Agreements
Property & Leasing
Sale, lease and mandate agreements for immovable and movable property.
Residential Lease Agreement
Letting a house, flat or room in South Africa — the deposit, joint-inspection and deemed-term rules of the Rental Housing Act that apply whether or not you put the lease in writing.
Read guideCommercial & Retail Lease Agreement
The contract that governs shop, office, factory and warehouse occupation in South Africa — escalation, reinstatement, the landlord’s hypothec and when the Consumer Protection Act applies.
Read guideSublease Agreement
When a tenant rents the space to someone else — the consent the head lease usually demands, the privity the sub-tenant never gets, and why the sublease dies with the head lease.
Read guideCession & Assignment of Lease
Transferring an entire lease to a new tenant — why the landlord almost always has to consent, and how it differs from simply subletting.
Read guideEstate Agent Mandate
What a Estate Agent Mandate is and what it must contain under South African law.
Read guideProperty Management Agreement
The mandate that puts a managing agent in charge of your building, your rent and your tenants — and the Property Practitioners Act rules that decide whether the agent may keep its fee.
Read guideSale of Movable Property / Goods
The everyday contract behind buying and selling goods — what makes it bind, when ownership and risk pass to the buyer, and how voetstoots and the Consumer Protection Act change the picture.
Read guideEquipment & Movable Lease
The contract behind plant, machinery, vehicle and equipment rental in South Africa — operating lease vs finance lease, who carries risk and maintenance, and exactly when the National Credit Act bites.
Read guideOption & Right of First Refusal
What a Option & Right of First Refusal is and what it must contain under South African law.
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Why you can trust this: Martin Kotze has been an admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa, registered Conveyancer, and Notary Public since 2014, practising from Pretoria. The firm is regulated by the Legal Practice Council under firm registration 17444.
This guide is general information, not legal advice for your specific matter.