Recommended resources for conveyancing candidates

The primary sources (start here — they're the exam)

• Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937 and the regulations under it — read with a pencil; the exam is built on this Act.
• Sectional Titles Act 95 of 1986 (with the Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act) for the sectional-title component.
• The Registrars' Conference Resolutions (RCRs) and Chief Registrar's Circulars — the practice rulings that decide how the Acts are applied in the registries day to day.
• The related statutes that surface in transfers: Alienation of Land Act, Matrimonial Property Act, Administration of Estates Act.

The standard practitioner text

• The Practitioners Guide to Conveyancing & Notarial Practice — Allen West (3rd edition, LexisNexis, 2024). The desk reference of the profession, written by the former Chief of Deeds Training. If you buy one book for this exam and for practice afterwards, buy this one (available from the LexisNexis store). Our classes teach the method and the syllabus; West is the reference you'll check details against for the rest of your career.

How to use them together

• Lawify lessons and classes give you the structure, the drafting method and the practice exercises.
• The Act and regulations are what you quote in answers.
• West is where you confirm the fine detail and the registry practice behind it.
• The RCRs are gold for the practical questions — examiners love testing the rulings practitioners actually use.

A caution about shortcuts

Old question banks and summaries circulate freely among candidates. Registry practice changes — resolutions are passed and withdrawn, forms change, and an answer that passed five years ago can fail today. Prepare on current sources.