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What You Need To Know About The Expropriation Bill
30th March 2021 1. In 2019, the Parliamentary Advisory Panel on Land Reform advised the President that the old Expropriation Act No. 63 of 1975 ("the 1975 Act")... →
Is Apple's IWATCH name confusingly similar to SWATCH?
4th March 2021 In the case of Swatch AG (Swatch SA) v Apple Inc, in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), Swatch AG, the owner of the SWATCH trade mark had opposed... →
What is absent from the budget is the best and biggest news
25th February 2021 No tax rate increases, and no new taxes introduced – what is absent from the budget is the best and biggest news! Government is still pondering a... →
One star rating for Uber drivers' prolonged commute to the employment station
24th February 2021 The United Kingdom Supreme Court was called upon to determine whether or not the Uber drivers (claimants) were employees of Uber BV and if the... →
(Un)lawfulness in Labour Disputes: The Door is Tightly Closed
16th February 2021 The recent Labour Court judgment in Botes v City of Joburg Property Company SOC Ltd and Another [2021] 2 BLLR 181 (LC) put it beyond doubt that... →
Increase To BCEA Earnings Threshold
9th February 2021 On 8 February 2021 the Minister of Employment and Labour, Thembelani Waltermade Nxesi, published a Government Gazette providing for the increase of... →
Exchange control relaxation: removal of loop
3rd February 2021 On 4 January 2021 the Financial Surveillance Department of the South African Reserve Bank (FinSurv) issued a circular on the removal of the... →
Obligation of liquidators to pay rates, taxes and utilities in order to give effect to the transfer of immovable property
3rd February 2021 The Covid‑19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on the South African economy not least of all, the residential, commercial and industrial... →
