Ke Malatji Attorneys inc

08/01/2026

If you're a Final year LLB student and you want to go into practice, I urge you to choose your elective modules carefully. Going into practice means you'll have to write your board exams. You should choose Tax law, Administration of Estates, Accounting, Conveyancing and Ethics as electives because these are some of the subjects for the board exams. At least you would have already built a foundation from your final year and it'll make your life way easier.

Board exams (now competency-based) cover four main papers: Paper 1 (Court Practice & Procedures), including High Court, Magistrate's Court, Criminal Procedure, and MVA claims; Paper 2 (Wills & Estates); Paper 3 (Attorneys' Practice & Ethics), covering professional conduct, ethics, labour law, and practice management; and Paper 4 (Attorneys' Bookkeeping), focusing on trust accounts and accounting rules. Choose electives that closely reflects these.

We are past choosing modules that are "easy" just to graduate. Be intentional about where you want be in a couple of years.

19/08/2025

The best within our generation

07/11/2024

Kindly take the notice serious

18/06/2024

Interesting Case law for this week

In a groundqbreaking decision, the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa has shed light on the arbitrability of arrear maintenance disputes in the case of VJ v VJ and Another (258/2023) [2024] ZASCA 92 (11 June 2024).
This judgment has far-reaching implications for family law and alternative dispute resolution in the country, as it affirms the principle that access to courts in maintenance matters cannot be ousted by private arbitration agreements. The court's interpretation of section 2(a) of the Arbitration Act 42 of 1965 has made it clear that arrear maintenance and the enforcement of maintenance orders are inextricably connected to matrimonial causes or matters incidental thereto, rendering them non-arbitrable.
This landmark ruling not only safeguards the interests of maintenance recipients but also reinforces the courts' exclusive authority to vary, rescind, or suspend maintenance orders, ensuring that the needs of vulnerable parties are adequately addressed. The VJ case serves as a significant precedent that will undoubtedly shape the approach to maintenance disputes in South Africa, striking a balance between party autonomy and the protection of those in need of maintenance support.

08/03/2024

08/03/2024

20/06/2022

The following are Commissioners of Oarth:

1. Magistrate (Magistrate Court)
2. Post master (Post office)
3. Lawyers (Attorney & Advocates)
4. Police officer (SAPS)
5. Bank manager (Any bank)

People, lets avoid unnecessary overcrowding and long ques at police stations. The above mentioned can signature/ sworn to your affidavits.

Should you wish to certify the copies of original documents, visit nearest Post Office.

Stolen Adv Thendson

03/04/2022

Marriage in Community of Property is Risky

The only benefit that this regime has is that, when the marriage is dissolved, either by death or divorce, a spouse who is financially weaker is compensated at the expense of the other spouse who is financially stronger.

So if you have a house, pension, investments, business interests and you get married in community of property to another person who don't have assets or who have assets but his or her liabilities/debts are more than their assets,

It will mean that it's your assets alone, house, pension or investments that will be shared if you divorce.

It will be the same case if your spouse die and his/her will states that his/her assets must be awarded to another person besides you, it's your assets alone that will be shared to these people mentioned in the will, even if it's children born outside of the marriage, even if it's your spouse’s baby daddy, baby mama, girlfriend or boyfriend.

And first of all you must pay all your debts and your spouse’s debts first before half of your assets are given to your ex spouse on divorce, or before half of your assets are given to the people that your spouse nominated in his or her will.

It's like magic.

You can go into marriage in community of property with assets and leave the following year with nothing, your assets and pension can disappear overnight just like that.

On the other hand, you can go into marriage in community of property with nothing and leave the following year with a house, a truck and pension fund whereas you have never worked for that pension fund.

Sometimes you can go into marriage in community of property today without debts, but wake up the following day with debts.

That's why I always tell you to consider your options very well.

Consider getting married out of community of property and avoid risks that comes with community of property.

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03/02/2022

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31/12/2021

We on behalf of KE Malatji attorneys inc wish all our client happy prosperous new year

13/10/2021

Farewell chief justice you left a good jurisprudence legacy.a legacy equal to your forebears justice Chapelton.justice mahomed.justice Langa we wish you luck in your retirement