by VDT Attorneys | Sep 7, 2017 | Business, Information, Personal, POPI
The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPI”), which has been signed into law, but has not yet come fully into effect, protects our rights to privacy by setting conditions and requirements for the processing of ‘personal information’, which is any...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 7, 2017 | Lease, Property
A right of first refusal (also called a right of pre-emption) affords the holder of the right a preference to buy a property should the owner ever wish to sell it. Importantly, the owner does not have to sell the property, but should the owner decide to sell then the...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 7, 2017 | Employment, Labour
This is a good question and one not so easy to answer. In South Africa, our labour laws provide for the following test to help determine whether someone is an independent contractor or an employee. A person who works for, or renders services to, any other person is...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 7, 2017 | Commercial, Trust
Because of the unique nature of a trust and also the fiduciary responsibility that a trustee holds in respect of the trust property and trust beneficiaries, buying property from a trust, should rightfully be approached with caution where you are also a trustee of the...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 7, 2017 | BEE
You are correct. A new draft Defence Sector BEE Charter (“Defence Charter”) has been published for comment in August this year. This Defence Charter will apply to all entities operating within the South African defence industry, including privately owned enterprises...
