Tenant protection · South Africa

Get your deposit back. Stop rental scams. Know your rights.

RentGuard Nexus keeps your lease, rent receipts and move-in photos in one safe place, warns you before deadlines pass, and prepares the letters and Tribunal papers when a landlord won't play fair — all based on the Rental Housing Act.

Scam check
Free
Deposit letters
Ready in minutes
Plans from
R0 / month
A tenant at her front door holding her keys and rental documents
Move-in day, Johannesburg.Illustrative photograph
Compliance framework
  • The Devon Towers Group (Pty) Ltd
  • CIPC 2025/663915/07
  • POPIA consent before any check
  • Built around the Rental Housing Act
  • Private, access-controlled document vault
  • Exportable rent payment history
  • Rand pricing · SAST support
Start with your problem

What's going on with your rental?

Pick what you're dealing with. Nexus shows you exactly what it will do — and nothing is sent without your approval.

Get your deposit back, with the law on your side.

  1. 1Nexus checks your move-out date against the Rental Housing Act timelines.
  2. 2Your inspection photos, receipts and messages are gathered into one evidence list.
  3. 3A formal demand letter is drafted for you to approve before anything is sent.
  4. 4If the landlord ignores it, a Tribunal complaint pack is prepared for your province.
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How it works

Three habits that protect a tenancy.

  1. I

    Record

    Your lease, payments, inspection photos and messages are kept in one private, dated record — the evidence most tenants never have.

  2. II

    Watch

    Nexus keeps an eye on deadlines, missing receipts and unpaid deposits, and tells you what needs attention before it becomes a problem.

  3. III

    Act

    When something goes wrong, Nexus prepares the letter, the evidence list or the Tribunal pack. Nothing is sent until you approve it.

Why RentGuard Nexus

Not a chatbot. Not a listing site. A system that does the work.

What you needDoing it aloneGeneral AI chatRentGuard Nexus
Written for South African rental law (RHA, CPA, PIE, POPIA)
Remembers your lease, payments and evidence
Drafts letters and Tribunal documents as PDFs
Prepares filings for all nine provincial Tribunals
Asks before sending anything on your behalf
Watches deadlines and tells you what needs attention
Works on WhatsApp for low-data use
Portable Rental Passport of your rental history

General comparison of approaches, not of any named company. RentGuard Nexus is not a law firm, insurer, lender or credit provider; for legal representation, consult an attorney.

Find your part of the system.

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Month-to-month. Cancel anytime from Billing — future debits stop immediately, with no cancellation fee. Free is permanent — not a trial. See our Terms.

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Establish your rental identity

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Protection layer
Identity foundation
Verification
Unverified
Eligibility
Any South African renter
  • Account, rental profile & rental journey
  • Basic Nexus assistance & tenant education
  • Rental Passport (UNVERIFIED)
  • Document storage (5 documents)
  • Basic reminders
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Essential

Verify your rental identity

R29/month
or R290/year · annual billing coming soon
Protection layer
Verified identity
Verification
Identity verified (KYC)
Eligibility
Residential tenants, 18+
  • Everything in Free
  • Identity verification (KYC) through our bureau partner
  • VERIFIED Rental Passport
  • Downloadable RentGuard Nexus Verification Certificate
  • Expanded document vault (50 documents · 1 GB)
  • Expanded Nexus assistance
  • Rental readiness & basic risk insights
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Protect

Protect your rental relationship

R59/month
or R590/year · annual billing coming soon
Protection layer
Full protection layer
Verification
Identity verified (KYC)
Eligibility
Residential tenants, 18+
  • Everything in Essential
  • Rent payment tracking & proof-of-payment evidence
  • Property inspections & condition evidence
  • Maintenance requests & repair notices
  • Lease intelligence & lease generator
  • Dispute preparation, demand letters & evidence packs
  • Nexus Action Centre & Tribunal workflows
  • Unlimited vault documents (5 GB)
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Nexus Premium

Nexus intelligence that acts for you

R99/month
or R990/year · annual billing coming soon
Protection layer
Orchestrated intelligence
Verification
Identity verified (KYC)
Eligibility
Residential tenants, 18+
  • Everything in Protect
  • Nexus plans, prepares and runs your rental actions — you confirm each high-impact step
  • Nexus Watch across deadlines, payments, repairs and open matters, with next-best-action guidance
  • Advanced Nexus Memory & Rental Evidence Graph
  • Advanced risk & lease intelligence
  • Nexus Concierge access — human triage, case preparation & partner referral
  • External checks available pay-per-use, with consent before each one
  • 20 GB document vault
Choose Nexus Premium

Concierge is human-assisted triage, evidence preparation, coordination and referral. RentGuard Nexus is not a law firm, and a subscription does not include legal representation. Selected partners may charge their own professional fees, which are always quoted before you proceed. RentGuard Nexus is not an insurer, lender, credit provider, property management company or landlord platform. Any rent-assistance wording is not insurance. Changing plan never charges you without your confirmation at checkout.

Trust & governance

Accountable by design.

RENTGUARD NEXUS

The protection layer beneath renting.

Not a property listing site. A rental intelligence and protection layer for your lease, payments, evidence and record. RentGuard Nexus is not an insurer, lender, credit provider, property management company or landlord platform.