# POPIA Handbook – July 2021
Lightstone: Important and relevant POPIA information and its potential impact on the way you conduct business…
# The Property Practitioners Act – as from 1 February 2022
The Property Practitioners Act comes into effect on: 1 February 2022…
11 POPIA Questions to Ask Yourself Before 30 June 2021 – June 2021
You and your business are at substantial risk if you aren’t fully compliant with POPIA (the Protection of Personal Information Act) on 1 July 2021…
Access to Information Act 2005
Act 6 THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005. Download...Alienation of Land Act 68 of 1981
Alienation of Land Act 68 of 1981 Download...AVOIDING THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM – 6 November 2020
It is indeed the large proverbial elephant that must be served and digested before 1 June 2021, but it is relatively easily achievable if the business management has the right mindset, a healthy POPI appetite…
Black Communities Development Act 4 of 1984
To provide for the purposeful development of Black communities outside the national states; to amend and consolidate certain . •. ‘·laws which apply with reference to such communities; and to provide for matters connected therewith…
Can you meet the 8 conditions of POPIA before it becomes enforceable at the end of the month – 20 June 2021
THE DEADLINE for POPIA BECOMING ENFORCEABLE – HAS BEEN DELAYED by the Regulator due to Registration Glitches….
From 1 July 2021, the substantive implementation of key provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) will finally become enforceable…
Children’s Act
CHILDREN’S ACT 38 OF 2005 Download...Children’s Act – abr.
Author : Dykes, van Heerden – ATTORNEYS & CONVEYANCERS CHILDREN’S ACT MAJORITY AGE: Certain portions of the Children’s Act, Act 38 of 2005 came into operation on the 1 July 2007. Probably the most far-reaching provision in terms of the act, as...Civil Union Act – abr.
Author : Dykes, van Heerden – ATTORNEYS & CONVEYANCERS Civil Union Act, 2006: The Civil Union Act, 2006 came into effect on 30 November 2006, with the aim to provide for the solemnization of civil unions by way of either a marriage or civil partnership, the...COMPLYING WITH POPIA IS A BIG BUSINESS WORRY ONLY – 3 November 2020
POPI in the most simple terms sets out ways in which businesses must deal with the personal information that they hold. This includes personal details of their employees, as well as the personal details of their customers, clients and service providers, whether the customers and clients are individuals or other businesses/entities…
Constitution Act 1996 – It`s Time for Change…
Author : Millers Attorneys THE CONSTITUTION ACT OF 1996 … ‘It’s Time for Change…’ Insurance contracts are frequently seen to have a clause that if a claim is repudiated, the insured has 90 days to institute action, failing which the...CPA 68 of 2008
CPA 68 of 2008 CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 68 of 2008 Download...CPA 68 of 2008 – Overview
Author : Andre van Greunen – VgV Attorneys, Notaries & Conveyancers NOTES ON CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 68 OF 2008 1.PURPOSE OF THE POLICY OF ACT Forms the legal framework for a consumer market that is fair and responsible for the benefit of the consumer...Debt Collectors Act 1998
DEBT COLLECTORS ACT 1998 An extract from: Estate Agency Affairs Board – DEBT COLLECTORS ACT The Debt Collectors Act :- There has recently been much polemic as to whether or not those estate agents engaged in the management and administration of rental property...Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937
To consolidate and amend the laws in force in the Republic relating to the registration of deeds…
Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 2001
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSACTIONS ACT 2002 To provide for the facilitation and regulation of electronic communications and transactions; to provide for the development of a national e-strategy for the Republic; to promote universal access to electronic...Electronic Deeds Registration System Act 19 of 2019
To provide for electronic deeds registration, having regard to legislation regulating electronic communication and transactions and to provide for matters connected therewith…
Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act – FAIS
Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act – FAIS Act 37 OF 2002 Download...Financial Intelligence Centre Act – FICA
Financial Intelligence Centre Act – FICA – Brochure Download...Housing Act 107 of 1997
