Tenants
latest news & developments
Ask Ash | Johannesburg’s housing crisis is like a movie on loop
The hijacking of buildings is a symptom of seriously deep-seated social problems in our society
Apartments stand vacant as people opt to buy
Low interest rates are seeing tenants become homeowners and putting landlords under pressure
Eviction spike as the lockdown relaxes
Housing tribunal data shows that tenants are increasingly in distress as landlords come knocking for the unpaid lockdown rent owed to them
Online campaign advocates for tenants’ rights during the lockdown
Rent Strike South Africa says working-class families are struggling to keep up with paying rent during the lockdown. And, although there is a moratorium on evictions, it fears…
Farmer tenants demand services from municipalities
Tenants want the order declaring that municipalities have failed to discharge their constitutional obligations
Reducing tenant risk for buy-to-let property investors
The perception that the South African legal system gives tenants more rights than property owners is wrong.
Challenges of eviction
How do you get a previous owner out of a repossessed house?
How to deal with tardy tenants
How to handle a tenant that is always paying the rent late.