Dangerous twist in debate on amendment of section 25

In an unexpected turn in the ongoing struggle to find a solution to land reform the ANC this week agreed to support a motion of the EFF that state custodianship over all natural resources be added to the proposed amendment of the Constitution to make expropriation without compensation a reality.

Drivers of house prices revisited

The normal short-term factors that drive house-price inflation are economic growth (real growth in disposable household income) and interest rates, as both affect affordability.

POPIA – Real estate agent data protection toolkit

ADVERTORIAL: The Protection of Personal Information Act of 2013 (“POPIA“) has a significant impact on those who ‘processes personal information’. Processing is defined widely to include any operation or activity concerning personal information. Personal Information is also defined widely to include any information relating to an identifiable, living natural or existing juristic person. In order to assist real-estate agencies with their compliance endeavours in terms POPIA, CDH has developed a toolkit particularly geared to assist with the needs and business processes of real estate agencies.

Is your Chatbot POPIA compliant?

Artificial Intelligence and digitisation are transforming the business landscape. Many new technologies are being created to streamline customer engagement, such as chatbots. Given the quantity of personal information which a chatbot may acquire, how do you ensure that your chatbot is POPIA compliant?

Sell your home for right reasons

Selling property is what estate agents live for. This is what they are trained to do, why they spend hours and hours canvassing potential buyers, drive hundreds of kilometres to convince a client to buy a house and do that day in and day out. But they must assist buyers, and sellers, to take this step for the right reasons.