“Houses are built to live in and not to look on; therefore let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had.”–...
A recent High Court judgment addressed the knotty problem of an HOA’s powers to bar an owner from running a home-based business. The facts...
“WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE, NOR ANY DROP TO DRINK” Download 201998
“The long and winding road That leads to your door Will never disappear…”– John Lennon and Paul McCartney MORE OFTEN than not, land owners...
A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON CONDITIONAL APPROVALS OF LAND DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONSCOURT JUDGEMENT: EARTHLIFE AFRICA JOHANNESBURG VERSUS MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND OTHERSCASE 65662/16 DD 8...
In an earlier circular, the Association reported that the provincial powers that be (with specific regard to Gauteng) had resolved not to extend the...
DRAFT POLICY AND BILL ON PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL LAND FRAMEWORK Against the background of the aforesaid court judgement with regard to Act...
Member firms are sure to have been confronted with often strange and contradicting decisions handed down by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries...
The Plaaskem/Nippon Africa Judgment below is important for planning practitioners. Various agreements are concluded from time to time (such as for joint ventures for...
A future Constitutional Court Judgment on matters of eviction/illegal occupation of land is summarized below. An interesting footnote suggests that municipal officials should be...