Real Estate Newsletter

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr's Real Estate practice named as the best in South Africa in top international legal and commercial directory.

Restriction of Potential Competition and Covenants in Restraint of Trade

This article seeks to explore the extent to which the developing South African competition law affects restraints of trade in commercial agreements.

Obligations of buyers and sellers of property in relation to the Competition Commission

Many buyers and sellers of immovable property are not aware that their transaction may fall within the domain of the Competition Commission...

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr appoints Professor Emil Brincker, one of South Africa's most experienced and celebrated tax lawyer

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr announced that Professor Emil Brincker, one of South Africa's most experienced...

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr publishes a Summary of the Consumer Protection Bill

The landmark Consumer Protection Bill lays the foundation for an era of consumers in South Africa by introducing...

Johan Kotze, a director of Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr's Tax practice, has prepared a Tax Update for the 2008 Third Quarter

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr publishes Tax Update for the 2008 Third Quarter.

The Way to BEE

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr has compiled this guide to broad-based black economic empowerment (BEE)...

The ins and outs of structuring deals in South Africa

David Pinnock and Yaniv Kleitman of Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr discuss the progress of the private equity industry in South Africa...

King Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa 2002

In 1994 the King Repor t on Corporate Governance (King I) was published by the King Committee on Corporate...

Recouping costs incurred by the leasing agent

Leasing agents who have previously been recouping their fees directly from tenants, may be surprised by the recent amendment to the Rental Housing Act 50 of 1999.

An agent's right to commission

An agent will have a claim for commission on a sale agreement if he introduced the parties to one another, thereby being the effective cause of the sale.

South Africa's jurisdictional net grows wider

Parties are increasingly being prevented from escaping legal accountability for their wrongful actions.

Beware the bogeyman

The macro-economic rationale that lies at the heart of black economic empowerment (BEE) is to address the...

Reactions to budget has been mostly mixed. To talk more on this is Emil Brincker, Director

Reactions to today`s budget has been mostly mixed. To talk more on this is Emil Brincker, Director and National Tax Practice Head.

Allan Reid elaborates about the 10th anniversary of the Mining Charter

Allan Reid, Sector Head of Mining and Minerals elaborates about the 10th anniversary of the mining charter.

Whistle blowing in SA is making South African multinational nervous

Chris Charter on new Competition Commission action against price collusion

Massmart has launched a complaint with the Competition Commission targeting Pick n Pay, Spar and Shoprite in a bid to end lease exclusivity clauses. Chris Charter, Head of our Competition practice comments.

Liquidation of various assets that are owned by former ANCYL leader, Julius Malema

There is a lot of interest in the liquidation of various assets that are owned by former ANCYL leader Julias Malema. Guests in studio are Marc Ashton, Editor of Finweek, Vincent Tadden Lending Product House at FNB Wealth and Julian Jones, National Head of the Business Rescue, Restructuring and Insolvency Sector.

Johan Jacobs talks about the budget speech

Johann Jacobs, national practice head and director in the Trust and Estates practice talks about the budget speech which was delivered by the finance minister from trusts tax perspective.

How skilled workers can get a work visa

Michael Yeates, head of the Immigration sector talks about how skilled foreigners can get a work visa.

Arbitration - the hearing and determining of disputes

Jonathan Ripley-Evans talks about arbitration, which is the settling of differences between parties by an arbitrator.

Employment tax incentives

Nicole Paulsen, associate in the Tax and Exchange Control practice speaks about employment tax incentives and how it expires.