impact, a project's "need and desirability", as well as the subsequent evaluation of these assessments by a competent regulatory authority within the bounds of administrative law, remain the fulcrum of any mining rights application.
On 30 October 2018, the Constitutional Court handed down a unanimous judgment in the case of Matshabelle Mary Rahube v Hendsrine Rahube a.o. declaring s2(1) of the Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act (112 of 1991) (ULTRA) unconstitutional. Predictably, this opened up a can of worms.
Friday, January 31, 2020
If you are in the market to purchase a more established and character filled Home with the view to upgrading or improving it, then please consider the provisions of the National Heritage Resources Act 25 of 1999.
Monday, January 27, 2020
The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, has in terms of the National Environmental Act declared her intention to amend the Section 24H Registration Authority Regulations, 2016, published under sections 24(5)(e), 24H and 44 of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998), as set out in the Schedule hereto.
Monday, December 2, 2019
What is it? Why is it called a secret tender? What turns on it? In terms of Rule 34 of the Uniform Rules of Court, a secret tender is a secret offer of settlement made during the course of an action, by one party to another, about which the court is not told until after judgment has been delivered.
