by Warren Beech | Nov 14, 2023 | Health and Safety, Mining, News
2023 has again been a rollercoaster ride with South Africans experiencing extreme lows (petrol price hikes, significant increase in food prices, interest rate hikes, etc.) and extreme highs (the performance of South Africa’s sports teams including the historic win by...
by Warren Beech | Oct 13, 2023 | Health and Safety, News
The Springboks played Tonga on Sunday, 1 October 2023 and the match started at 21h00 (South African time). There were, reportedly, higher than usual levels of absenteeism from South African workplaces on the following Monday morning. While absenteeism can severely...
by Stephen Nthite | Oct 10, 2023 | News
According to a publication of Squire Patton Boggs-ESG Laws Across the World Global – July 2023. “ESG regulations are government standards for ESG-related actions, reporting or disclosures. While the ESG space is mostly unregulated, various legal requirements have...
by Nicholas Veltman | Oct 3, 2023 | News
The Companies Act, No. 71 of 2008, makes it as attractive as possible for post-commencement financiers to provide funding to distressed companies by conferring a statutory priority to the claims of financiers over certain (other) creditors and allowing the distressed...
by Bryan White | Aug 8, 2023 | News
In Phumelela Local Municipality v Telkom SA SOC Limited the Court assessed whether a purported affidavit had been properly signed in terms of the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Oaths Act 16 of 1963, as well as its Regulations. An affidavit is a...
by Stephen Nthite | Jul 11, 2023 | Environmental, News
It is of critical importance that Boards of both Public and Private Companies put Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) at the centre of their compliance structures. Recent changes in the environmental legislation in South Africa, particularly following the coming...
