Article taken from IOL Property

Despite ongoing media publicity about property law and regular discussion on these matters at a range of seminars and training sessions, many South African homebuyers and sellers remain ignorant of the basic legalities of property transactions, says Lanice Steward, managing director of Anne Porter Knight Frank.

"It has become necessary to insist that agents give clients a short rundown on the legalities surrounding property transactions. First-time homebuyers, in particular, tend to have absolutely no idea how property is bought and sold and how to go about getting bonds.

"When the deal looks as if it will go through, one of the most common mistakes is lack of appreciation that signed contracts are legally binding.

"If a better offer or prospect comes up, buyers cannot simply change their minds. Some young buyers have heard about the 'cooling off' clause and think it applies across the board. In fact it applies only to properties valued at under R250 000."

Another common first-time buyer mistake is to under-estimate the costs of transfer duties, attorney's fees and deeds office costs.

She says some clients are scared of documentation and try to avoid putting matters in writing until the 11th hour.

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article taken from Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuvuzela

The vuvuzela sometimes called a "lepatata" (its Tswana name) or a stadium horn, is a blowing horn up to approximately 65 cm (2 ft) in length. It is commonly blown by fans at association football matches in South Africa. The instrument is played using a simple brass instrument technique of blowing through compressed lips to create a buzz, and emits (from the standard shorter horn of about 60 to 65 centimetres (24 to 26 in)) a loud monotone (Bó3). A similar instrument (known in spanish as corneta) is used by football fans in in Brazil and other Latin American countries.

Vuvuzelas have been controversial. They have been associated with permanent noise-induced hearing loss and cited as a possible safety risk when spectators cannot hear evacuation announcements, and they may spread colds and flu viruses on a greater scale than coughing or shouting. Vuvuzelas have also been blamed for drowning the sound and atmosphere of football games.

Commentators have described the sound as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", and "a giant hive full of very angry bees".

The sound level of the instrument has been measured at 127 decibels contributing to football matches with dangerously high sound pressure levels for unprotected ears. A new model, however, announced on 14 June 2010, has a modified mouthpiece which is claimed to reduce the volume by 20 dB.

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