Tuesday

We found 11 property investment related articles for you to read


Durban beachfront casino plans grand expansion
Gaming and leisure group Tsogo Sun is betting on securing approval for an ambitious R1.5 billion expansion of its Suncoast Casino and entertainment complex on the Durban beachfront, despite a dispute with the city over a smaller expansion of its gaming floor within the existing casino.
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Property seller in breach may be liable for commission
A seller can be held liable for the estate agent's commission if the sale falls through because he or she failed to meet the conditions in the offer to purchase or because the seller cancelled the sale.
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Pavilion 'belongs to Sea Point'
The City of Cape Town wanted to send a 'clear and unambiguous message' that Sea Point Pavilion was to remain an open public space for the community 'into the future', said deputy mayor Ian Neilson.
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Court battle looms over Durbanville property development on farm land
Cape Town's planning and environment committee has postponed for at least a month consideration of a controversial application to develop parts of a historic Durbanville farm, Uitkamp.
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Careful scrutiny for Cape Town's V&A property development
The proposed new development at Cape Town's V& A Waterfront, which includes hotels, flats and more shopping space, will require a full Environmental Impact Assessment ( EIA) because it could potentially affect marine life, wave patterns and traffic in the Granger Bay area.
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Bllings chaos hits Joburg welfare agencies
Joburg's welfare organisations are facing closure as the city's billing chaos hits them. And, they claim, because the City of Joburg is doing nothing to assist them, more and more vulnerable children and elderly and disabled people could find themselves homeless.
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Bid to liquidate swish ZAR nightclub
An application by Cape Royale The Residence for the provisional liquidation of Zar Lounge is to be heard in the Western Cape High Court next month.
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KZN Country market needs rezoning for new premises
Despite land rezoning objections by Hillcrest ratepayers, KwaZulu- Natal's Shongweni Early Morning Market will move by 2015, says owner Christine Standeaven.
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Tutu weighs in against Princess Vlei mall
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has added his voice to widespread protests against a proposed shopping mall at Princess Vlei, speaking out against the destruction of 'our beautiful world' for short-term profit.
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Funding delay on Bo-Kaap quarry revamp
Work on plans to convert the Strand Street Quarry into a 'tourist gateway' with a funicular to the Noon Gun and Signal Hill has been delayed because the City of Cape Town does not have R4.5 million to do a precinct plan study.
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Deposit should be out of reach in a property dispute'
When the buyer and the seller in a property transaction are in dispute over an alleged breach of the terms of an offer to purchase, the seller's conveyancer cannot 'unilaterally' claim the buyer's deposit as commission or damages, or in lieu of damages, James Phillipson, a conveyancing attorney and director at law firm STBB Smith Tabata Buchanan Boyes, says.
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