Insights

15
May
2017
Property

Property News Flash 17/2017

Transfer of a property: Is VAT or transfer duty payable?.
08
May
2017
Property

Property News Flash 16/2017

WHO MUST EFFECT TRANSFER IN AN ESTATE TRANSFER?.
04
May
2017
Property

Amendment of Antenuptial Contracts Before and After Conclusion of a Marriage

Because an antenuptial contract only becomes effective after solemnization of the marriage, there is no reason why the parties thereto cannot exercise their common law right to amend or to cancel such a contract by agreement (RCR 33 of 1954, RCR 53 of 1966 and RCR 4 of 1969).
04
May
2017
Property

Conversion of a Share Block Scheme Into Sectional Title Ownership

Subsequent to the registration of the sectional plan effecting the conversion of a share block scheme into a sectional title scheme, the share block company may transfer units in the scheme to share block holders, or any third party.
04
May
2017
Property

Redistribution Agreements

Transfers of land and cessions of real rights therein must follow the sequence of the successive transactions in pursuance of which they are made and it shall not be lawful to depart from any such sequence, save as is provided for in the Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”), or in any other law or as directed by the court (section 14(1)(a) and (b) of the Act.
03
May
2017
Skills- and Supplier/Enterprise/Socio-Economic Development

2017 B-BBEE Certificate

In accordance with the Revised Codes of Good Practice issued in terms of Section 9(1) of the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003 (act 53 of 2003 Gazetted 11 OCTOBER 2013) MacRobert Incorporated received a recommended overall B-BBEE-status Level 1 (one), overall recommended B-BBEE Procurement Recognition level is 135%.
24
Apr
2017
Environmental and Mining

EnviroMac March 2017

Legal updates and commentary from our Environmental and Mining Law team for March 2017.
24
Apr
2017
Environmental and Mining

FORMAL PROTECTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, LANDSCAPE AND NATURAL FEATURES OF CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, STRUCTURES AND UNMARKED BURIALS, SITUATED ON OR AT THE ''BLOMBOSCHFONTEIN NATURE RESERVE", SITUATED ON PORTION 72 AND 73 OF FARM BLOMBOSCHFONTEIN 495, RIVERSDALE

Heritage Western Cape has, in terms of section 27(2) of the NHRA, declared the archaeological and paleontological sites; unmarked burials; the landscape and natural features of cultural significance; and structures situated on portion 72 and 73 of farm Blomboschfontien 495 in Rivers-dal, Hessequa as formally protected under section 27 of the NHRA.
24
Apr
2017
Environmental and Mining

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT (57/2003): DECLARATION OF ATTACHED RESPECTIVE LAND PARCELS AS NATURE RESERVES IN TERMS OF THE ACT: PORTION 7 OF THE FARM BUFFELSHOEK 446 KQ AND PORTION 25 OF THE FARM BUFFELSHOEK 446 KQ

The MEC of the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism has, in terms of section 23(1) of the NEM:PAA, declared respective land parcels, as listed in the schedule to this notice, as a nature reserve, namely Leopard Creek Safaris.
24
Apr
2017
Environmental and Mining

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT (85/1993): GUIDELINES FOR DRIVEN MACHINERY REGULATIONS, 2015

The Department of Labour has published the Guidelines for Driven Machinery Regulations, 2015. The purpose of this guideline is to set out the implications and application of the more important regulations concerning the Driven Machinery Regulations, 2015.
24
Apr
2017
Environmental and Mining

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT (85/1993) AS AMENDED: INCORPORATION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS INTO THE PRESSURE EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS, 2009

The Chief Inspector has, in terms of section 44 of the OSHA, amended the schedule to the Pressure Equipment Regulations, 2009 by replacing the current schedule with the Health and Safety Standards as set out in the schedule to this notice.
24
Apr
2017
Environmental and Mining

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT LAWS AMENDMENT BILL, 2017: EXPLANATORY SUMMARY OF THE ACT

The Minister of Environmental Affairs has, in terms of rule 241(1)(c) of the Rules of the National Assembly, published an explanatory summary of the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Bill, 2017, which she intends to introduce at the National Assembly during April 2017.