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Time to focus! Comments called for on the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill
26th June 2023 The Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, 2022 (the Bill), has been published for comment and aims to introduce an array of significant... →
National Health Insurance: What benefit; for whom, where and how?
23rd June 2023 As has widely been reported in the media, the National Health Insurance Bill or the Bill has been passed by Parliament. However, such a process... →
Fairly unlawful or lawfully unfair? Employees and their rights on termination under the LRA and contract
9th June 2023 The South African Labour Relations act, 66 of 1995 (LRA) has been in operation and has since the date of its promulgation in 1995 been affording... →
Is the refusal of a provisional sequestration order appealable?
8th June 2023 On 14 April 2023, the Supreme Court of Appeal (“SCA“) delivered judgment in the matter of Liberty Group Limited (“Liberty“) and Mohammed Shaaz... →
SARS: Misrepresenting Misrepresentation
8th June 2023 As every taxpayer knows, SARS has extremely wide powers under the various fiscal Acts to enforce and collect tax. One of the protections given to... →
Changes to the tax treatment of trust income awarded to foreign beneficiaries on the horizon
8th June 2023 Currently, income that arises in a South African trust which is awarded to a foreign beneficiary during the same tax year is disregarded in the... →
Section 11 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act
8th June 2023 In terms of section 11(1) of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 (“MPRDA“) – “A prospecting right or mining right or an... →
What exactly are the duties and responsibilities of the mining right holder in the retrenchment process in the mining industry?
8th June 2023 In Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union v Buffalo Coal Dundee (pty) Ltd & another (“Buffalo Coal”), the Labour Appeal Court (“the LAC”)... →
