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Thought of the Week | What is Estate Planning?

A question frequently asked by our clients is: How can I arrange my assets to the best advantage? This question is especially prevalent for our clients who are selling, buying and investing in assets, whether it is immovable property, foreign

Thought of the Week | The right to privacy and RICA: Big Brother’s (unrestrained) watch has ended

In February 2021 the Constitutional Court handed down a judgement that made notorious whistle-blower Edward Snowden tweet: “Wow”. Privacy and the protection thereof has become an increasingly hot topic of late, with the spotlight shining brightly on the practices of

Thought of the Week | What is the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion?

There is a general misconception between the terms “tax avoidance” on the one hand and “tax evasion” on the other. The two terms can be confusingly similar but there is an important distinction between these tax terms that can have

Thought of the Week | Body corporate trustees and home owners associations: Get informed advice on POPIA

For your body corporate trustees or homeowners association directors. 1 July has come and gone and there has been no invasion by officials from the Information Regulator’s Office knocking down the doors of businesses with the aim of issuing fines

Thought of the week | My tenant is insolvent: Do I still have time to cancel the lease agreement?

Ellerine Brothers (Pty) Ltd v McCarthy Ltd – 2014 (4) SA 22 (SCA) The global COVID-19 pandemic has had and continues to have far-reaching financial ramifications on many individuals and businesses alike, and this is particularly prevalent in the already frail

Thought of the Week | MY HUURDER GAAN GELIKWIDEER WORD; KAN EK NOG DIE HUURKONTRAK KANSELLEER?

Die wêreldwye COVID-19-pandemie het verreikende finansiële gevolge vir talle individue en ondernemings meegebring, en die reeds verswakte Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie strek soos droë gras voor ‘n wegholveldbrand. Die effek van ‘n 12-maande lange nasionale ramptoestand, tesame met verskeie verlammende regulasies wat ingevolge

Thought of the Week | XA UMQASHISWA WENDLU OKANYE IVENKILE EZAKUTSHONISWA(LIQUIDATED;INGABA NDINALO IXESHA LOKUCIMA ISIVUMELWANO(LEASE).

Ubhubhane we-COVID-19 wehlabathi ubenayo, kwaye usaqhubekeka ukuba nayo, ufikelela kude ekufumaneni imali kubantu abaninzi nakumashishini ngokufanayo, kwaye oku kuxhaphake kakhulu kuqoqosho lwaseMzantsi Afrika esele lubuthathaka. Iziphumo zokunkqonkqoza zeNqanaba leSizwe leNtlekele leSizwe iinyanga ezili-12, kunye neMigaqo ekhubazekileyo eye yaphunyezwa ngokuhambelana noMthetho

Thought of the Week | Jailing or fining trustees: Are those the only options under POPIA?

Week-end news reports seem to imply that trustees in sectional title schemes and homeowners’ associations will all shortly be in jail or face penalties of millions of rands due to draconic ‘changed rules’. This is not accurate. With the full

Thought of the Week | POPIA is here to stay. And immediate action is crucial.

For many businesses, complying with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) has become that “monster under the bed”, almost paralysing them from implementing the necessary. POPIA is less of a monster than current trends make it out to be.

Thought of the Week | The importance of a conveyancer’s certificate when submitting a development application

It has become a general requirement that when submitting a development application to a municipality that you submit a Conveyancer’s Certificate. In some municipalities such as the City of Cape Town, the Conveyancer’s Certificate is a standard document submitted in