The Tenure Support Centre (TSC) invites you to join Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Illana Melzer for a discussion on titling challenges and opportunities in South African cities
On the 10th of October 2023, Justice and Correctional Services Minister, Ronald Lamola, launched the Master’s Office Deceased Estate Online Registration System. In October last year, we shared our initial thoughts on the newly launched Online Registration System. We highlighted its potential to transform estate management in South Africa, and its aim to streamline processes and reduce the long waiting times that are typically associated with the winding up of estates. However, our ongoing experience with the system has been somewhat disheartening
A will is more than a legal formality, it is a way to ensure peace of mind for both you and your loved ones. At the TSC, we can help you to draft a will and take the responsible step towards protecting your legacy and ensuring your family’s future is shaped by your wishes, not by legal frameworks.
It can be stressful and confusing to resolve a problem with your property’s title deed. Our team at the TSC is here to guide you through each step of the process, ensuring your property rights are secure and your title deed accurately reflects your ownership. We can assist with many different kinds of problems.
The Tenure Support Centre (TSC) has collaborated with Hlano Financial Services (formerly Khayalethu Home Loans) on a groundbreaking initiative in Mandela Park, Khayelitsha. Our joint efforts are geared towards addressing persistent issues with title deeds.
On the 11th and 12th of October, the Tenure Support Centre (TSC) collaborated with iKamva Labantu’s Senior Clubs to hold title deed clinics in Gugulethu and Khayelitsha. We set up ‘pop-up’ offices at iKamva’s centres to address the title deed issues of their elderly members who ordinarily struggle to visit our walk-in support office in Khayelitsha
The TSC is a housing support office which provides hands-on assistance to individuals with title deed problems. It opened its doors in mid-2018 and, with the support of FNB, now operates its walk-in support office from the FNB branch in Khayelitsha Mall.
On the 10th of October 2023, Justice Minister, Ronald Lamola, launched the Master’s Office Deceased Estate Online Registration System, a development that promises to change the landscape of estate management in South Africa
On Tuesday, 29th August the Tenure Support Centre hosted a public presentation to reflect on the highlights, lowlights and lessons learned over the past five years.
The TSC is hosting a public presentation on the highlights and lowlights from the past five years. Using a combination of case studies and area-based analysis, the team will share our understanding of the nature, scale and ramifications of the title deed challenge across urban South Africa and the solutions required to solve it at scale.
This blog highlights two administrative challenges the TSC has experienced with the Individual and FLISP housing subsidy programmes – delays with the Letters of Undertaking and subsidy disbursements.
This case study describes the story of one of the TSC’s large estate cases. This particular case took three years and six months to resolve and cost the client almost four times her monthly salary.
This is the story of Ms Duma and her experience of buying a property informally and having to defend her purchase when the seller came back to claim it.
A 2001 amendment to the Housing Act saw the addition of Section 10, which makes it illegal for housing subsidy beneficiaries to sell their houses for a period of eight years. Twenty years on, it is clear to everyone that the law has had no impact.
This case study describes the housing story of one of the TSC’s clients who, in November 2019, together with her husband became the legal owner of the property they purchased informally almost 12 years before.
