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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT OF LEASE Made and entered into by and between (Full Name): Zuma Phumlani Doctor (ID number) 850626 5327 088 (Hereinafter referred to as “the Landlord") and (Full Name): Kegomoditswe Kgengwe (ID number) 920213 0947 081 (Hereinafter referred to as “the Tenant’) NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY AGREED: 1. LETTING AND HIRING OF THE PREMISES The Landlord hereby lets to the Tenant who hereby hires from the Landlord a semi furnished dwelling. (Hereinafter referred to as “the premises"): 2290 Leadwood Street, Mapleton Ext-12, Boksburg, 1479 Subject to the terms and conditions set out in this agreement. It includes the grounds/yard, em CO-SIGNER AGREEMENT This agreement is attached to and forms a part of the Rental lease Agreement dated 08/March/2017 between Zuma Phumiani Doctor as Landlord/Agent and Kgengwe Kegomoditswe as Tenant 1/We, the co-signators NEOSinG PHILE Antony Menang &keao Magers ke residing at 2ago Lzapronn STREET MAPIE7en Ext 1a, BOksBur 147° have completed a Rental Application for the express purpose of enabling the landlord/agent to check my credit profile, I have read the Rental Agreement and I promise to guarantee the Tenants’ compliance with the financial obligations of this Agreement. 1/We understand that I/we may be required to pay for rent, cleaning charges or damage caused by the tenant. I/we agree to comply with and uphold all of the terms of the lease agreement. I/we also understand that this Co-signer Agreement will remain in force throughout the entire term of the tenant's tenancy, even if their tenancy is extended and/or changed in its terms. Co-signer:Mbewana Nkosi 1D number:8909076118086 a a Co-signe wnumber:_“PIosl2094 Foe) Accepted by Ema TANDLORD © Landlords Resource Ageney CC CK91/30396/23 T/A Landlords c0.23 Page 1 of 1 2. DURATION This Lease shall commence on (date) 01/March/2017 and shall terminate on 31/August/2017 (date). 3. RENTAL 4. The monthly rent payable by the Tenant to the Landlord in terms hereof shall be the sum of R 4000.00(Four thousand RAND only). 2, Such rental shall be payable in advance on the first day of each and every month with effect from (01/March/2017) and thereafter on or before the first day in each succeeding month during the currency of this Lease at such address as the Landlord may from time to time appoint in writing. 3. The tenant shall not withhold or make deductions from any payment due to the landlord. 4, In addition to paying the Rent, the tenant shall reimburse the Landlord, monthly in arrears within 7 days after receiving an account from the Landlord reflecting the amount(s) so payable, with the cost of water and/or services supplied to the premises as determined at the prevailing municipal tariff of charges. 5. The Tenant shall be liable for interest on all overdue amounts payable under this lease at a rate per annum 14% (4% per centum) above the prime rate per annum of Standard bank from the due dates of such amounts until they are respectively paid. 6. Any payment received shall first be allocated to administration fees, legal costs and interest and thereafter to rental. 4. DEPOSIT 1, The Tenant undertakes to pay to the Landlord a deposit of R 4000.00 (Four thousand RAND) to legislate for possible damage caused by the Eom Tenant during the currency of this Lease and any extension thereof and to effect payment thereof in full by not later than (01/ApriV2017) 2. The Landlord shall be entitled to deduct from such deposit any amount payable by the Tenant hereunder unpaid and any amount owing by the Tenant to the Landlord and in the event of such deduction during the lease period, the Tenant shall, upon request by the Landlord, forthwith reinstate the deposit to its full amount. 3. Upon the termination of this Lease and upon the Tenant having vacated the premises but dependent upon the condition thereof the said deposit or a portion thereof, together with the accrued interest thereon, shall be refunded by the Landlord to the Tenant in accordance with the requirements of the Rental Housing Act. 5. RATES, TAXES AND OTHER CHARGES 1. The Landlord shall pay all rates and taxes, levied on the premises during the lease period. Should the amount payable in respect of rates and taxes increase during the lease period, the landlord shall be entitled to increase the monthly rent payable with an amount equal to 1/12 (one twelfth) of such increase. 