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Employer Found to be Negligent for Providing Insufficient Training
26th March 2025 A defendant whose negligence was found to have caused an employee’s injuries was held liable for damages as well as the costs of the trial,... →
Missed opportunities: The implications of squandering a disciplinary hearing
26th March 2025 In employer-employee workplace tales, a person decrying unfair termination is a common scenario. But what about the instances where the employee... →
New VAT Rules for Digital Services in South Africa: What Businesses Need to Know
25th March 2025 On 14 March 2025, South Africa published a significant amendment to its VAT regulations on electronic services, set to take effect on 1 April 2025.... →
Don’t be misled: No waiting period for SA expats who want to cease tax residency
25th March 2025 Many South African expatriates have unknowingly missed out on paying lower taxes in South Africa for years while living abroad, due to confusing or... →
South Africa: Employers not obliged to keep an employee’s seat warm indefinitely – the LAC reiterates the law on reinstatement
25th March 2025 In a recent decision by the Labour Appeal Court (LAC), the Court clarified the law on reinstatement, holding that an employer is not obliged to... →
Supreme Court of Appeal judgment encourages capital investment by mining companies
24th March 2025 Tax policies influence investment decisions. To incentivise miners, the Income Tax Act allows mining companies to claim deductions for mining... →
Understanding South Africa’s Exit Tax and the Proposed Tax on Retirement Interests
24th March 2025 A misunderstanding of certain sections in the Income Tax Act has many South Africans who moved abroad and ceased tax residency, worried that they... →
Navigating Section 197 in Public Service contracts: Lessons from the King Cetshwayo District Municipality case
24th March 2025 ISSUE: In the case of King Cetshwayo District Municipality v Water and Sanitation Services South Africa (Pt) Ltd and others the Labour Appeal Court... →
ROFR vs ROFO: Navigating Restrictions on the Transfer of Shares in Private Companies
24th March 2025 A memorandum of incorporation (“MOI“) is a company’s constitutional document which, amongst other things, governs shareholder rights and... →
Copycats beware, trade mark registration prevails
24th March 2025 In January 2025 Thatchers Cider Company succeeded before the UK Court of Appeal (“CoA”) against Aldi Stores Limited, the large multi-national... →
