One hundred mobility-impaired Nelson Mandela Bay residents received brand-new wheelchairs at the official handover ceremony for the SPAR Wheelchair Wednesday initiative, which took place at the NMB Stadium on Wednesday. Speaking at the event, the Association for Persons with Disabilities (APD) chairman Garth van Niekerk reminded the assembled guests what the wheelchairs meant to their recipients. "Don't feel sorry for these people. They are not stuck in wheelchairs - they are stuck without … [Read more...] about Wheelchair Wednesday gets Bay residents mobile
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Property ‘acquired’ by twisted sister
www.MyPE.co.za: A reader sketches a situation whereby her sister applied for a bond 20 years ago in order to assist their parents with renovations to their property. The bank would not consent to such a bond unless the property was registered in the sister's name. When the reader's father passed away recently and the sister moved into the property to live with her mother, the issue arose again. She produced a document purporting to comprise a transfer and indicating that she bought the … [Read more...] about Property ‘acquired’ by twisted sister
Freedom (with) rules
www.MyPE.co.za: Our panel has received an e-mail from a reader who has recently moved into a freehold complex where the "house rules" are somewhat of a grey area. She finds no reference to a Homeowners' Association in the Deed of Sale and says she has no access to the property's title deed. Charlotte Vermaak from Chas Everitt Port Elizabeth says a Homeowners' Association is often imposed by the municipality upon a developer as a requirement for the land to be zoned and partitioned in a … [Read more...] about Freedom (with) rules
Pieter Willem Moolman: Makelaars bied ekstra versekering
www.MyPE.co.za: Moenie blindelings vertrou dat jou korttermynversekering goedkoper gaan wees as jy met ’n “direkte” versekeraar werk nie, skryf finansiële raadgewer Pieter Willem Moolman. Mens sien sodanige maatskappye se advertensies letterlik oral en, met die koste van bemarking, moet mens die vraag vra of dit nie die kliënt op die ou end meer kos as om van die dienste van ’n makelaar gebruik te maak nie. Ek wil my verstout om te sê dat diegene wat met direkte versekeraars werk … [Read more...] about Pieter Willem Moolman: Makelaars bied ekstra versekering
Landlord Wants to Boot Letting Agent
www.MyPE.co.za: This week's reader question is from a landlord whose letting agent has become a huge source of frustration. The reader says while his tenant pays on time every month and takes care of the leased property, the letting agent avoids his telephone calls and is often late with the transfer of rental payments. This situation has become unacceptable to him as landlord and his questions relate to the cancellation of his agreement with the agent. The existing contract expires at … [Read more...] about Landlord Wants to Boot Letting Agent