2. The Tenant shall be liable for and shall on the due dates thereof effect payment to the relevant authorities of all charges relating to the supplies of electric current and water consumed at the premises and shall lodge with the appropriate authorities such deposits which might be imposed by them from time to time. koma 6, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS 4. The Tenant undertakes, during the currency of this lease and any extension thereof at its sole expense to 1. Maintain in good order and condition the interior of the dwelling unit including the Landlord's fixtures, fittings and appliances therein. keep in good order and repair all doors, windows, locks, latches, keys, door handles, plate-glass, fittings and appliances and all electrical and other installations and to replace any locks, keys, latches, door-handles and other fittings and to repair any damaged windows, doors, appliances or installations save for reasonable wear and tear. replace where necessary all fluorescent and incandescent bulbs, starters, globes, ballasts, locks, electrical switches and sockets used and contained in the premises; replace and repair any damaged or broken glass or mirror, however such breakage or damage was caused, take good and proper care of the garden on the Property, including all lawns, trees, shrubs and hedges, replacing all such as may die or be damaged, carrying such watering, cutting, trimming, mowing, pruning, ferilizing, and other gardening activities as may reasonably be required, keep clean and in good order and repair all irigation pipes, sprinklers, electrical installations, electronic gates and garage doors, remote control instruments; 2. Should the Tenant fail to carry out any of its obligations under this lease with regard fo any maintenance, repair, or replacement, the Landlord shall be entitled, without prejudice to any of its other rights or remedies, to effect the required item of maintenance, repair, or replacement and to recover the cost thereof from the Tenant on demand. em 3. The Landlord undertakes to 4. Maintain the exterior of the dwelling unit including the walls and roof, subject to the condition that it shall be incumbent on the Tenant to acquaint the Landlord of the existence of any defect, in the event of any defect becoming manifest in any wall or roof, directly the Tenant shall acquire knowledge thereof. The Landlord, however, disclaims any responsibility for any damage caused by leakage. 2. To remedy any major breakdown of any electrical, water or sewerage installation, unless such breakdown was caused by the negligence of the Tenant, in which event the Tenant shall be responsible for rectifying the breakdown and it shall bear the expenditure thereby occasioned. 3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinbefore contained, the Landlord's obligation to maintain the dwelling unit shall be limited to the preservation of the exterior walls and roof and to attending to any major structural repairs. 7. CONDITION OF PREMISES AT INCEPTION OF LEASE The Landlord and Tenant shall jointly inspect the premises on the 27/February/2017 (date) at 10h00(time) Should the tenant fail to attend the joint inspection on this date and at this time herein referred to, the premises shall be deemed to be in sound ‘order and condition and free of defects Eu 8. TENANT NOT TO CONTRAVENE LAWS AND REGULATIONS The Tenant shall not contravene or permit any contravention of any law, by-law, regulation o direction of any competent authority relating to or affecting the premises or the conditions of title under which the premises are held by the Landlord. 9. INSURANCE 4. The Tenant shall not: 1. Use or store or allow to be used or stored on the premises any liquid or other article or commodity of a hazardous or of an inflammable nature which may endanger the premises; 2. Do anything which may or may be calculated to increase the rate of any insurance presently or in the future held by the Landlord in respect of the constructions on the premises, or invalidate or otherwise vitiate any such insurance. 2. The Tenant shall, on demand, indemnify the Landlord against any expense, loss or damage sustained by the Landlord as a consequence of a failure by the Tenant to comply with any of the provisions of sub-clause 9.1 hereof; 3. The Landlord hereby assumes liability for the due payment of the premiums whereby the premises are fully insured against the peril of fire throughout the currency of this Lease. 