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        <description><![CDATA[Above-and-Beyond Approach Ensures Optimal Outcome That Position Our Clients For Success. We Deliver A Unique Client Experience, Going Far Beyond The Application Of Law. Solution-driven Thinking. Corporate and Commercial. Unrivalled Expertise.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Western Cape High Court has ordered the eviction of over 160 illegal occupiers from Transnet-owned land at Culemborg in Cape Town by 30 September 2026. Most notably the Court did not require the City of Cape Town to provide emergency housing for those evicted, for a unique combination of reasons, including that the unlawfully occupied land, largely occupied by undocumented foreign nationals, was being used as a base from which opportunistic criminal activity was conducted. Those travelling ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dr Eric Levenstein unpacks the legal significance of recent successes in the business rescue space and explains why successful business rescues are an important contributor to the South African economy and where recent outcomes positively reflect the maturity of the South African business rescue framework. Recent statistics published by StatsSA show that 225 companies were placed into liquidation in May 2026. In 2026 alone, 1116 companies have had their businesses terminated by the filing for liquidation, with the knock on effect of job losses and the closure of what were historically (for some years) sustainable and viable trading entities.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Constructive dismissal remains one of the more difficult claims to prove in South African labour law. Employees must do far more than demonstrate that the workplace was unpleasant or that their relationship with management had deteriorated. The legal threshold is a demanding one: the employer must have made continued employment objectively intolerable. A recent CCMA decision between Rand Water and an employee provides an important reminder that employers can cross that threshold not only through active misconduct, but also through a failure to intervene when workplace bullying is allowed to flourish. The employee had initially enjoyed a positive working relationship with her manager. She was selected to attend executive meetings, received praise from senior leadership and appeared to have a promising future within the organisation. That changed dramatically within a matter of months.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Business rescue has become an important cornerstone of South African corporate insolvency law, aiming to preserve the value of distressed companies for creditors, employees and shareholders. But occasionally, boards of these distressed entities may try and obstruct the process. A recent judgment by the North West Division of the High Court has shown that circumventing the process is a high-risk and low-reward strategy, which opens the business up to adverse findings. The judgment provides ...]]></description>
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            <title>Setting the Benchmark: Our 2026 African Legal Awards Nominees</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Werksmans has been shortlisted in the following categories as released by the African Legal Awards 2026 which seeks to recognise legal excellence across Africa. 1. Partner of the Year – Southern Africa]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A multi-billion dollar revolution in global private capital could arrive in South Africa. South Africa’s private equity industry has long had a quiet problem: getting capital out can be harder than getting it in. Exits depend on a cooperative stock exchange, willing trade buyers and investors patient enough to wait out a fund’s full life. When none of those conditions are met, options run thin.]]></description>
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