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2 October 2020 Visa Application Centres within South Africa are now open for submission of applications as per the guidelines below:1. Expired supporting documents: All applicants must submit valid supporting documents as prescribed for a particular category of applications. 2. Foreign police clearance certificates: South Africa is amongst countries that has the most number of foreignRead more

Breaking any of our lockdown laws can be an expensive business, risking heavy penalties. If you are accused of a contravention and offered the option of paying an “admission of guilt” fine to avoid a court appearance, beware! It may seem like the easy way out to pay up and put the whole thing behind youRead more

“…it must be asked whether, but for the Covid-19 outbreak, the interruption or interference to the Applicant’s business would have occurred when the Lockdown Regulations were promulgated” (extract from the judgment below) It’s no surprise that our media has been awash with reports on the recent High Court judgment around a restaurant’s business interruption coverRead more

“Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate. More money has been made in real estate than in all industrial investments combined. The wise young man or wage earner of today invests his money in real estate” (Andrew Carnegie, billionaire industrialist) Dollar billionaire Andrew Carnegie said it a century ago, and itRead more

We at KVN Attorneys are very proud of the article written by our director Goolam Norris on the Impact of Covid-19 on the South African Economy, Please read the article on page 21 here. Feel free to contact us for a consultation as we are open for business and have strict safety protocols in place.Read more

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