by VDT Attorneys | Jul 15, 2022 | Employment law
The short answer is ‘yes’ an employee could be fired for such ‘moonlighting’. In any employment relationship, the employee has a duty of good faith and confidence to the employer and an employer must be able to place unfettered trust and confidence in the employee and...
by VDT Attorneys | Jun 14, 2022 | Child Injury, Child Rights
A child at an ECD centre suffered serious injury and disablement when a swing at the school she was swinging on collapsed due to poor design and construction. The parents took the Provincial Minister of the Western Cape Department of Social Development to court...
by VDT Attorneys | Jun 14, 2022 | B-BEE, BEE, Preferential Procurement, Tender
In November 2020 the Supreme Court of Appeal found that the provisions in the Regulations to the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act 5 of 2000 relating to the application of B-BBEE requirements in tender criteria should be set aside and declared invalid, and...
by VDT Attorneys | Jun 14, 2022 | Child Rights, Surrogacy, Surrogacy Agreement
Surrogate motherhood agreements are thoroughly regulated by legislation in South Africa, and for good reason, as there are several very complicated and intricate issues involved when these agreements are made and executed. Of relevance are the specific provisions...
by VDT Attorneys | Jun 14, 2022 | Generators, Renewable energy, Sectional Title
Each owner of a unit in a sectional title scheme becomes a member of the body corporate the moment they become an owner of a sectional title unit, and also of an undivided share in the common property. In this community the body corporate remains the owner of the...