My first income-generating property project was realised in 2008 when I was worried I would fall behind on my bond payments on a two-bedroom property I had bought the previous year...
Silindile Leseyane 13 Apr 2021
South Africa's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent more than 98% of registered businesses, employ between 50% and 60% of the country's workforce...
In the era of digitalisation, automation and self-help services, the legal sector has been slow to transform. LegitLaw is changing that with the launch of its legal tech-meets-online shopping platform...
Shan Radcliffe 18 Mar 2021
A title deed is a document that serves as proof of legal ownership over a property, and is important for the transfer of property. Regulation 68 of the Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937 sets out the process that needs to be followed when one has lost or destroyed a title deed or mortgage bond...
Leigh-Anne Kriel 25 Jan 2021
As communicators and leaders, if we want to change the corporate narrative and drive a more inclusive company culture, it starts with enabling inclusive communication...
Issued by icandi CQ 28 Sep 2020
Selling your home yourself and keeping the commission in your pocket instead of paying it to an estate agent may sound like a good idea, especially in a busy market, but you should be aware of the dangers before you decide on this approach...
Kenya ordered the closure of courtrooms to the public in April in keeping with government measures to limit gatherings and mitigate the spread of Covid-19...
Mercy Muendo 12 Aug 2020
The Commission of Inquiry into Taxi Violence in Gauteng has been granted an extension of six months until August 2020...
There is no doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic has created widespread uncertainty for businesses around the world. During this time, many businesses have been faced with a mounting risk of potential legal disputes and drastically changed circumstances, to which they have had to adapt in order to survive...
Darryl Bernstein, Rui Lopes and Nothando Mthimkhulu 27 May 2020
Businesses across South Africa are showing tenacity and innovating in the face of lockdown...
The coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis means many people are considering updating their Will or drawing one up for the first time, and so fiduciary practitioners are seeing a surge in demand for Wills...
If there is one thing that the national lockdown has highlighted, it is the need for South African law to recognise electronic signatures to authenticate important legal documents such as last wills and testaments...
Alex Simeonides 7 Apr 2020
The current outbreak of Covid-19 was declared a public health emergency of international concern...
The three major types of due diligence are legal, commercial and financial and it is wise to follow a checklist when gathering any such information...
Issued by LexisNexis 21 Jan 2020
Effective due diligence helps companies safeguard their interests and mitigate risks, whether in relation to anti-money laundering or anti-bribery compliance, M&A activity, supply chain transparency or overall business health...
Issued by LexisNexis 28 Nov 2019
Most, if not all, industries are constantly evolving and changing. The need for transformation in South African law firms has become a necessity, especially when working with parastatals or the government...
"When it rains, it's trouble. Guys are falling all the time."
Kimon de Greef 3 Jul 2019
For the health-conscious consumer, it's hard to keep up with the dizzying array of products on offer...
Sarah Steele & Lejla Sarcevic 15 May 2019
South Africa is implementing paperless digital courtrooms across the country after selecting CaseLines, which will allow judges and lawyers to work in a secure online environment...
Epoq Legal SA has launched a real-time, online legal document drafting tool called JusDraft, designed for South African non-profit organisations...
Africa's largest economy, Nigeria, is struggling with ports infrastructure that simply can't keep up with demand...
Marleze van Loggerenberg 10 Jul 2018
Many facets of the digital ecosystem are complex and fragmented but, as the opaque and largely unverified world of data collection comes under scrutiny and the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) come into force in Europe, ignoring a data's source is no longer an option...
Nick Bester 18 Jun 2018
A book is being developed on Africa's Continental Free Trade Agreement to serve as a valuable resource ...
Emile Myburgh has won the 2017 LexisNexis Prize for Legal Practitioners for the best article by a practising attorney published in De Rebus, for his piece on 'Holding delinquent directors personally liable'...
In a media briefing prior to his Budget Speech, Finance Minister, Malusi Gigaba, confirmed that the nuclear deal is off the table for now because the country simply cannot afford it...