To provide for the facilitation of a sustainable ho~fig development process; for this purpose to lay down general principles applicable to housing development in all spheres of government, to define the functions of national, provincial and local governments in respect of housing development and to provide for the establishment of a South African Housing Development Board, the continued existence of provincial boards under the name of provincial housing development boards and the financing of national housing programs, to repeal certain laws; and to provide for matters connected therewith…
Housing Consumers Protection Measures Act 95 of 1998
Author : Millers Attorneys Housing Consumers Protection Measures Act 95 of 1998 1. One of the purposes of the Act is to make provision for the protection of housing consumers. It also creates the NATIONAL HOME BUILDERS REGISTRATION COUNCIL (NHBRC), whose objects are,...Housing Consumers protection Measures Act 95 of 1998 (part2)
Author : Millers Attorneys Housing Consumers Protection Measures Act 95 of 1998 (part 2) Financial assistance to housing consumers: 1.The Act obliges the NHBRC to establish a fund to provide assistance to housing consumers under circumstances where a home builder...Housing Development Schemes for Retired Persons Act
Housing Development Schemes for Retired Persons Act (65 of 1988) Download...How serious is the job of my business’ information officer? – 27 May 2021
With the countdown to POPIA compliance ending its last days, business owners have been advised also to ensure that their Information Officers are duly registered with the Information Regulator…
Information Regulator on deadline for registration of Information officers and Deputy Information Officers – 22 June 2021
The Information Regulator has confirmed that there will be no deadline for registration of Information officers (IO) and Deputy Information Officers (DIO); this means that no responsible party will be held liable for not registering by 30 June 2021. This decision follows technical glitches with the registration portal and numerous concerns raised by responsible parties regarding the registration process…
Interception of Communication Act 70 of 2002
Author : Millers Attorneys Interception of Communication Act 70 of 2002 The so-called Interception Act has been assented to but yet has to come into operation. The Act regulates the extent to which individuals and corporations may lawfully intercept and monitor their...Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 – Section 189 & 189A – Retrenchments
Author : Millers Attorneys Retrenchments If you are reading this you are either an employer or an employee, and in the event that you are considering the possibility of retrenching, or should have recently been on the receiving end, take a few moments and consider the...Labour Relations Act Section 197 – Sale of a Going Concern – abr.
Author : Millers Attorneys Sale of a Going Concern Beware of Section 197 of the Labour Relations Act Section 197 of the above Act was amended in order to secure employment. The new employer (purchaser) is automatically substituted in the place of the old employer in...Land Surveyors Act 8 of 1997
To regulate the survey of land in the Republic and to provide for matters connected therewith…
Land Titles Adjustment Act 111 of 1993
To regulate the allocation or devolution of certain land in respect of which one or more persons claim ownership, but do not have registered title deeds in respect thereof and to provide for incidental matters…
Maintaining compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act – Part 1: Application and Exceptions – 16 August 2021
By now, businesses are likely all aware that the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) is in full force and requires all businesses which process personal information of persons to comply with POPIA’s eight conditions for lawful processing, to continue processing the personal information…
Maintaining compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) – 14 February 2022
If you have been following the article series, and have determined that you are the responsible party in terms of the first condition of POPIA, the next step is to assess your compliance with the next two POPIA conditions, which are Process Limitation and Purpose Specification…
Matrimonial Property Act 88 of 1984
Matrimonial Property Act 88 of 1984 See...Matrimonial Property Act 88 of 1984 … some info
Matrimonial Property Act 88 of 1984 … Questions and answers: What is the Matrimonial Property Act? Matrimonial property is property owned or obtained by either or both married spouses before or during their marriage. It is sometimes called ‘matrimonial...Municipal Property Rates Act
Municipal Property Rates Act ...National Credit Act – NCA
Introduction to the National Credit Act Credit is one of the cornerstones of modern capitalism that lubricates the economy and promotes commercial activity. However, credit enables people to spend money they don’t have, spend more money than they earn, use...National Credit Act – NCA – abr.
