The recent dismissal of a staff member at a daily newspaper in Johannesburg for making inappropriate comments on Twitter about the publication, poses new dilemmas for South African employers.

The Consumer Protection Act (CPA), scheduled to become operational in April of this year, is likely to have far-reaching effects.

The Tax Administration Bill, 2011, (TAB) which is expected to be enacted later this year contains a permanent Voluntary Disclosure Programme (TAB VDP) which provides relief to non-compliant taxpayers, albeit on less favourable terms than the current VDP under the Voluntary Disclosure Programme and Taxation Laws Second Amendment Act No. 8 of 2010.

A recent Zambian supreme court ruling could have a ripple effect in other African jurisdictions.

Currently there is litigation between a numbers of parties concerning the application of a patent in respect of a cancer medicine in South Africa.

An outline of various forms of shared property ownership. The writer considers whether “fractional ownership” is something new or is merely a generic term for various existing schemes whereby ownership of immovable property is shared.

Section 34 of the Insolvency Act 24 of 1936, as amended ("the Act") requires a trader who, (in terms of a contract), transfers any business belonging to him, or the goodwill of such business or any goods or property forming part thereof (except in the ordinary course of that business or for securing the payment of a debt), to advertise the proposed transfer in the manner specified in the section.

South African businesses with associate links to UK corporations – or who are represented by agents in their dealings with such companies – need to be aware of the potential implications of the UK Bribery Act on a business transaction relating to donations and charities.

Corruption is a crime that is not unique to South Africa, but is endemic around the globe.

Whether the failure to implement a performance management system in relation to job grading and job evaluation systems amounts to an unfair labour practice where the effect of such failure

We have written about the risks of not using a trade mark which could lead to the mark being removed from the register by a third party because of such non-use.

If a person signs a credit application form in a representative capacity on behalf of a company or other juristic person and is not advised that the form also contains a personal suretyship by the signatory, such document itself would constitute a misrepresentation which induced a mistake by the signatory, and the personal suretyship obligation of the signatory would be invalid.

The Millennium Development Goals or MDGs were identified by the World Health Organisation in terms of the Millennium Declaration signed by 189 countries in 2000.

While the impact of the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) on the manufacturing, supply and distribution of goods and services is fairly clear, its effect on landlords and leases of immovable property requires scrutiny.

The World Economic Forum on Africa was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 9 to 11 May 2012.

Fixed-term contracts are not always undesirable and employers who overlook them completely could be missing a valuable opportunity.