THE Department Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has announced the reopening of deeds offices across the country as per the revised lockdown regulations.
“Deeds registration, has been identified as an essential service, according to Covid-19 level 4 lockdown regulations, as of 1 May 2020. Level 4 regulations require that [we] put in place necessary health measures before the services can resume. These measures will ensure that clients and departmental officials are not exposed to any health risks,” the department said last Thursday.
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Chief Registrar of Deeds, Carlize Knoesen, has assured the public that the plan of implementing these measures is at an advanced stage and will be finalised soon.
“An announcement on when the offices will reopen will be made in due course,” Knoesen said.
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