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A Cautionary Tale on Data Protection: a reminder on ensuring specific adherence to the lawful processing of personal information as an essential to compliance under POPIA On 1 September 2023, a major South African pharmaceutical company (“the Company”) was issued with...

The judgment indeed has far-reaching implications when it pertains to the entitlement of both maternity and paternity leave allocation under the BCEA and as read with the UIF Act. It accordingly broadens the scope of maternity leave, traditionally allocated for...

A pactum de non petendo (“pactum”) is an agreement between parties whereby one party agrees not to institute legal proceedings against the other party, either temporarily or permanently. A pactum usually suspends the enforcement of a commercial contract for a specific...

In the workplace there is a temptation to label alleged misconduct, either because we consider doing so makes the misconduct appear more serious, or we consider it necessary to do so as part of a formal disciplinary process. Contrary to that instinct, the Labour...

In the recently reported judgment of BNS Nominees (RF) Proprietary Limited and Another v Arrowhead Properties Limited and Others 2023 (1) SA 478 (GJ), the Johannesburg High Court provided clarity regarding certain provisions of section 164 of the Companies Act No. 71...

Auto & General Insurance has been announced as the overall winner in the short-term insurance category in the 2022/2023 Ask Afrika Orange Index® awards. The Ask Afrika Orange Index® has been at the forefront of service benchmarking and is the broadest,...