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Conversion of a share block scheme into sectional title exemption from transfer duty

  • DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
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  • South Africa
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  • June 10 2013

With effect from 1 January 2013 transfer duty is no longer payable in respect of a transaction contemplated in item 8 of schedule 1 of the Share

'Avalanche' of new land claims expected

  • DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
  • -
  • South Africa
  • -
  • June 5 2013

The Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill, 2013 (the Bill) was published for comment on 23 May 2013. The Bill proposes certain significant

The Real Estate Law Review, second edition - South Africa

  • ENS - Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs
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  • South Africa
  • -
  • May 8 2013

Title to real property in South Africa vests in the landowner and not the state. There is a comprehensive legal framework for the ownership and

Home owners associations receive protection

  • DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
  • -
  • South Africa
  • -
  • March 13 2013

In Silver Tunnels Investments 7 (Pty) Ltd (In Liquidation) v The Kyalami Estate Home Owners Association - Case No 1211377, the court was faced with

REITs: implementation issues

  • ENS - Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs
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  • South Africa
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  • May 29 2013

The Real Estate Investment Trust ("REIT") regime is set to usher in a new era for the listed property sector by affording certain tax advantages to

Proposed changes to VAT legislation for vendors purchasing fixed property from non-vendors

  • DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
  • -
  • South Africa
  • -
  • November 23 2012

Where a vendor purchases fixed property from a non-vendor, the vendor is required to pay transfer duty as opposed to value-added ta

The obligation to rezone land and its impact on mining and prospecting rights in South Africa

  • DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
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  • South Africa
  • -
  • December 3 2012

The necessity to rezone land for mining or prospecting purposes has been confirmed by a series of recent judgments

Not in my backyard

  • DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
  • -
  • South Africa
  • -
  • November 5 2012

A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the matter of Mobile Telephone Networks Limited (Pty) Ltd v SMI Trading CC 2012 ZASCA 138 SCA on the powers of electronic communications network service licensees to enter private land to construct and maintain networks may well give private landowners, particularly those with large tracts of land, cause for concern

Residential property amnesty renovations concluded!

  • ENS - Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs
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  • South Africa
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  • October 28 2010

After representations were made to the National Treasury with respect to the introduction of a residential property amnesty, it appears that the final version of the legislation has been 'renovated' to suit the array of family planning structures and circumstances currently being utilised

In other news

  • Chadbourne & Parke LLP
  • -
  • Kuwait, South Africa
  • -
  • November 15 2012

Califonia voters approved two ballot initiatives on November 6 that will affect tax burdens in the state

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