Chadian authorities should immediately release from detention and drop all charges against Juda Allahondoum, publisher of the weekly Le Visionnaire newspaper, the Committee to Protect Journalists said...
Civil society needs to step up and fight for better access to food, says Professor Ebenezer Durojaye of the Dullah Omar Institute at the University of the Western Cape...
Law enforcement agencies have seized counterfeit goods with an estimated value of R60 million at shops in Johannesburg's central business district...
The number of users attacked with encryption ransomware is soaring, with 718,536 users hit between April 2015 and March 2016: an increase of 5.5 times...
In 2014, according to the National Credit Regulator, South Africans had R1.59 trillion of consumer debt...
With an alarmingly high failure rate, the use of tape-based back-up should seriously be reconsidered as a primary back-up method...
Anton Jacobsz 19 Dec 2014
Research in the Courier and Express Parcel (CEP) industry shows that brands choosing a delivery partner consider reliability, efficiency and accuracy of data before cost.
Alyn Adams 25 Mar 2014
In a business context, translators have to do much more than simply change words from one language into another. They have to deal with aspects such as industry jargon, language trends and the intended audience of a document.
Adriana de Kock 31 Jan 2014
The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act was signed into law by President Jacob Zuma last week and once the commencement date is proclaimed‚ companies will have a year to become fully compliant with the Act or face criminal sanctions and civil damages.
Amanda Visser 4 Dec 2013
So you've been earning a steady income for the past few years and your recent promotion convinced you that it was time to make your mark on the world of property by buying your first home. Bond originator ooba notes that 51.7% of its bond applications in June were from first timers and a survey by FNB reveals that first-time buyers were estimated to make up 22% of total buying in the second quarter of 2013.
An annual report is part of the organisation's human talent recruitment programme and it needs flow, not structure, and it needs to be a 'good, attractive read'...
Teresa Jenkins 9 Sep 2013
Jana Van Zyl of Dommisse Attorneys is an expert in consumer law, focusing on areas such as regulatory and compliance requirements, e-commerce and consumer protection. She shares her views on women and the legal profession.
The real test of an estate agent's ability and dedication is not so much how he markets and sells a property, but how fully they are involved with the seller, the buyer and the conveyance, as well as certain other service providers after the sale has gone through. This was said recently by Tony Clarke, MD of the Rawson Property Group.
Modern workspaces need to be optimally planned in order to attract, retain and engage workers of today.
Linda Trim 13 Jun 2013
Legal documents were served on Transnet and two of its funds on Wednesday (8 May) for a class action suit over pension funds, Geyser and Coetzee Attorneys said.
Since The Consumer Protection Act (CPA) came into full effect in April 2011, it's now against the law to use difficult-to-understand language in financial and legal documents.
James Hurford 18 Mar 2013
It can take months of pitching before you find the right investor for your business, but finalising the deal can be tricky.
Adrian Dommisse 12 Jul 2012
The Gauteng Liquor Forum (GLF), which is made up of 15 associations of mostly shebeens and taverns, and through these represents over 8 000 individual businesses, and approximately 24 000 employees, has reiterated its concerns over the proposed changes to the Gauteng Liquor Bill.
Paralegals, sometimes called legal assistants, are integral members of the legal profession in South Africa. In essence, paralegals are legal support personnel who assist attorneys and other legal professionals in their daily work; what this assistance entails depends entirely on the legal field and the qualifications of the paralegal.
Anna Malczyk 14 Mar 2012
Earlier last year, the proposed labour law amendments drew ire from commentators - not for their content, but for the low quality of their drafting. Leon Grobler of Fedusa said, "There are some typing and stylistic errors, but of most concern is the ambiguity of some of the concepts and seemingly contradictory nature of some of the clauses." Others feared that these writing issues could cause hundreds of thousands of job losses.
Anna Malczyk 26 Jan 2012
Globally, there is in the region of USD1 trillion in operating leases in existence and about 70 percent of them appear nowhere on corporate balance sheets. This unfortunate state of affairs has concerned the International Accounting of Standards Board (IASB) for some time, and it has now decided to do something about it.
Theunis Schoeman 12 Dec 2011