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27/04/2026

This Freedom Day, we honour the courage and sacrifices that united our nation. A day to reflect on the values that guide us.

23/04/2026

Considering Using Sequestration to Recover Levies? Think Again
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Unpaid levies can leave body corporates out of pocket and out of patience. When conventional debt recovery feels too slow, sequestration may seem like the obvious next step.

But a recent High Court judgment is a reminder that sequestration is not a debt-collection shortcut. The court refused an application by a body corporate that had failed to meet the strict statutory requirements. Before reaching for the nuclear option, body corporates should understand what the law actually requires.

14/04/2026

Director Delinquency Declarations: Managing Your Risk
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The rewards of company directorship come with a caution: the duties and responsibilities imposed on you by the Companies Act need constant management. Drop the ball on that and you could face some seriously negative consequences.

We’ll discuss one of those risks – the career-threatening risk of being declared a “delinquent” director – in the context of two recent court judgments which involved large amounts of money, seriously disaffected stakeholders, and 7-year bans from holding any position at director or senior management level.

We’ll end by sharing some thoughts on how you can manage those risks.

10/04/2026

Beyond Your Will: Leaving a Legacy
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Your will must always lie at the heart of your estate planning. But don’t concentrate solely on the financial wellbeing of your family after you are gone.

The personal legacy you leave them is also important. It focuses on your family’s values, history and heritage, supporting your heirs in living their lives to the fullest while preserving and enjoying the material wealth they inherit from you. But how do you create a personal legacy that will last for generations, and how does this fit into your overall estate planning? We share some practical suggestions on how to get started...

31/03/2026

Your New Car’s a Lemon: Here’s How to Make Lemonade and Get Your Money Back
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You buy a second-hand vehicle and finance it through a bank. When you realise the vehicle is a complete lemon, you cancel the sale and return the vehicle. But the bank still wants its monthly instalments.

We have good news for you. The Supreme Court of Appeal has just held that a bank in that situation was, per the terms of its own agreement, the “supplier” of the vehicle and must refund to the buyer both the deposit and the monthly instalments she had paid it. How did that come about, and what must you prove to win your case?

26/03/2026

Choose Your Conveyancer with Care! A Cautionary Tale of “Fraud Unravels All”
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Buying and selling a house is probably one of the most important financial transactions you will ever be involved in. Not to mention the emotional aspect of acquiring or letting go of your “home sweet home”.

This is why it’s vital to choose the right conveyancer. Case in point, a recent court battle which saw a couple losing ownership of what they had fondly believed to be their new house. A crooked attorney, in cahoots with her trustee husband, had defrauded both the original owner and the buyers at the end of the transfer chain. And in law, “fraud unravels all.”

21/03/2026

This Human Rights Day, we are proudly building a future where everyone feels seen and heard. Because every voice matters, we stand together to protect and celebrate our shared rights.

10/03/2026

Effective 1 March 2026: New National Minimum Wage
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The National Minimum Wage (NMW) for each “ordinary hour worked” has been increased from 1 March 2026 by 5% from R28,79 per hour to R30,23 per hour.

Domestic workers: Assuming a work month of 22 days x 8 hours per day, R30,23 per hour equates to R241,84 per day or R5320,48 per month. Of course, this is just the bare legal minimum. The Living Wage calculator will help you check whether you are actually paying enough to cover a household’s “minimal need” (adjust the “Assumptions” in the calculator to ensure that the figures used are up-to-date).

24/02/2026

Love and the Law: Cohabiting? Get Your House in Order Now
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Valentine’s Day isn’t just a great excuse to indulge in ruinously expensive red roses, cards and heart-shaped chocolates. It’s also a reminder that if you’re in a cohabitation arrangement, there will be financial implications – making it essential to check that your relationship’s legal aspects pass muster.

Particularly when you start acquiring high-value assets jointly, you need a full co-ownership agreement to avoid the uncertainty and dispute that a separating couple subjected themselves to in the High Court recently. They couldn’t agree on how to end their joint ownership of a house and had to ask a court to do it for them – a stressful and costly exercise.

20/02/2026

Parking Disputes and the “Reasonable Neighbour” Test
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If a dispute with your neighbour spirals out of control, and legal intervention becomes inevitable, bear in mind that our courts have signalled strongly that we should make every effort to settle our disputes privately before resorting to litigation.

A High Court’s recent criticism of all the parties to a parking dispute was that they hadn’t acted in the spirit of ubuntu, collaboratively and with concern for each other. These neighbours could have saved themselves a lot of cost, time and stress had they all acted as “reasonable neighbours”.

09/02/2026

Workplace Sexual Harassment: It’s the Victim’s Perspective That Counts
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Employers have a duty to protect their employees from all forms of harassment, including sexual harassment.

But what constitutes such harassment, from whose perspective must it be viewed, and how should allegations of improper conduct be assessed and dealt with? We address those questions in the context of a Labour Court case in which a bank manager was summarily dismissed for allegedly making unwelcome comments and suggestions to a female colleague. The outcome will both give heart to victims and serve as a warning to other employees and to their employers – it’s the victim’s point of view that counts!

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