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She admits that, since her husband has been retrenched, they have been in arrears with the rental. The couple had offered to repay the amount in instalments or set up a debit order, but received no response.

The reader would like to know whether they could give their landlord one month’s notice or whether they should wait for him to obtain a court order evicting them.

According to Schalk van der Merwe from Rawson Properties Helderberg, the non-payment of rental means the reader is already in breach of the lease agreement.

“Depending on the terms of the agreement, the landlord would usually give her notice of the breach, affording her an opportunity to rectify it.”

Van der Merwe says if the lease was concluded after April 1 last year and is for a fixed period, the provisions of Section 14 of the Consumer Protection Act will apply.

“This section only allows a landlord to cancel a lease once the tenant has been given 20 working days’ notice to remedy the breach but fails to comply.”

Failure to pay the arrears or make suitable alternative arrangements would in all likelihood result in the landlord cancelling the lease, says Van der Merwe.

“Whether or not these steps have been taken by the landlord is not made clear by the reader. She only mentions the text message ordering them to vacate the premises within 10 days.”

In terms of the provisions of the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land (Pie) Act, Van der Merwe says no one may be evicted from a property without a court order.

“A landlord wishing to evict an unlawful occupier has to institute legal action to initiate the procedure.”

Lucille Geldenhuys from Lucille Geldenhuys Attorneys in Stellenbosch says a notice authorised by a magistrate must be served on the unlawful occupier as well as the municipality, at least 14 working days before the eviction hearing. “This gives the tenant the chance to oppose the action.”

Geldenhuys says a court hearing will determine whether the landlord is entitled to an eviction, taking into account issues such as the rights and needs of children, the elderly and households headed by women.

“If the court finds that the owner is entitled to an eviction order, it will also assign a date by which the tenant must vacate the premises. The owner may call in the sheriff to remove the occupier, should he or she fail to do so.”

In this instance, says Geldenhuys, it would appear that the landlord might be acting unreasonably by not allowing the reader to pay off the arrear rental in instalments.

“If the reason for the arrears is the retrenchment issue, and if the reader has offered to settle the debt in another manner, then it would seem unlikely that a court will grant an eviction order.”

Geldenhuys says the reader may consider consulting an attorney to advise her on her rights, or she may use the protective measures in the Rental Housing Act should she feel that her rights are being negatively impacted upon.

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The views I expressed related to the reasons why – as a young lawyer and politician way back in the 60′s and 70′s – I supported separate development. I did so within the context of the times and my wish to retain the historic right of my people to self-determination. I believed then that the problems of South Africa could be justly resolved by recognizing the right of all South Africa’s constituent peoples to self-determination through Nation States situated mainly in the areas of the country that they originally occupied. I have long since abandoned these views as an answer to South Africa’s challenges.

During the 1980s I had come to accept that there was no possibility that separate development could lead to a just and acceptable solution to the problems of South Africa.  My colleagues in the leadership of the National Party and I went through a process of deep introspection.  We concluded that apartheid was morally unjustifiable, that it could not be reformed, that the concept of separate development had led to manifest injustice and had to be abandoned.  We further decided that South Africa’s problems could be resolved only by entering into negotiations between the genuine representatives of all its people. The goal would be to establish a non-racial constitutional democracy in which the rights of all South Africans and all our communities would be protected.

I embraced this new vision and dedicated my presidency to this goal.  On 2 February 1990 I launched the initiatives that opened the way to inclusive constitutional negotiations. I presided over the repeal of the remaining apartheid laws and the reincorporation of the national states. I persuaded my constituency to accept the risks that were involved in accepting a new dispensation. I played a leading role in the negotiations that led ultimately to the adoption of our non-racial constitutional democracy in 1996.

I identify myself completely with the values and aspirations expressed in our Constitution and have dedicated myself, in my retirement, to doing everything I can to uphold the Constitution.

I have no residual belief in, or attachment to, separate development.  Whatever the intentions may have been, I concluded many years ago that it had failed and that it had resulted in manifest injustice. In May 1997, in my address to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission I said that apartheid was wrong and apologised to “the millions of South Africans who had suffered the wrenching disruption of being arbitrarily deprived of their homes, businesses and land because of forced removals; who over the years had suffered the shame of being arrested for pass law offences; who over the decades – and indeed centuries – suffered the indignities and humiliation of racial discrimination; who were prevented from exercising their full democratic rights in the land of their birth;  who were unable to achieve their full potential because of job reservation; and who received inadequate social, medical and education services.”

FW De Klerk

Our Constitution provides that everyone, not only a ruling party or COSATU and its supporters, has a right to association, a right to freedom of expression and, peacefully and unarmed, a right to assemble, to demonstrate, to picket and to present petitions. Irrespective of who the parties to today’s incident might have been, the DA and its supporters in this instance were denied, by COSATU and its supporters in a most violent manner, all of the very rights COSATU fervently defends and relies upon to justify its own activities.

