Commencement of POPI
1st of July 2020 is the date of commencement of the bulk of the remaining sections of POPU. Anyone processing personal information in South Africa will have one year in which to become compliant with the Act.
Airbnb Guests Risk More Than Cabin Fever
Airbnb Guests Risk More Than Cabin Fever
The ‘Lockdown’ on Contracts
Lockdown’s impacts on a wide array of contracts.
Payment on a company loan account – what are the tax considerations?
Irrespective that this judgement deals with a transaction between group companies that is now specifically provided for by Section 22(3A) of the VAT Act, it remains that the principles may be applied to transactions between non-group companies or other parties that enter into these types of transactions, or make payments of consideration, on loan account.
Social media and the employer-employee relationship
Social media and the employer-employee relationship With the government effectively creating a temporary criminal offence to fight the spread of fake news and misinformation about COVID-19 on social media and online platforms, a lot of [...]
The lockdown is unconstitutional – De Beer and Others v Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
The lockdown is unconstitutional! The North Gauteng High Court’s decision in De Beer and Others v Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (21542/2020). this means that for the next 14 business days, South Africans will continue to live under the regulations of Alert Level 3. Before the expiry of those 14 days, the Minister must republish regulations which give due consideration to the rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
Virtual Sports Events
We are slowly emerging from lockdown and the cabin fever is abating. We can leave our homes now, but can only lumber our lonely way about, hoping not to crash into a pole when our [...]
Deeds Office Update
Cape Town Deeds Office that it will be open re-open on 13 May 2020
Who may move house under lockdown level 4?
Who can move house 4 under level before 7 June 2020
Does the Developer Own that Software I Paid For?
Disputes over ownership of software often cross my desk. The story is almost invariably the same: someone has paid a software developer to write code, and there is no written agreement dealing with who owns that code. Then the developer decides that he owns the code and won’t hand over the source code.