“The minute you read something that you can’t understand, you can almost be sure that it was drawn up by a lawyer.” (Will Rogers, cowboy and actor) We’ve all seen (and probably ignored) disclaimer notices as we enter shopping centres, restaurants, businesses, hotels, sporting venues and the like. Usually, they read something along the lines […]
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” (Benjamin Franklin’s warning to fire-threatened Philadelphians in 1736) Cases of Business Email Compromise (BEC) fraud continue to surge, and recent High Court decisions have confirmed that it’s up to you to verify that you are paying into the correct bank account. How does BEC work and […]
From 1 April 2025, the earnings threshold under the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) will increase, impacting not only the BCEA but also employee protections under the Labour Relations Act (LRA) and Employment Equity Act (EEA). Broadly speaking, employees earning less than the threshold amount are entitled to stronger labour protections. The new threshold The threshold […]
It is unthinkable that there are approximately 1.8 million children in need of permanent families in South Africa. Yet, in the 12 months between 1 April 2019 and 30 March 2020, only 1 123 adoptions were registered. Of these, 146 were intercountry adoptions. Adoption provides permanent, life long legal bonds of belonging and family. The […]
