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A recent Western Cape High Court judgment (Gerritsen Trading CC t/a Gerritsen Drilling SA v Blydskap Holdings (Pty) Ltd (2024/146798) [2025] ZAWCHC 400 (27 August 2025) in a provisional...

Many people are use social media platforms to negotiate a number of transactions and the question arises whether the exchange of these messages can be recognised in our law as enforceable contracts.

The speed at which business operates today often means that suppliers and contractors are on-boarded quickly without proper vetting procedures.

South Africans are under no illusion that the local economy is experiencing hardship. The Reserve Bank is continuously being forced to increase interest rates...

Section 197 of the Labour Relations Act (the Act) regulates the employment law consequences of a transfer of the whole or part of a business as a going concern.

A number of tax rate increases were announced in the 2017 Budget Review on 22 February 2017. These may impact directly on investment yields and re-investment base of investors.

Many employee share incentive schemes involve the use of trusts to house the shares until such time as they vest in the employees.

The Venture Capital Company tax regime is regulated by section 12J of the Income Tax Act, 58 of 1962 which was first introduced 2009 in order to encourage investments into privately owned businesses.

A company known for its chatbot persona recreations of popular TV characters has recently come under fire following a civil lawsuit alleging that a fourteen-year-old boy committed suicide after prolonged...

The government has put in place a further long-term regulatory measure to address the current challenges facing South Africa's transport and logistics infrastructure.

Market participants must take note that the proposed amendment does not, in fact, achieve the aim of alleviating the administrative burden in margining-type transactions.

Non-profit organisations ("NPOs") have played a vital role in advancing South Africa's socio-economic landscape, addressing key needs in healthcare, education, social welfare, and community development.

The parties to an insurance contract all have a legal duty to disclose. All the material information must be disclosed. This sounds simple enough, however, this is not so in real life.

The favourable tax treatment afforded to dividends in contrast to other forms of income (including capital gains subject to capital gains tax) in terms of South African tax law

For many years there has been a debate as to whether a company can incur a cost in relation to the acquisition of an asset or the incurral of operating expenditure, where it pays the supplier by issuing its own shares.