All Legal Briefs
Size matters: When a stationery cupboard joke turns costly
18th August 2026 If you thought the most dangerous thing in a stationery cupboard was a misplaced staple gun, think again. In a recent Labour Court matter, the... →
How to value your intellectual property
18th August 2026 Most founders can tell you what their equipment is worth, what their receivables look like, and roughly what a competitor paid for a similar... →
Confidence killer: When criticism silences the traits that make women effective leaders
18th August 2026 Criticism. It may seem innocuous and receives less attention than other barriers to female career trajectory, but when poorly framed, it can... →
Making South Africa home?
18th August 2026 Following years of South Africans moving abroad, a noticeable shift is taking place as many return home and others choose South Africa as their... →
“Family and Friends” handling SARS compliance ranks #1 as tax non-compliance indicator
17th August 2026 Analysis of taxpayer data reveals an interesting relationship between tax compliance — or, more often than not, non-compliance — and the... →
Interviewing for survival: when competitive interviews during retrenchment are fair
17th August 2026 South Africa is in the grip of a retrenchment wave cutting across every part of the economy, with high-profile section 189 processes playing out in... →
Trust regulation to be overhauled
14th August 2026 On 7 August 2026 a draft Bill, the Regulation of Trusts Bill, 2026 (the Bill) was published for comment. It is intended to replace the Trust... →
Mozambique: Southern Africa's emerging industrial platform
14th August 2026 Mozambique has spent a decade being defined by one story. It may be time to pay attention to another. The first is well known. The discovery of... →
Are you still a south African tax resident? The key question for expatriates this 2026 filing season
14th August 2026 For many South Africans living and working abroad, the same question arises every filing season: are you still a South African tax resident? This... →
92-million jobs may disappear by 2030 – but mine didn't exist in 2020
13th August 2026 Safee-Naaz Siddiqi, AI automation expert at commercial law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, writes that with 170-million jobs projected to be created by... →
