THE PUBLISHING STANDARD · IKHAYALAMI EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL STANDARD

Source first. Explain second.
Publish after review.

Ikhayalami's public property guidance is built for South African users who need a practical explanation and a clear path back to the official record. AI can assist research; it is never treated as the authority.

01 · THE STANDARD

Useful enough to act on.
Transparent enough to verify.

Every public guide should do more than restate a source. It should help a South African reader understand what the information means, who it affects, what to check next and where to verify the underlying fact.

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PRIMARY FIRSTPrefer the responsible authority.

Law, tax, deeds, credit, statistics and regulation begin with official sources.

HUMAN REVIEWAutomation does not publish itself.

Source URLs, dates, figures and practical explanations are checked before publication.

CORRECTIONSAccuracy is an ongoing obligation.

Material errors are corrected and review dates are not used to disguise stale information.

02 · SOURCE HIERARCHY

Start as close to the record as possible.

Property can touch tax, deeds, credit, municipal obligations, community schemes and regulated practitioners. Our sourcing hierarchy reflects the consequence of getting those facts wrong.

01
PRIMARY AUTHORITIESResponsible public body or regulator

SARS, Deeds Registration, PPRA, CSOS, NCR, SARB, National Treasury, Statistics South Africa and official Gazette material where relevant.

02
OFFICIAL MARKET RESEARCHContext, clearly labelled as research

Official bank or listed-sector research can add market context but is not represented as regulation.

03
SECONDARY SOURCESDiscovery, not the final proof

Secondary reporting can help identify a development, but consequential claims should be verified against the underlying source.

03 · ORIGINAL VALUE

We do not publish a link with extra wrapping.

A briefing becomes worth publishing only when Ikhayalami can add practical South African context rather than simply repeat what another source already said.

01
What changed?

State the development plainly and distinguish fact from interpretation.

02
Who does it affect?

Identify the relevant buyer, seller, owner, landlord, tenant, practitioner or agency.

03
What should they check next?

Turn the information into a practical next step without pretending to give personalised professional advice.

04
Where can it be verified?

Make the source visible enough that a reader can independently verify consequential claims.

04 · AI + HUMAN REVIEW

AI can accelerate research.
It cannot become the source.

Automation may discover developments, compare dates, organise notes or prepare a first structure. Publication remains a human editorial decision.

01Discover

Identify a potentially useful development.

02Verify

Open the authoritative source and confirm date, scope and facts.

03Explain

Add practical context and distinguish interpretation from the record.

04Review

Human-check headline, numbers, links, wording and publication value.

05 · ACCURACY & CORRECTIONS

Review dates matter.
Corrections matter more.

Every field guide carries a review date. If a material error is identified, the page should be corrected rather than simply re-dated. Readers can send a correction request with the page URL and supporting source.

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DATESSeparate source date from review date.

A recently reviewed page can still refer to an older source; both dates should remain understandable.

NUMBERSRe-check thresholds and calculations.

Rates, tax bands and regulatory thresholds can change and should not be treated as timeless.

HIGH-CONSEQUENCE TOPICSSay when professional advice is appropriate.

Calculators are estimates; guides are orientation, not legal, tax, credit or conveyancing advice.

06 · ADVERTISING SEPARATION

The sponsor does not write the conclusion.

Advertising does not determine Ikhayalami editorial conclusions. Sponsored inventory, when enabled, is labelled and visually separated from Ikhayalami's own tools and guidance.