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RVN wishes you a blessed Christmas and New Year 💫 🎄

28/10/2024

We often come across clients who do not have employment contracts and are treated as non-employees. This discourages them from seeking recourse where necessary, against an employer. For as long as you work for an employer, you are an employee with or without a signed contract. Any employer who uses the lack of a contract to threaten or unlawfully dismiss or withhold salaries/ wages, may be taken to the CCMA. Read more and find out what your rights are 🫡📇

16/10/2024

Have you noticed the influx of news stories of children dying or falling seriously ill after consuming snacks from the local spaza shop? Recently 6 children died of food poisoning, after eating snacks from a spaza shop. The National Consumer Commission has carried out raids of such shops. The raids have yielded a gross negligence and non compliance with Consumer Protection Regulations which have placed its consumers health in danger. The raids have now been enforced on a grand scale to prevent any further deaths of consumers. Legislation is put in place for a reason. The owners of these shops may be charged criminally and face civil claims for their non compliance

08/10/2024

The Pretoria High Court recently passed a judgment declaring the unconstitutionality of certain sections of the Sexual Offence Act. Specifically affecting the use of the defense of the subjective belief of consent of a victim. Often in r**e or sexual assault criminal cases, the Accused raises the defence of consent, that he or she subjectively believes to be consent. The PTA High Court judgment has now closed in on this loophole in that consent is not subjective. The next step would be for the CC to confirm the High Court judgment before the legislature is tasked with amending the Act.

30/09/2024

Have you ever been stopped at a roadblock, given a print out of your outstanding traffic fines and payment demanded on the spot? According to the JMPD spokesperson, the public is not obligated to make payment of all fines on the spot. Any metro officer demanding payment does so unlawfully and these demands should not be succumbed to by the public. Read more and find out exactly where you stand and what your rights are in these roadblocks. 👮🏻‍♂️

26/09/2024

What is the BELA Bill that was recently passed? Read more to find out what this controversial piece of legislation is all about and how you may be impacted by it.

10/09/2024

A TikTokker took to social media to alert others on the looking tax deductions of withdrawals from retirement funds. According to her post, when she made a withdrawal of R30 000, being the maximum she could withdraw, she would be taxed almost R8500-00 by SARS. This left her with a staggering R21 000 and some change. Whilst the two pot system is appealing, many do not take into consideration the tax implications and the debt they are making towards their retirement funds.

03/09/2024

Whilst it’s the LSSA National Will Week from the 16th to the 20th September 2024, at RVN free consultation and will drafting are available for the entire year. In our experience in practice, an alarming amount of people do not have valid wills in place and loved ones are left to deal with the implications of this, after their death. Seeing the impact of this has spurred on our need to assist our community and society at large in drafting and finalising custom wills and testaments. Contact us now for your free consultation and Will 🖌️

27/08/2024

What does it mean when discussions are held/ letters are written ‘WITHOUT PREJUDICE’? 🤔 Usually when parties are attempsettlement, all related discussion is held without prejudice. This means that the information divulged, for the purpose of settling a dispute/ claim, may not be used against the other at a later stage. Should settlement talks fail, none of the information divulged maybe used when litigating. This promotes and encourages parties to have these discussions before running to the Courts for intervention. The protection of a conversation held without prejudice, allows for an open discussion, and a meaningful attempt at settling the issue without fear of it being used against you. Read more ⬆️ and find out when this applies and the Court’s approach to settlement discussions being used in litigation proceedings.

05/08/2024

Citizenship is has been a major topic of discussion in the last few weeks. Read more to find out what legislation says about citizenship and how it is acquired. 🇿🇦

29/07/2024

What is the significance of the National Credit Act❓ The NCA is a piece of legislation put into place to protect consumers. With the knowledge of the Act, consumers are able to enter credit transactions/agreements at a more levelled playing field. It is often daunting entering into credit transactions without the full and proper knowledge, at the mercy of large credit corporations. This Act empowers consumers, avoiding the chance of being taken advantage of. It is important to know what a consumer is, whether you fall within its definition and what sort of credit agreements exist. Read more ⬆️