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New transport regulations can have far-reaching consequences
The recently introduced amendments to the National Road Traffic Regulations for goods-in-transit can have far-reaching consequences for the agricultural transport industry... read more>>



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Know the consequences before signing surety

Lara van Rensburg

Are you sure about signing a surety? Be sure, first, that you know the consequences. Once the surety has bound him or herself as a surety and co-principal debtor to a creditor, the surety is obliged to perform all the obligations of the principal debtor to that creditor, whatever they may be... read more>>
Commercial Law
Code of Conduct a further step in empowering consumers

Neil Kirby

It used to be that if one wished to complain about particular goods purchased or services received, one would need to wait in a queue in some dark corner of a store and argue one's case before a disinterested clerk... read more>>
Criminal Law
Sanef outraged by abuse of journalists
The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) is outraged by four more incidents of the abuse of power by police officers, security personnel and taxi drivers against journalists... read more>>
Environmental Law
Reporting Regulations require registration on NAEIS
In terms of the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act 39 of 2004, the National Atmospheric Emission Reporting Regulations were published in the Government Gazette of 2 April 2015... read more>>
Labour Law
How to hold a disciplinary hearing

Sophie Baker

It is every employer's wish that everything runs smoothly in the company but sometimes this does not happen and an employee may have to be reprimanded... read more>>
Parties to a dispute can take an arbitration award on review

Hugo Pienaar, Lauren Salt and Karabo Ndhlovu

While arbitration awards are legally binding, parties to a dispute are at liberty to take the arbitration award on review. The test for review has been established in the leading case of Sidumo v Rustenburg Platinum Mines Ltd and Others [2007] 12 BLLR 1097 (CC) as "...whether the commissioner's decision was one at which a reasonable commissioner would arrive"... read more>>
Business
Six ways to balance work and family
In today's modern age it is difficult to live a life that balances your professional responsibilities with your family duties... read more>>
Government news
Hawks head Dramat quits
The South African Police Service has been shaken by suspensions, resignations and the freezing of senior posts... read more>>
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