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Only a qualified land surveyor can help in a legal dispute over encroachment. Karl van Rensburg, vice-president of cadastral at the SA Geomatics Institute, spoke to Gerhard Uys. A cadastre is a public record of the properties in a certain area. It contains the ownership details, precise location, dimensions, cultivations (if rural), and value of […]

Many SA farmers have praedial servitudes on their lands. This means that someone else has a right to use part of the land. Karl van Rensburg of the SA Geomatics Institute explains the implications. The word ‘praedial’ simply means ‘relating to land’. According to SA property law, a praedial servitude involves at least two pieces