10. CHANGES TO PREMISES The Tenant shall not make any external or internal changes or additions to the constructions on the premises, whether structural or otherwise without the prior written consent of the Landlord or its said Agent having been secured. Any such alteration or addition to which the Landlord or it's said Agent may hereafter consent ken shall be made by the Tenant at his own expense out of sound materials which shall not be removed at the termination of this Lease save with the Landlord's written consent thereto in which event the Tenant shall ensure that the premises shall be restored to a satisfactory condition to be approved by the Landlord and/or it's Architect and/or Builder and/or said Agent. 11. TOTAL OR PARTIAL DESTRUCTION OF MAIN CONSTRUCTION 1. Ifas a consequence of vies majeure or casus fortuitous the dwelling unit: 2. Is wholly destroyed, this Lease shall thereupon terminate; 3. Is partially destroyed, the Tenant shall enjoy an abatement of rent in proportion to the extent to which he is deprived of the use and occupation of the dwelling unit until the partial destruction thereof is remedied; the amount of such abatement shall be agreed upon between the Landlord and the Tenant and if they do not agree, shall be determined by arbitration; pending an agreement as to, or the determination of the said amount, as the case may be, the Tenant shall continue to pay rental in terms of clause 3 hereof but the Landlord shall be obliged to refund to the Tenant such part of such rental as, in accordance with the Arbitrator's award, ought not to have been paid by the Tenant. 4. Nothing in this clause contained shall be deemed to prejudice any right or fights or any claim or claims which either party may have against the other party arising from damage to or destruction of the premises or any portion thereof due to the negligence of the other party. 42, LIMITATION OF LANDLORD'S LIABILITY CAUSED BY SUPERVENING DEFECTS Subject to the provisions of Clause 11 hereof, the Landlord shall not be liable to the Tenant for any loss or damage of whatsoever nature which the Tenant may sustain as a consequence of any defect coming into existence in the exterior or the interior of the constructions on the premises during the currency of this Lease and any extension thereof and which is not in any event required to be rectified by the Tenant in terms of his obligations under Clause 11 hereof, unless the Landlord has been required by the Tenant by written notice to rectify such defect and the Landlord has omitted for a period of 30 (Thirty) days after the receipt of such notice to do so ‘or, having within such period caused the work necessary for the rectification of such defect to be commenced, having failed to cause such work to be diligently and properly pursued. 13.LANDLORD’S RIGHTS OF INSPECTION The Landlord and it's said Agent shall be entitled at reasonable times and, by prior arrangement with the tenant, be entitled to inspect the premises and at it's or her election, introduce any Builder or workmen on to the premises and/or within the dwelling unit for the purpose of the execution of any maintenance or repairs which according to reasonable standards should be carried out. 14, SUB-LETTING, CESSION AND ASSIGNMENT The Tenant shall not be entitled to cede or assign this Lease or to sub-let, or otherwise part with the possession of the dwelling unit or any portion thereof, or to permit any other person, (save a member of his household), to use or occupy solely for residential purposes the dwelling unit or any portion thereof without the prior em written consent of the Landlord or it's said Agent having been obtained. The Tenant hereby undertakes that he shall not: 4. Cede to any other person or legal persona any right vesting in him in terms of this Lease; 2. Transfer to any other person or legal persona any obligation imposed upon him by this Lease; 3. Otherwise surrender possession of the constructions on the premises or any portion thereof to any third party. ‘Allow more than 8 persons to occupy the premises 5. To allow more than 2 live animals as pets on the premises 15. TENANT NOT TO CREATE A NUISANCE During the currency of this Lease and any extension thereof the Tenant and any other occupant of the premises shall not do, or cause or allow to be done, anything which is or may constitute a nuisance or a source of annoyance or cause inconvenience to the Landlord or to the owners and/or occupiers of neighboring properties. 