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1. Legal Calculators & Free DIY Templates

• 2 May 2026. Need to remove an executor? Check out this tool which drafts a letter to remove an executor.
• 20 Apr 2026. Check out this tool which drafts a will for you for free.
• 20 Mar 2026. The property transfer costs calculator now has a dedicated website.
• 19 Mar 2026. Estate duty calculator has been moved to its own website.
• Here is the fully updated Property CGT Calculator reflecting the 2026/2027 tax rules. In the Budget 2026 Tax Guide there are several crucial updates that affect the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) calculation for individuals in the 2026/2027 tax year:
  • Primary Residence Exclusion has increased from R2,000,000 to R3,000,000.
  • Annual Exclusion has increased from R40,000 to R50,000.
  • Marginal Tax Rates have shifted. The maximum marginal rate remains 45%, and the maximum effective CGT rate remains 18% (which means the inclusion rate stays at 40%). The brackets are now 18%, 26%, 31%, 36%, 39%, 41%, and 45%.
• Our home loan repayments calculator is the only one in South Africa which estimates the margin relative to prime that banks will charge you, based on your personal credit risk profile. It has been updated to take into account the new conveyancing fees applicable since 1 August 2025, as well as the reduction in the repo rate to 7%.
• 24 Mar 2025. Free offer to purchase template being tested.
• 29 Sep 2024. Get a free last will and testament.
• 28 Sep 2024. Last will and testament sample for free.
• 20 Apr 2024. Get an ANC with Accrual calculation template for free, to help you DIY your divorce (free, but use at own risk).
• 29 March 2024. Divorce lawyer cost estimator.
• 19 March 2024. We have embedded a transfer costs calculator so that you can estimate what the conveyancing fees are on the property you want to sell. Just enter the purchase price of the property and the calculator will do the rest of the work for you.

2. Property Law, Conveyancing & Evictions

Conveyancing Fees, Transfer Duty & Deeds Office Tariffs

• 28 Sep 2026. Many consumers believe that legal tariffs for conveyancing are set in stone. However, the South African Legal Practice Council (LPC) has officially confirmed that fixed-fee conveyancing models are fully compliant with the Legal Practice Act.
• The 2026 conveyancing fee increase is effective from 1 July 2026, and is roughly equal to the inflation rate (3.5% for the year to January 2026). Note that these are published guidelines; if you are buying/selling a property, you can and should try to negotiate lower fees with your conveyancing attorney. View total transfer costs to see what they look like once adjusted for the new conveyancing fees. We have also updated our bond attorney fees calculator to factor in the latest rates.
• 27 Feb 2026. Deeds Office fees from 1 Apr 2026 to 28 Feb 2027 have been published; no dramatic changes, mostly just inflationary increases. Our property transfer costs calculator has been updated to allow for the increased Deeds Office fees.
• 25 Feb 2026. National Treasury confirms that transfer duty rates will not change in 2026 from rates applicable in 2025.
• 12 March 2025. National Treasury have confirmed the transfer duty rates for South Africa to Feb 2026.
• 23 Feb 2025. Bond attorney fees in South Africa for the registration of mortgage bonds over immovable property.
• 17 Oct 2024. What are 2025 conveyancing fees in South Africa? Fees up to April/May 2025 are known, and we speculate what the changes will be from end May 2025 to May 2026.
• 2 Oct 2024. Here's how to estimate transfer costs on a property you inherit.
• 13 Sep 2024. Can you negotiate transfer costs when buying or selling property? Yes, and you must!
• 4 Sep 2024. Here's how to test the reasonableness of conveyancing fees. And don't be scared to initiate negotiations over attorney transfer fees.
• 9 May 2024. Transfer attorney fees are rising by about 5.3 percent, effective from 27 May 2024. If you are selling a property, you may want to contact your favourite conveyancing attorney and get a quote before then and lock in the lower rates.
• 8 May 2024. Law society conveyancing fee guideline for 2024, effective from 27 May 2024.
• Flat fee conveyancing in South Africa.
• Conveyancing best price guarantee.
• 21 March 2024. Understanding Conveyancing Costs & costs to transfer a property.

