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Deadline to comply with Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act is 1 July 2021.
2.1.The Deadline to Comply with PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ACT, ACT NUMBER 4 OF 2013 IS 1 JULY 2021. 2.2. GET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER BEFOREHAND. 2.3. SEVERE PENALTIES FOR NON -COMPLIANCE. 2.4. WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW FOR FURTHER GUIDANCE TO GEAR UP. Our...
TerraLex Webinar: Mining After COVID-19
How prepared was the mining industry sector for COVID-19? In which areas did mining flourish and innovate and where have challenges risen? This program will discuss these topics and more from the viewpoint of various regions of the world. (Recorded February 17, 2021)...
Protection of personal information act, 2013 (“POPI act”)
By just following the news nowadays most people are at least vaguely familiar with the new POPI Act but few are familiar with the finer points of the Act. One the of most pertinent issues is that all affected by the Act have till the 1st of July 2021 to comply. Do...
The prescribed rate of interest in terms of the Prescribed Rate of Interest Act has decreased
The prescribed rate of interest in terms of the Prescribed Rate of Interest Act has decreased from 9,75% to 7,75% with effect from 1 June 2020. The prescribed rate of interest, determined by the Minister and published in the Government Gazette, applies where a debt...
How to rescue your business from the impact of COVID-19
Many businesses in South Africa face the very real risk of closing their doors permanently as a result of their inability to trade during the lengthy full lockdown imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Business owners are overwhelmed with the stress and anxiety of how...
COVID-19 Tax Relief Measures
The National Treasury has issued an explanatory note on the additional COVID-19 tax relief measures which will be included in revised drafts of the 2020 Disaster Management Tax Relief Bill and Disaster Management Tax Relief Administration Bill which are expected to be...
Title Deed Restrictions
Beware of Restrictive Title Deeds It is not uncommon for buyers to purchase what they believe to be their dream home, only to discover that they cannot add on an extra storey because of the existence of a restrictive title deed condition. Restrictive conditions may be...
Effects of Social Media on Shareholder Activism
Social media is used in everyday life by millions of people throughout the world. People post pictures on Instagram, send tweets on Twitter and update their Facebook statuses and have constant access to these social media platforms. What started out as a social,...
Stokvels: A Mechanism of Informal Social Security
For centuries people have entered into various forms of money saving schemes in an attempt to save and grow their money. People try to save and grow their money for a variety of reasons, such as, saving to go on holiday; saving for school fees or saving for their...
Anti Dissapation Order
What to do if a debtor is intentionally selling of his assets to avoid payment of a future judgment? The old proverb "the wheels of justice turn slowly" is unfortunately well known in the South African context with it often taking two to three years to get a matter to...
Zamuxolo Gulwa: “Law is a mechanism for change”
https://youtu.be/s3Jc6ZYZfDg From herding cattle as a young boy in the Eastern Cape to moving into the top echelons of Africa’s oldest law firm, Fairbridges Wertheim Becker, is the journey Zamuxolo Gulwa has taken. Zamuxolo was born in Engcobo, to a father who...
An altruistic Fairbridge’s conveyancer raises the bar in customer service
https://youtu.be/PLthebYwR2I Melanie Kilian, a conveyancer with heart from Fairbridges Wertheim Becker Attorneys in Cape Town, is an inspiration to her colleagues and clients. Her passion is to help and to give great service to people of all budgets, regardless...
Felicia Hlophe: From Ladysmith to lady lawyer
https://youtu.be/d0yPONx-lyc Felicia is an associate lawyer at Fairbridge Wertheim Becker, the oldest law firm in Africa. Born in Ladysmith, Kwazulu-Natal (KZN), she spent her early childhood in Mpumalanga before relocating back to KZN, in grade five when her...
Book Review – Effective Legal Interviewing and Counselling
by M A (Riette) du Plessis (106 pages) Juta & Co (Pty) Ltd www.jutalaw.co.za "Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends."– Mary Catherwood (1847-1901) The ability of an attorney...
Book Review – Employment Rights
by John Grogan (3rd Edition) (472 pages) Juta & Co (Pty) Ltd www.jutalaw.co.za "Who first invented work, and bound the free and holiday-rejoicing spirit down to that dry drudgery at the desk's dry wood?"– Charles Lamb (1775-1834) This is the third edition of a...
Book Review – Human Resource Management in Public Schools
A Practical Guide by Jaco Deacon (310 pages) Juta & Co (Pty) Ltd www.jutalaw.co.za "Who, with a natural instinct to discern, What knowledge can perform, is diligent to learn."– William Wordsworth (1770-1850) The importance of education in South Africa cannot be...
Book Review – Dugard’s International Law
by John Dugard, Max Du Plessis, Tiyanjana Maluwa & Dire Tladi (Fifth Edition) (938 pages) Juta & Co (Pty) Ltd www.jutalaw.co.za "Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations – entangling alliances with none."– Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), 3rd...
Book Review – Public Procurement Regulation
by Sope Williams-Elegbe and Geo Quinot (editors) (370 pages) Juta & Co (Pty) Ltd www.jutalaw.co.za "The state is or can be master of money, but in a free society it is master of very little else."– William Henry Beverage (1879-1963) Governments around the world...
Transformation of Parental Leave in South Africa
On the 27 November 2018 President Cyril Ramaphosa signed various amendments to labour legislation into law. These amendments have introduced additional parental leave benefits for fathers, adoptive parents as well as commissioning parents and have effect from 1...
Changing the face of Contractual Agreements
Section 11 (1) of ECTA provides that: ‘Information is not without legal force and effect merely on the grounds that it is wholly or partly in the form of a data message.’ This is a simple sentence but has given a new dimension to contractual agreements as we know...
Do you have a right to a view?
The increase of state regulation and adjudication of neighbour disputes about building works has now migrated from the private law context of reasonableness to the public law context of legality. The consequence of this shift is that any and all building works first...