16. “TO LET”, “TO HIRE” OR “FOR SALE” NOTICES During the period of 2 (TWO) calendar months prior to the termination of this Lease and any extension thereof the Landlord or his said Agent shall be entitled to display on the premises “TO LET” or ‘TO HIRE” or “FOR SALE” notices. The Tenant shall permit any prospective Tenant or Purchaser to inspect the premises including all constructions thereon, both externally and internally, at all reasonable times. kena 47. REMEDIES UPON BREACH BY THE TENANT ‘Should the Tenant fail to pay any rental or the deposit on the due date or commit a breach of any of the other terms of this Lease and fail to remedy such breach within a period of 3 (three) days after the receipt of a written notice so to do the Landlord shall have the right forthwith to cancel this Lease and to recover possession of the premises without prejudice to the Landlord's rights to claim unpaid rental and any damages which it may have sustained consequent upon any such failure or breach. 18. DISREGARD OF BREACH OR GRANT OF INDULGENCE The Landlord shall at any time be entitled to invoke the provisions of Clause 17 hereof notwithstanding that it may have previously disregarded any particular breach or breaches of this Lease by the Tenant or that itor i's said Agent may previously have accorded to the Tenant, expressly or by implication, permission to perform otherwise than strictly in accordance with the Tenant's obligations hereunder. Any indulgence shown or any extension of time granted by the Landlord or it's said Agent to the Tenant, whether relating to the payment of rental or the fulfilment of any other condition, shall in no manner operate as an estoppel against the Landlord or otherwise limit, modify or alter it’s rights hereunder or be construed as a novation of this Lease 19. ORAL VARIATION OF LEASE INEFFECTIVE No term of this Lease shall be suspended, modified, cancelled or otherwise varied save by means of a further written agreement signed by the Landlord or by it's said Agent on its behalf and by the Tenant. The parties hereby acknowledge that this Lease contains all of the terms and conditions of their agreement inter se and that there are no understandings, representations, warranties or any other terms, kona between them in regard to the letting and hiring of the premises other than those terms set out herein. 20. JURISDICTION In terms of Section 45 of Act 32 of 1944, as amended, the Landlord and the Tenant hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate's Court of any district having Jurisdiction by virtue of Section 28(1) of the said Act. Notwithstanding the provisions hereof either party shall be entitled to institute any proceedings in the High Court of South Africa. 21, RESTORATION OF CONSTRUCTIONS ON TERMINATION OF LEASE Subject to the terms of this Lease the Tenant undertakes at the expiry thereof, to restore to the Landlord possession of the constructions thereon including all fixtures, fittings, appliances and installations in good and proper order and condition save only for reasonable wear and tear excepted. 22, CHOICE OF DOMICILIUM CITANDI ET EXECUTANDI ‘The Tenant hereby chooses the address of the premises as its domicilium citandi et executandi and any notice by the Landlord to the Tenant in connection with this Lease addressed to the Tenant and posted to such domi ium shall be deemed to have been received by the Tenant within 5 (Five) days of the date after the date on which it was posted. These provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis in the case of any such notice by the Tenant to the Landlord who hereby chooses as its domicilium citandi et executandi 1285 Neste Street, Vosloorus, Gauteng, or such alternative address as the Landlord may hereafter appoint in writing. 23, COSTS The costs in conneetion with the preparation of this Lease and the attendance and correspondence incidental and ancillary thereto, inclusive of the stamp duty payable on the original lease, shall be borne by the Tenant and landlord, in equal shares. 24, TENANT’S OPTION TO RENEW ‘The Tenant is hereby vested with the right and granted an option to renew this Lease for one further period of 6 months commencing on 01/September/2017(date) and terminating on 28/February/2018(date) on the same terms and conditions as herein in this Lease set forth save that the quantum of the rental of the premises shall be subject to an escalation of 0% (Zero Per Centum). Such option shall be exercised by the Tenant furnishing the Landlord with written notice to such effect ‘and which notice shall be received by the Landlord by not later than 2 (Two) calendar months prior to the date of the termination of this Lease on ‘30/June/2017(date) as aforesaid. Should the Tenant not exercise his option to renew as hereinbefore defined such option shall thereupon ipso facto lapse. DATED atj-H-2 _onthislb dayof ViaecH 20) AS WITNESSES: (LANDLORD) DATED at y-H- onthis_I{ dayof My@cm 201 AS WITNESSES: 2. CaP eA Ze — (TENANT) i

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