South Africa's Employment Services Amendment Bill is set to open for public submissions in September 2026, with a closing date expected in early November. Employers of foreign nationals face potential regulatory changes and should begin preparing their submissions immediately to meet the anticipated deadline.

There has been much debate in the past about the meaning and effect of the in duplum rule. Any uncertainty has been clarified by a recent judgement of the Supreme Court of Appeal, delivered in September 2005 in the matter of Ethekwini Municipality v Verulam Medicentre (Pty) Ltd.

This is an attempt by parties to cater to instances where the breach of a contract. i.e. non-performance, is caused by circumstances beyond the control of the parties.

On 2 September 2019, the Johannesburg High Court handed down a judgment (Case Number 2104/18) in which it had to determine whether to enforce a decision of an adjudicator in circumstances where ...

Direct marketing is big business. It is frequently used by businesses as a marketing tool. Many businesses undertake research about prospective customers by accessing information...

Doing deals in any business sector requires some understanding by principals and their advisors of the regulatory framework.

An AI expert in legal technology examines her discomfort with the title and explores a concerning pattern emerging in the adoption of GenAI tools. The analysis reveals troubling disparities across race and gender lines in how legal professionals are engaging with artificial intelligence technologies.

On 1 November 2019, s8, 11, 15 and 16 of the Labour Laws Amendment Act 10 of 2018 (Act) comes into effect.

On 30 October 2019, the Minister of Finance (Minister) tabled the 2019 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS).

The task of enforcing the law rests in the State. Even private arbitration awards are enforceable only by way of a court order. Conversely, the procedure for resolving domain name registration disputes does not involve the State.

The use of hard copy printouts of documents stored on computers has long been a bugbear for banks, insurance companies and anyone else wishing to present evidence from its computer system in order to prove a claim.

So they've resigned – now what? Can the fiduciary duties as a director of a company extend post-resignation, and if so, to what extent?

Our courts have often dealt with employees operating under the misconception that their social network sites are personal, private and detached from their employment.

According to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) 2019 mid-year population estimates for 2019, around 18,7% of South Africans aged 15 to 49 years are HIV positive

The Competition Commission recently published a notice designed to inform franchisors and franchisees about the impact of the Competition Act on their franchising arrangements.

Proprietors of liquor businesses should take heed of a recent decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal reported in the case of Hitler Adolf Klokow v Michael Boyton Sullivan.

In his 2005 budget speech, President Thabo Mbeki lashed out at the most common of all criticisms of current black economic empowerment models – that BEE is not "broad based" enough.

This is exactly what happened in the case of Galactic Auto (Pty) Ltd v Venter (4052/2017) [2019] ZALMPPHC 27. The plaintiff, a motor vehicle dealership

In the Symons case, the plaintiff invested R5 million into a property syndication with Sharemax Investments (Pty) Ltd (Sharemax) based on the advice of the defendant ...

With suppressed economic activity in South Africa, suppliers, distributors and service providers are all feeling the economic pinch and seeking various means to obtain some financial reprieve