Property Sales, Transfers, Servitudes & Home Loans

• 26 Aug 2026. If you think an unsigned Offer to Purchase or dropping half a million Rand on renovations gives you a legal right to occupy a property, this case proves otherwise. The Western Cape High Court handed down a judgment on 28 Aug 2026 (Peterson v Nasson NO) that serves as a massive cautionary tale for anyone buying property, renovating, or dealing with deceased estates.
• 1 Apr 2025. Are you about to start the process of buying or selling a property? Here's how to check the credentials of a real estate agent or agency in South Africa, to make sure that they are licensed and legitimate.
• 31 Mar 2025. What's a good home loan interest rate in South Africa?
• 1 Jan 2025. How to transfer property from husband to wife. Remember to think about tax - transfer duty, donations tax and capital gains tax - all may come into play; and you may want to also think about the alternative of leaving the property to your wife in your will and its tax impact (e.g. no transfer duty but estate duty may come into play).
• 29 Dec 2024. What a servitude on property is, and why it's important to be aware of servitudes if you are buying or selling.
• 20 Dec 2024. Learn what a conveyancer's certificate is and how to get one.
• 25 Nov 2024. Getting your conveyancer to be involved earlier in your private property sale means they'll be able to assist with drafting deeds of sale, checking for servitudes and guiding other aspects of the sale; often at no extra cost.
• 8 Sep 2024. ENS v Hawarden: Property purchase scam "man in the middle".
• 3 Sep 2024. All the steps in the property transfer process.
• 1 July 2024. When selling a property generating an income you may want to transfer the property as a going concern.
• 15 June 2024. Many people set up usufruct agreements under SA law to allow their surviving spouse to stay at their marital home after their death, but so that after the death of their spouse the property ownership reverts to their children; but this can become a lasting burden to their kids.
• 18 May 2024. Not everybody knows that they can apply for a FLISP housing subsidy from Government, of up to R169k if their household income is low enough. Read the article to check whether you qualify.
• 3 May 2024. I want to sell my house urgently.
• 23 March 2024. Lawyers selling property cut out the need for an estate agent.

Evictions & Suburb Conveyancing Directories

• 18 Aug 2026. The Western Cape High Court orders that the deceased's daughter be evicted from home which estate had to sell to cover its debt and costs.
• The High Court in Johannesburg dismissed an application to evict a 78-year-old widower from a retirement village. Even though his name was never formally added to his late wife's life-right agreement, the court ruled his occupation was lawful based on the scheme's prior knowledge, and that evicting him would be unjust under the PIE Act.
• List of Absa panel conveyancers in Cape Town and the rest of South Africa.
• 30 Oct 2024. We are now covering conveyancers for Athlone property sales.
• 18 Sep 2024. Who is an experienced conveyancer near me in Cape Town? Here's how to find names and a checklist of questions to put to them.
• 19 May 2024. Looking for a conveyancing attorney in Bellville? You are spoiled for choice; click this link and see! Here's a list of 80 transfer attorneys and 8 property law firms in Bellville. Photo below is of the offices of Ipser, Terblanche and Donnelly; conveniently situated on Voortrekker Road opposite the Bellville Magistrate's Court.
• 7 May 2024. Get a conveyancing lawyer to sell your house in Mitchells Plain.
• 5 May 2024. List of Durbanville property transfer attorneys and experienced conveyancing law firms.
• 2 May 2024. Compare 14 law firms in Claremont which offer property services with 43 property lawyers in the area.
• 1 May 2024. List of conveyancing attorneys in Pinelands, Cape Town.

3. Wills, Trusts & Deceased Estates

• 24 Sep 2026. Major Shake-Up for SA Trusts: Regulation of Trusts Bill, 2026. The Trust Property Control Act is set for repeal. Discover how mandatory annual returns, independent trustee requirements, and personal R10m penalties affect family trusts. Read the Full Analysis →
• 23 Feb 2025. Circular 6 of 2025 has confirmed that adverts for deceased estates may be solely online, but must be viewable for free, circulate in the area the deceased resided and in some circumstances be in both English and Afrikaans.
• 22 Dec 2024. How to report a deceased estate online. First register as a user and then register a new death notice.
• 17 Dec 2024. Estate planning attorneys in Cape Town.
• 4 Dec 2024. Regulation 910 of the Attorneys Act sets out who may serve as an executor of a deceased estate.
• 29 Nov 2024. Want to register a trust? Here's a list of trust fund lawyers in Cape Town we have just started.
• 26 Nov 2024. If there is no last will and testament, then who the next of kin are should be established and a form J192 filled in, which is an affidavit setting out the particulars of the next-of-kin. An executor must be nominated by the next-of-kin; this is done by filling in a letter of nomination to act as executor and submitting it to the Master of the High Court of South Africa, together with accompanying documents such as the Acceptance of Trust to act as Executor.
• 21 Nov 2024. When a loved one passes, as difficult as it is, there are certain practical steps which need to be taken, such as applying for a death certificate.
• 20 Nov 2024. When applying for letters of executorship from the Master of the High Court, form J190 must be completed and submitted in duplicate.
• 17 Oct 2024. Explore deceased estate lawyers in Cape Town.
• 4 Oct 2024. What to do if your parent has died without a will. The laws of succession.
• 4 Oct 2024. You may be somebody's next of kin (e.g. mother/father) who has died and not left a will. To assist, here is a list of deceased estate administrators in Cape Town.
• 3 Oct 2024. Letter of executorship requirements, the cost of the application (zero upfront) and lawyers to act as agent (e.g. if there's property which needs to be transferred) or executor.
• With National Wills Week having passed, maybe now is the time to learn how to write a will. Here is a list of lawyers that do wills in Cape Town. They can help you draft your last will and testament according to South African law.
• 30 Apr 2024. Why you can sometimes get your lawyer to draft your will for free.
• 26 Apr 2024. The latest on deceased estate administration in South Africa.

