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How the “Historical Rates” Judgment Affects You
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A recent Constitutional Court judgment held that municipalities can no longer force a new property buyer to pay the seller’s “old” municipal debts for rates, municipal services etc.
Before that judgment, you were at risk of buying a house thinking that all you had to pay was the purchase price and transfer costs, and then later finding out that you were also in for historical municipal debts that had been run up by previous owners.
A lot of money could be at stake here – R6.5m in one of the matters in question.
How does this decision affect buyers, sellers, agents and municipalities? Read on for an analysis of what it all means to you in practical terms …
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Small Businesses and POPI: Not Crying Wolf This Time?
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POPI (the Protection of Personal Information Act) will provide welcome protection for our personal information – our names, ID numbers, addresses, medical histories and so on.
But the other side of the coin is that it will expose small businesses in particular to a whole new raft of onerous obligations and risks.
The problem is that there have been so many false alarms as to when POPI’s compliance provisions will actually commence, that many of us have lost sight of just how heavy a burden it will place on our businesses.
We take a look at how the commencement process is now strongly underway, and at what you need to know now about POPI.
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Security Complexes: Can You Use Telkom Ducting for Fibre?
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“Possession is nine-tenths of the law” (wise old idiom)
“Superfast broadband” – we all want it, and an increasing number of South African homes and businesses are getting it with optic fibre.
Once you are in a “fibre area” it’s easy to run cabling into your premises, unless you live or work in a community scheme - how does your chosen fibre supplier physically run cabling to your individual properties?
You will need underground ducting, and first prize will always be to use existing infrastructure. Telkom ducting is invariably a prime candidate, but what if you aren’t using Telkom as your supplier? We discuss a recent High Court case dealing with exactly that question…
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