Author : Dykes, van Heerden – ATTORNEYS & CONVEYANCERS NATIONAL CREDIT ACT: INTRODUCTION The National Credit Act (hereinafter referred to as “the NCA”) was passed by Parliament on the 10th of March 2006. The main provisions of the Act came into effect on the 1st of June 2007
New POPI Act Regulations – Here’s Everything You Should Know – 1 July 2020
The sections that will commence today, 1 July 2020 and include the conditions for processing personal information, procedures for dealing with complaints and provisions regulating direct marketing by means of unsolicited electronic communication…
New privacy rules to have an impact on WhatsApp in South Africa: legal experts – 13 March 2021
The receiver wants people who get paying guests to remember to cough up their fair share of income tax…
ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL STRATEGIES : A POPIA MISFIT – 17 November 2020
As a business owner, it is likely that you are receiving your fair share of invitations to utilise services of quick fix tools to facilitate and simplify your path to POPIA compliance. It ranges from online self-assessments to autogenerated policies…
POPI & DIRECT MARKETING – ALL A PROPERTY PROFESSIONAL NEEDS TO KNOW: – 15 March 2021
The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) deals specifically with the subject of direct marketing, and strict rules are in place to regulate this. This is what you need to know:…
POPI ACT AND COLD CALLING: A TRICKY MATTER – PROPERTY PROFESSIONAL – 4 September 2020
There exists warranted confusion about the full extent of the impact of POPIA (the Protection of Personal Information Act) on cold calling as a form of direct marketing…
POPI AND PRIVACY PROTECTION – 3 July 2020
What POPI is about. Personal information being gathered and what it is used for and how and when it is discarded after it has been used, and ensuring it was used for a legitimate purpose. (Personal information in this context is specifically what is referred as “identifiable” information, in other words a telephone number with a name, an ID number with a name/address.)…
POPI IS FOR BIG BUSINESSES TO WORRY ABOUT – 3 November 2020
Consulting with business owners who, when considering their compliance responsibilities, react thereto in love-hate terms. On the one hand, there is a positive response where compliance is constructively applied to the business’ own day-to-day running procedures and management. On the other hand, it appears less rosy where it is presented as a must-do red tape exercise, with a threat of financially damaging penalties for non-compliance imposed by government…
POPI: NON-COMPLIANT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS TO FACE HEFTY FINES – 23 April 2021
Community housing schemes, like sectional title schemes, apartment blocks, residential estates, and retirement villages, must comply with the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act by the 1st of July 2021 or they could be liable for a fine of up to R10 million…
POPIA and the recent notice from the Information Regulator – 22 June 2021
The 30 June 2021 deadline for registration of Your Organisations’ Information/Deputy Officer … HAS FALLEN AWAY….
PoPIA information officer clarity for community schemes – 28 July 2021
The implementation of the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA) has posed numerous challenges for community housing schemes like sectional title complexes, apartment blocks, residential estates and retirement villages. Issues around the appointment of an information officer, in particular, raised serious concerns, which have now been clarified and resolved by the Community Schemes Ombud Service (CSOS)…
POPIA is here! How does it affect your telephony? – 1 July 2021
On 1 July, the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) came into full effect.
Any organisations found to be in breach of the act will be liable for fines and even criminal prosecution…
PREVENTION OF ORGANISED CRIME ACT NO. 121 OF 1998 [POCA]
To introduce measures to combat organised crime, money laundering and criminal gang activities; to prohibit certain activities relating to racketeering activities; to provide for the prohibition of money laundering and for an obligation to report certain information….
Property Time-Sharing Control Act (75 of 1983)
Property Time-Sharing Control Act (75 of 1983) Download...Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Act, 2004 [POCDATARA]
To provide for measures to prevent and combat terrorist and related activities; to provide for an offense of terrorism and other offenses associated or connected with terrorist activities; to provide for Convention offenses; to give effect to international instruments dealing with terrorist and related activities….
Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 [POPI]
In simple terms, the purpose of the PoPI Act is to ensure that all South African institutions conduct themselves in a responsible manner when collecting, processing, storing and sharing another entity’s personal information by holding them accountable should they abuse or compromise your personal information in any way.
