Human Rights says title deed system and high conveyancing costs are fuelling property disputes [SOUND]

# The Lawyers for Human Rights says South Africa’s title deed system and high conveyancing costs are fuelling property disputes. This follows a Pretoria High Court ruling in favour of Henrietta Phakathi, a grandmother who has spent more than ten years fighting to secure the title deed to her home in Sebokeng, Vaal. Phakathi bought the house from her brother-in-law, Dumisane Mgcina, in 2004 and completed payments in 2011 using her wages as a domestic worker. Lawyers for Human Rights, David Dickinson says her case highlights the difficulties people face in securing legal ownership of property: