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Finding someone to step into your shoes: Succession planning for your business
The Eskom crisis demonstrates again the importance of proper succession planning - IoDSA The current crisis at Eskom has a number of governance lessons for South Africa - one of which is the vital importance of proper succession planning for key s ...
Factors to consider before negotiating your home loan’s interest rate
As interest rates continue to rise, many homeowners find themselves contemplating the idea of fixing their home loan interest rates. Initially, when the interest rate hike began after the historically low rates experienced in 2020, experts advised ...
Understanding restraints of trade in South Africa: Legal position and practical insights
A restraint of trade agreement is generally contained in a contract of employment. The purpose of such a restraint of trade clause is to protect businesses from unfair competition by former employees or partners and safeguard company secrets and i ...
Understanding living wills
When one thinks of a will, the first thing that comes to mind is probably a last will and testament. This type of will expresses a person’s wishes after they have died. However, a living will, despite sharing some similarities with a last will and t ...
The Ultimate Guide To Standard Property Transfer Process
The first and most important requirement to transfer immovable property is a written agreement between the seller and the purchaser or their agents acting on their written authority. The written agreement can be referred to as a sale agreement, a dee ...
Suspicious Minds: Heed the Warning of the Labour Appeal Court in Woolworths v Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration and Others
The recent case of Woolworths vs Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration and Three Others (2024) 45 ILJ 2270 (LAC) (“Woolworths v CCMA”) highlighted the dangers of reaching judgment prematurely on whether an employee is guilty of misc ...