These Regulations amend the Regulations in terms of the Deeds Registries Act by substituting the Schedule prescribed by regulations 84 and 86 of the Regulations. The Schedule prescribes fees for registrations.
Amends: Regulations in terms of the Deeds Registries Act. (1999-02-19)
Urban land markets have a profound effect on how well poor households are able to access the jobs, amenities and services offered in the city. But often the way in which this market works frustrate attempts to open up better located living and business opportunities for poorer urban households and communities, despite government policies and programmes intended to address these challenges. The challenge in South Africa is even larger because of worsening poverty and inequality, and the continuing growth of cities through urbanisation.
These Regulations, made in terms of section 9(9) of the Deeds Registries Act, amend the Regulations in terms of the Deeds Registries Act by substituting for the Schedule specifying fees for services a new Schedule attached to these Regulations.
Amends: Regulations in terms of the Deeds Registries Act. (1999-02-19)
These Regulations amend the Regulations made under the Sectional Titles Act, 1986 with respect to a wide variety of matters including: sectional mortgage bonds; forms for certificates and other documents issued or made under the Act; management rules set out in Annexure 8; and registration of documents. They also insert new provisions on: replacement of a schedule for a lost or destroyed schedule of servitudes and conditions referred to in section 11(3)(b) of the Act; and replacement of documentation referred to in section 25(2) of the Act.
Poor women in developing countries rely on land as source of livelihood. Increasing pressure on land — brought on by globalisation pressures, increased population and privatisation — undermines women’s land tenure security. The comparison of women’s land access is predominantly measured against that of men, and this has been the basis for formulating policy aimed at increasing women’s land tenure security. However, this dichotomy reduces women to a homogenous group which experiences tenure security in an identical manner, so the dichotomy masks several differences which exist among women.
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - currently ratified by 187 countries - is the only human rights treaty that deals specifically with rural women (Art. 14). Adopted in 1979 by the United Nations Generally Assembly, entered into force in 1981. The Convention defines discrimination against women as follows:
This Act establishes the Community Schemes Ombud Service, defines its functions and powers and provides for a dispute resolution mechanism in community schemes, i.e. any scheme or arrangement in terms of which there is shared use of and responsibility for parts of land and buildings such as a sectional titles development scheme. The Service shall develop and provide a dispute resolution service in terms of this Act and carry out various other tasks including regulate, monitor and control and monitor community scheme governance.
The recent Constitutional Court judgment rendering the Communal Land Rights Act (CLARA) unconstitutional (Tongoane and Others v Minister for Agriculture and Land Affairs and Others) must not be allowed to throw decentralisation policy making into disarray. Decentralisation holds much potential for lively, participatory democratic law making and enforcement, through which rural women can gain greater power and secure more rights.
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