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6 July 2020 IMPORTANT NOTICE! We are very pleased to confirm that, as of the 1st of July 2020, VFS offices in South Africa will be reopening for collections ONLY. To ensure adequate social distancing, collections are to be made strictly by appointment only – no “walk-ins” will be allowed. To book your VFS collectionRead more

At long last the main provisions of POPIA (the Protection of Personal Information Act) have been gazetted, and they will commence on 1 July 2020. That means that the one year transitional period will expire on 30 June 2021. Don’t panic just yet, and ignore the many “fake headlines” in the media implying that you areRead more

“O brave new world” (Shakespeare) The COVID-19 pandemic will doubtless lead to many new developments on the legal front.For example, with widespread employee retrenchment now an unfortunate reality in our struggling economy, all employers, employees and trade unions should know of an important new Labour Court decision validating the use of remote conferencing for theRead more

“A stitch in time saves nine” (wise old proverb) The COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdown have opened up new avenues of profit for some businesses, but they have also subjected many others to the spectre of business failure. Unfortunately we can expect the level of bankruptcies to surge for some time to come, and theRead more

“To sign a document means to authenticate that which stands for or is intended to represent the name of the person who is to authenticate” (quoted in the case below) We all know that verbal agreements, although fully binding for most types of transaction, are a recipe for uncertainty and dispute. It’s not just aRead more