03/06/2026
Read this week’s featured fiduciary articles:
🔗 https://www.dontroconsult.co.za/articlesofinterest
• Tech4Law – Court case – Eviction proceedings and the failed claim (of a claimant) in an alleged permanent life partnership - 2026/06/01
In this court case summary by FISA CEO Jan du Plessis, the court considered whether a woman who claimed to have been in a permanent life partnership with a deceased man could resist eviction from a property owned by his estate. The claimant argued that her long-term relationship entitled her to remain in the home, but the court found that she had failed to prove the legal requirements for a permanent life partnership that would create enforceable rights against the estate. As a result, the eviction application succeeded. As Jan notes, the judgment highlights that cohabitation alone does not automatically confer the legal protections associated with marriage, underscoring the importance of proper estate planning and formal legal arrangements for unmarried couples.
• Rapport: Eva, die slang en die saamblyers se storie - 2026/05/31
In hierdie week se Rapport verduidelik Nico van Gijsen dat die reg al hoe meer erkenning gee aan mense wat saamwoon sonder om getroud te wees. Hy sê: “Soos die sonde die saamblyers vergewe is, so sê die reg ook nou julle kan maar saambly en ons sal vir julle soortgelyke beskerming en voorregte as getroudes gee.” Nico wys daarop dat saamblyers nou in baie gevalle dieselfde erf-, onderhouds- en belastingvoordele as getroudes geniet, mits die verhouding permanent is en daar wedersydse onderhoudspligte bestaan. Tog waarsku hy dat behoorlike finansiële beplanning steeds noodsaaklik bly, omdat geen wetlike reg swak beplanning kan vervang nie.
