The updated POPIA Regulations, effective 17 April 2025, enhance data subject rights and organisational compliance. This article briefly outlines key amendments, emphasising the importance of adhering to strengthened data protection requirements.
As South Africans navigate the complex process of buying or selling property, they are sometimes surprised by the extensive personal details required by property practitioners. While the requests for identification documents, proof of address, and financial records can feel invasive, there is a clear legal requirement behind these checks.
The DTIC has issued a draft document on the creation of a R100bn Transformation Fund. Minister Parks Tau has said that the aim of the fund is to aggregate especially Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) funds in support of transformation and the participation of and sustainability of black-owned enterprises in the economy.
The Climate Change Act, signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2024 and officially proclaimed on March 17, 2025, marks a significant step in South Africa's commitment to combating climate change.
JSE Listings Requirements: Simplification Project – proposed amendments to the valuation report provisions
As more Airbnb and short-term letting options come to the fore, concerns from property owners and tenants in complexes, estates and apartment buildings are growing, with issues related to noise, parking, property damage and security coming to the forefront.
South Africa’s property industry faces a significant legal battle as the business interest group Sakeliga takes on elements of the Property Practitioners Act of 2022. The group argues that the Act enforces excessive regulatory control and compels Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) compliance in unwarranted ways. A successful challenge could have widespread implications for numerous businesses, offering them more operational freedom without mandatory BEE certifications.
In a recent ruling, the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg addressed a legal dispute involving a Johannesburg apartment owner who argued that his body corporate could not disconnect his electricity for non-payment due to his Constitutional rights. The court dismissed this argument, affirming the body corporate's right to disconnect electricity for unpaid charges and levies until the outstanding debt is cleared.
The Community Scheme Ombud Service (CSOS) was established under the Community Schemes Ombud Service Act of 2011 (CSOS Act) to offer an impartial, transparent alternative for resolving administrative disputes within community schemes.
The facts of the dispute were common causes. The Thistle Trust (Trust) received distributions of capital gains from Zenprop, which is a group of trusts. The Trust then distributed the capital gains to its beneficiaries and the capital gains were taxed in the hands of the beneficiaries.