Monday, 14 September 2015

A Story of an African Farm & Acquisitive Prescription

Deep in the heart of Mpumalanga Province there is an African farm with the beautiful name of Kaalbooi. This farm, Kaalbooi, is now inextricably linked to acquisitive prescription and it started with the first sub-divisional transfer during 1936 some 79 years ago. How did it all come about? Client asked me to draft his will which, according to him, should be very simple and straightforward: His two sons should inherit his house and Kaalbooi in equal shares. I informed him that the inheritance of his house in a residential area is fine,...