Protections Disclosure Act 2000
PROTECTIONS DISCLOSURE ACT 2000 Act No 26, 2000 Protected Disclosure Act ACT To make provision for procedures in terms of which employees in both the private and the public sector may disclose information regarding unlawful or irregular conduct by their employers or...Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998
To make provision for the recognition of customary marriages; to specify the requirements for a valid customary marriage; to regulate the registration of customary marriages…
Registration of an Information Officer under PAIA and POPIA – Deadline looming…. – 24 April 2021
The Information Regulator has set out guidelines on the new compulsory regulation for organisations to register Information Officers as well as the deadline by which to do so…
Rental Housing Act
Rental Housing Act 88 of 1984 SEE ATTACHED...Sectional Title Act 95 of 1986
Sectional Title Act 95 of 1986 Download...Share Blocks Control Act (59 of 1980)
Share Blocks Control Act (59 of 1980) Download...Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act 16 of 2013
To provide a framework for spatial planning and land use management in the Republic, to specify the relationship between the spatial planning and the land use management system and other kinds of planning…
STBB POPI SESSION 1 – 29 July 2020 … watch here:
STBB 6 MONTH GEARING UP PROGRAMME ON POPI
Training Session 1 Presented by: Melanie Coetzee STBB
STBB POPI SESSION 2 – 19 August 2020 … watch here:
STBB 6 MONTH GEARING UP PROGRAMME ON POPI
Training Session 2 Presented by: Melanie Coetzee STBB
STBB POPI SESSION 3 – 9 September 2020 … watch here:
STBB 6 MONTH GEARING UP PROGRAMME ON POPI
Training Session 3 Presented by: Melanie Coetzee STBB
STBB POPI SESSION 4 – 29 October 2020 … watch here:
STBB 6 MONTH GEARING UP PROGRAMME ON POPI
Training Session 4 Presented by: Leani Steenkamp – STBB
STEP UP IT SECURITY TO COMPLY WITH POPI – 10 November 2020
Clients are sceptical when we advise them that there is a lot of work to be done. The observation is often that, because their IT systems are continuously updated and very secure, the compliance box has been ticked.
THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ACT [POPI] – The first steps towards Compliance – April 2021
These first steps are provided to ensure we are all ready for full compliance when
the period of grace ends on 30 June 2021…
Transfer Duty Act 40 of 1949
To consolidate and amend the laws relating to transfer duty…
Trust Property Control Act 57 of 1988
To regulate further the control of trust property; and to provide for matters connected therewith…
Unfair Business Practices Act (71 of 1988)
CONSUMER AFFAIRS Unfair Business practices Act (71 of 1988) Download...Unpacking the challenges of compliance and regulation within business security – 15 September 2020
In South Africa, 2021 marks the date when the long-suffering Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) will finally be enforced. Organisations that have not spent time focusing on how to become compliant are facing a run to the end…
Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act 112 of 1991
To provide for the upgrading and conversion into ownership of certain rights granted in respect of land; for the transfer of tribal land in full ownership to tribes; and for matters connected therewith…
Various Township Establishment Proclamations and Bylaws
To provide clarity regarding the procedure to be followed for the establishment of townships, the following guidelines are provided in order to create a uniform practice and to prevent unnecessary rejections…
WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION PROTECTION CAN YOU EXPECT IN YOUR BODY CORPORATE? – 23 January 2022
With the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) recently promulgated many individuals are asking if their personal information is being shared with third parties against their will and if their information is being kept secure by those who have their information…
Where did you get my telephone number? – 21 October 2021
SA companies seem to be struggling with the new Protection of Personal Information Act and the management of customer data…
Why community housing schemes should be POPI Act compliant ASAP – 21 October 2020
Community housing schemes have until 30 June 2021 to make sure their record-keeping systems and those handling their agents are in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act, which became effective on 1 July this year…
YOUR IT MANAGER WILL EASE POPIA COMPLIANCE FOR YOU – 13 November 2020
The task to achieve compliance with POPIA is NOT and IT responsibility. IT just safeguards play in achieving compliance…