Our constitutional democracy is based on human dignity, the achievement of equality and the advancement of human rights and freedoms for everyone who lives in South Africa – not only for certain individuals and not only in certain circumstances. Effective implementation of the Bill of Rights requires a balancing of rights – not absolute rights to any individual or group of individuals, but a measured balance of how the implementation of rights may impact the rights of others. This cannot be more true than when considering the right to dignity and equality, presupposing tolerance and respect for each other and for different ideas including the right to share those ideas even by means of peaceful demonstration.

Regardless of how far ideology or ideas may be removed, no rhetoric, political argument or ideological high ground can justify the violence allegedly meted out by supporters of COSATU yesterday in opposition to a different viewpoint or idea. This undemocratic and criminal behaviour is unacceptable in our society and should be condemned by all South Africans including COSATU leadership and their alliance partners.

The right to associate with a group or their ideas, the right to express those ideas and the right to, in a peaceful manner, assemble, demonstrate, picket or present petitions in support of those ideas belong to all of us and must be respected by all of us – including COSATU and its supporters.

Adv Johan Kruger

Huey helicopter “low level combat” ride in Cape Town, South Africa

Photographer : Laetitia Riera.

Various Shots of Cape Town, South Africa. Beach, Mountains, City, Lakes. Cape Town (Afrikaans: Kaapstad; Xhosa: iKapa) is the second-most populous city in South Africa,[3] and the largest in land area, forming part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality. It is the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape, as well as the legislative capital of South Africa, where the National Parliament and many government offices are located. The city is famous for its harbour as well as its natural setting in the Cape floral kingdom, including such well-known landmarks as Table Mountain and Cape Point. It is hailed as one of the most beautiful cities in the world as officially recognised by Forbes.[6] National Geographic has also listed Cape Town as one of the most iconic cities on the planet and “Places of a Lifetime”.[7] Cape Town is also Africa’s most popular tourist destination. Located on the shore of Table Bay, Cape Town was originally developed by the Dutch East India Company as a victualling (supply) station for Dutch ships sailing to Eastern Africa, India, and the Far East. Jan van Riebeeck’s arrival on 6 April 1652 established the first permanent European settlement in South Africa. Cape Town quickly outgrew its original purpose as the first European outpost at the Castle of Good Hope, becoming the economic and cultural hub of the Cape Colony. Until the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the development of Johannesburg, Cape Town was the largest city in …
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It’s time to once again Get Dressed for Success as Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle bring their old favourites plus new material back to South Africa after last year’s seven sold out performances.

Last year the talented duo released Charm School, their first studio album in a decade, and in March this year, Travelling: Songs from Studios, Stages, Hotelrooms and Other Strange Places. The album entered the top ten in three countries, including Sweden and Germany. Travelling features a mix of both new songs and re-workings of previously unreleased older material.

Albums such as Joyride and Crash! Boom! Bang! contributed to them selling an estimated 60 million albums worldwide – and had people crooning “Hello, you fool, I love you” and “Sleeping in my car, I will undress you”, in showers and karaoke bars everywhere.

Generations of people have fallen in love to the crooning lyrics of Listen to Your Heart and wiped tears away over It Must Have Been Love, come and sing along to Roxette live in action at GrandWest to remind yourself why they achieved 19 UK Top 40 hits and several US Hot 100 hits.

Roxette hit the Mother City on Friday 8 June 2012 at 20h00 in the GrandWest Grand Arena, Cape Town. Tickets cost from R320 to R480 from Computicket.

A Collection of Roxette..

Over their long career Swedish power-pop duo Roxette (Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle) have had more hit records than they can probably remember. This compilation, put together to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the duo’s involvement with music, is an assiduous and timely reminder of their prestigious legacy. This compilation presents their greatest achievements to date, covering their significant releases from 1986 to 2006. Fans get a good long look at the band’s output, from 80s hits like “It Must Have Been Love”, “Dressed For Success” or “Listen To Your Heart”, through 90s singles “The Look”, “Dangerous”, “Joyride”, and “Run To You”, and right up to recent examples of the group’s extraordinary pop prowess, such as “Sleeping In My Car” and “The Centre Of The Heart”. The set even contains recent singles “One Wish” and “Reveal”. If this doesn’t provide a salve for your Roxette itch, nothing will. –Danny McKenna

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Music video by Roxette performing It Must Have Been Love.
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Roxette @ Credicard Hall


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Segundo show da turnê brasileira da dupla sueca Roxette, realizado em São Paulo na Credicard Hall, em 10.04.2011

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Festivities in Long Street after Bafana Game against Mexico which ended in a draw. Estelle performed at CTICC Cape Town on the 11th June
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