Unpaid invoices need more than repeated reminders. Understand South Africa’s prescription rules, acknowledgments, legal process and the records needed to assess and recover outstanding business debts.
Author: Wessels & Smith Inc
A Mining Company Wants Access to Your Farm: What to Check Before Signing
When mining or prospecting affects your land, the access agreement matters. Learn what farmers should check about rights, consultation, compensation, damage, water and the terms governing site access.
Why an Inheritance Takes Time: Deceased Estates in South Africa Explained
A valid will does not mean an inheritance can be paid immediately. Understand an executor’s appointment, creditors, tax, estate accounts and property transfers when winding up estates in South Africa.
Before You Pay a Property Deposit: The Conveyancing Checks That Matter
Buying property in South Africa? Understand your offer to purchase, financing conditions, transfer costs and payment checks before signing, paying a deposit or making plans to move into your new home.
Mining Law in Focus: What the 2026 Draft Mining Bill and Constitutional Court Ruling Mean for South Africa
A new draft Mining Laws Bill and a Constitutional Court ruling are reshaping South Africa’s mining law. Here is what rights holders should know.
South Africa’s Trust Law Could Be Rewritten: What the Regulation of Trusts Bill, 2026 Means for Trustees and Beneficiaries
South Africa’s draft Regulation of Trusts Bill, 2026 could overhaul trust administration. Here is what trustees, founders and beneficiaries need to know.
Your Marriage Status Could Stop a Property Transfer: What South Africans Need to Know After VVC v JRM
A 2026 Constitutional Court judgment confirms that a later ANC cannot simply rewrite the property consequences of an existing customary marriage. For property owners, buyers and conveyancers, the lesson is clear: establish the full marital history before a transaction reaches the Deeds Office.
Can You Electronically Sign a Will in South Africa? What the Mokgoro Case Really Means
A Northern Cape High Court judgment accepted an electronically signed document as the late Justice Yvonne Mokgoro’s will. But the case did not make electronic wills automatically valid in South Africa. Here is what the judgment actually means.
Mining Rights, Section 11 Applications and Land Access: What Mining Clients Should Watch
Mining and prospecting matters require careful legal planning. Learn what mining clients, landowners and businesses should know about mining rights, prospecting rights, Section 11 applications and land access agreements.
Divorce and Asset Redistribution: How the New Family Law Bill Could Affect Spouses
The General (Family) Laws Amendment Bill may affect how courts deal with asset redistribution in marriages out of community of property. Learn what divorcing spouses and married couples should understand.
