Waks Silent Attorneys

08/09/2025

15 - 19 SEPTEMBER 2025

Free Wills Week ~ Please call 018 462 2551 to make an appointment

01/01/2025

01/08/2024

Celebrating 44 years in practice

24/05/2024

https://www.derebus.org.za/criminal-law-committee-meeting-summary/

The Law Society of South Africa’s (LSSA) Criminal Law Committee (the Committee) met on 20 March 2024 to discuss a number of issues within its area of specialisation. The following were among those issues discussed.

22/05/2024

https://www.derebus.org.za/ask-permission-for-additional-employment-and-resist-the-temptation-of-the-moon-light/

Recently, the Acting Miss Vilakazi (the employee) commenced her employment at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in 2017 as a part-time lecturer and also worked at Alexander Forbes. In 2018, the employee became a full-time lecturer at Wits and subsequently resigned at Alexander Forbes.Due to...

06/09/2023

Free Wills Week ~ Please call 018 462 2551 to make an appointment

01/08/2023

Waks Silent Attorneys celebrated 43 years in practice today 🥂🎉

05/12/2022

https://www.derebus.org.za/dual-marriages-a-guide-to-antenuptial-contracts/

Due to the past non-recognition of customary marriages, South Africans resorted to the practice of entering into both a civil and a customary marriage. This is referred to as a dual marriage. In a monogamous dual marriage, the same couple is married to each other by both civil law and by customary l...

22/11/2022

http://www.derebus.org.za/determining-what-in-the-presence-means-for-the-virtual-commissioning-of-oaths/

One of the challenges that had to be overcome within the legal arena – following the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic – was that of the commissioning of affidavits. The checklist for the virtual commissioning of an affidavit is as follows:

25/10/2022

https://www.derebus.org.za/does-the-recognition-of-customary-marriages-amendment-act-discriminate-against-womens-marital-property-rights/

The Recognition of Customary Marriages Amendment Act 1 of 2021 (the RCMAA) came into operation on the 1 June 2021. It amends s 7(1) of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 (the RCMA) following the Constitutional Court (CC) judgments in Gumede v President of the Republic of South Af...