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South Africa is on a 21-day lockdown due to the coronavirus. The banks have come to the aid of those in need by offering ‘payment holidays’. The offering by each bank has differing terms and conditions which will be looked at in more detail below. The biggest concerns to customers are the possible additional charges, […]

The Problem Building By-Law (herein after referred to as ‘the By-Law’) is the very first By-Law in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality for 2020. The By-Law was published in the Government Gazette on 27 January 2020 and came into operation on that same day. The aim of the By-Law is to enable authorised officials […]

From 1 November 2018 the legal profession is now regulated by the Legal Practice Counsel (“the LPC”). Previously the legal profession was regulated by four Provincial Law Societies. One of the biggest changes introduced is that the LPC regulates all legal practitioners across the board. Therefore, not only attorneys, but advocates too. The LPC came […]

It is often necessary to give someone authorisation to act on someone else’s behalf when that someone (the grantor) is out of the country or temporarily unable to manage his or her affairs. This document is referred to as a Power of Attorney. A General Power of Attorney is by its very nature, used for […]

Without your ORIGINAL title deed, you are unable to sell or mortgage your property. A lost or misplaced title deed will mean that you’ll need to make an application for the certified copy thereof to be issued by the Deeds Office. A certified copy (certified by anyone other than the Deeds Office) will not be […]

A Surrogate Motherhood Agreement has to be confirmed by the Court in order for the child to be born a child of the contracting parents, in terms of chapter 19 of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005. The Court is the upper guardian of children, and therefore has to consider the best interests of the […]

This month has been a very busy Women’s Month at Greyvensteins Inc. In preparation for Women’s Month, we hosted Professor Thuli Madonsela and Clinical Psychologist Charissa Bloomberg from Hidden Dimensions at our office. We also enjoyed a relaxed boat trip with Professor Madonsela and her son and showed off our beautiful coast line. The relaxed […]

Water usage in Sectional Title Schemes has long been a debate, sparking arguments and contention between tenants, landlords and body corporates alike. The Water Services Act regulations of 8 June 2001 initially gave a 2 year period within which all sectional title schemes, built prior to the commencement of the Act, were to comply with […]

Calculate the financial implications of selling your home The correct certification If your home is fitted with an electrical system, an electric fence, and gas appliances, the compliance certificates for the validity of these installations are required before the successful transaction of your home. Depending on where your home is located, additional beetle and plumbing […]

Here at Greyvensteins, we are proud to say that the first few months of 2018 have been spent with very special people. February was an exciting month commencing with Mayor Athol Trollip addressing us at our monthly Property Forum. In his address, much light was shed onto the current water crisis the Eastern Cape is […]