One Property. Two Owners: Creating Clarity Around Shared Ownership Structures
For many South Africans, property ownership is no longer limited to a traditional arrangement where one person buys a home and holds the title alone. Rising property prices, changing family structures, and new investment approaches have made shared ownership increasingly common. Friends purchase joint investment properties, siblings inherit family homes together, couples contribute towards property […]
Who Holds the Switch? SCA Rules on Electricity for Farm Occupiers
The tension between private property rights and the statutory protections of farm occupiers under the Extension of Security of Tenure Act 62 of 1997 (ESTA) remains one of the most litigated areas of South African land law. While ESTA guarantees tenure security and prevents arbitrary evictions, modern jurisprudence continues to refine what “habitable conditions” mean […]