by ContentEditor | Jul 26, 2024 | Lease, Legal, Uncategorised
Acts of God and Your Lease: Understanding Your Rights Natural disasters can wreak havoc on our lives, and when they damage your rental property, it can be a stressful and confusing time. Understanding your rights as a tenant or landlord is crucial. What Happens When... 
by ContentEditor | Jul 15, 2024 | Lease, Legal
Even without a formal lease agreement, you still have rights as a tenant! Imagine you rent a garden flat, pay a deposit and rent consistently, but there’s no signed lease. When you move out, the landlord refuses to return your deposit. What can you do? Key... 
by ContentEditor | Jul 1, 2024 | Lease, Legal, Uncategorised
Landlords in South Africa, beware! According to the Rental Housing Regulations, including a fixed penalty clause in your lease agreement for late rent payments can be considered an unfair practice. Here at SSLR Attorneys, we want to ensure our clients are up-to-date... 
by ContentEditor | May 6, 2024 | Eviction, Lease, Legal, Uncategorised
Does ESTA allow for the eviction of unlawful occupants? In simple terms, South African law requires residential evictions of long-term land occupants and labour tenants to comply with the Extension of Security of Tenure Act 62 of 1997 (‘ESTA’). However, whether the... 
by SSLR | May 18, 2022 | Lease
Early Cancellations and the CPA: Landlord vs Tenant. 2020 saw the most unpredicted and hardest blow to our economy as the world changed overnight when the COVID19 pandemic hit South African shores. For the first time in our lifetime we found ourselves in a National... 
by SSLR | Jan 12, 2021 | Lease, Legal
The effect of a sale on a management mandate agreement Is the purchaser of a property with a tenant in the premises duty-bound to perform in terms of the former landlord’s obligations towards the lease agreement, or in terms of a mandate in the case of a management...