4. Family Law, Marriage & Divorce

Divorce, Pensions, Maintenance & Domestic Protection

• 3 Jan 2025. Explore family lawyers in Cape Town.
• 20 Dec 2024. Explore maintenance lawyers in Cape Town.
• 26 June 2024. Be careful with what you take when you are divorcing and leaving home.
• 17 May 2024. A deep dive into the changes proposed to divorces for Government employees via amendments to the Government Employees Pension Law.
• 16 May 2024. Proposed retirement fund legislation opens the door for faking divorce to withdraw retirement component and enabling a tax arbitrage. The tax arbitrage works if spouses have big differences in marginal tax rates, like your stereotypical 1950s couple, with a stay-at-home wife and high-earning husband.
• 14 May 2024. Is there a loophole in the proposed two-pot retirement system, whereby your spouse can withdraw your retirement funds as cash before retirement (by staging a fake divorce and transferring it to your spouse as part of the divorce order), even for the retirement component, which is supposedly untouchable before retirement?
• 13 May 2024. Is hiring an attorney or an advocate better for divorce cases?
• 10 May 2024. Muslim divorces are now regulated under the amended Divorce Act, with the President signing the Divorce Amendment Bill into the statutes on 9 May.
• 14 Apr 2024. Life insurance and divorce in South Africa. Don't forget to change your will!
• Spousal maintenance: what the courts take into account. Recent case.
• Man fakes his own death to avoid child maintenance payments.
• 3 April 2024. Marriage counselling to avoid divorce; American actress, Tori Spelling, shares her story.
• 27 March 2024. Amicable divorces, unopposed divorces & the Easter Bunny.
• 29 March 2024. Divorce & finances: what are legitimate expenses in assessing maintenance?
• Understanding living annuities and divorce. What to do when an annuity in payment forms part of the joint estate but can't be surrendered or transferred to your ex as part of a divorce order.
• Pension Interest's Tax Liability in Accrual Calculation - usually allowed for incorrectly!
  • Undisclosed Pension Interest at divorce results in amendment to divorce order
• Protection order
  • Grounds for issuing protection orders
• Inheritance and implications for child maintenance obligations

Marriages, Antenuptial Contracts (ANC) & Popular Hubs

• Example of an antenuptial contract with application of the accrual system.
• An uneven division of assets for in community of property marriages is possible, but evidence is critical, as a recent case in the Gauteng High Court shows.
• Price of an antenuptial contract.
• Drafting ANC with accrual for couples getting married.
• Assets & Finances
• Community of Property
• Children
• Maintenance
• Divorce orders

5. Notary Public Services & Document Authentication

• 23 Jan 2025. Do you need a document legally authenticated for use abroad? If the country is part of the Hague Apostille Convention then you can benefit from a simplified authentication process: get a notary to help you get an apostille, after having the document notarised. The apostille is the key to international recognition within Convention countries, and it's issued in South Africa by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO).
• 20 Jan 2025. Attention those requiring legal assistance in Bellville! View our list of Bellville attorneys by expertise. Simultaneously to this, we have set up a page focusing on finding a notary public in Bellville, so that you don't have to travel too far to get documents authenticated.
• 6 Jan 2025. Discover notary publics who authenticate powers of attorney in each suburb of Cape Town.
• 17 Oct 2024. We are now listing notarial services in Cape Town.

6. Cape Town Legal Directories, Courts & Careers

• 1 Apr 2026. Lawyer concierge facility implemented.
• 28 Nov 2025. Effective date of change to South African Court Tariffs in accordance with Government Gazette Publication No 53572, published on 24 October 2025.
• If you cannot afford a lawyer, do not despair, we have set up a page on free legal services for those in need.
• 4 July 2025. List of companies offering legal insurance cover in South Africa.
• 10 Feb 2025. There are 490 advocates who are members of the Cape Bar; but how do you know which of them are skilled at the expertise you are looking for? Introducing our new tool to find an advocate; you can specify what expertise you are looking for (e.g. property) and then it'll show you all advocates in Cape Town with that skillset. This is a prototype; please contact us if you can improve on the information.
• 17 Jan 2025. As a free service until the end of the year, we will list candidate attorneys seeking articles; the idea being that law firms can find them and contact them if interested in hiring them.
• 3 Jan 2025. Explore this list of female attorneys in Cape Town.
• 24 Dec 2024. We have started a list of labour lawyers in Cape Town, as well as eviction attorneys.
• 15 Dec 2024. Attorneys who offer online consultations or other online services.
• 4 Dec 2024. List of attorneys in Cape Town, with their Legal Practice Council numbers.
• 30 Nov 2024. List of law firms in Cape Town.
• 4 Oct 2024. We've started a list of personal accident lawyers in Cape Town.
• 3 Oct 2024. Personal injury lawyers wanted.
• 27 May 2024. Are you running a law firm outside of Cape Town? Immediately expand your firm's geographic reach by teaming up with a correspondent attorney in Cape Town.
• 23 May 2024. Learn what a conveyancing secretary job entails - the unsung heroes of the property transfer process.
• 12 May 2024. There are free lawyer services in Cape Town - there are so many people in need who cannot afford it. If you know of any other institutions who offer free services, please let us know so that we may add them.