by VDT Attorneys | May 13, 2019 | Business, Commercial, Company, Corporate, Director, Employment
Firstly it must be understood that although the positions of director, shareholder and employee can all reside in one person, these positions are not all the same and have different legal responsibilities potentially linked to them. A director of a company is...
by VDT Attorneys | Apr 11, 2019 | Company, Procurement, Tender
It’s difficult to answer the question of whether you should consider government work. One can point out that our Government spends billions annually through tendered work, and if your business can add value, has a good BEE scorecard and could potentially qualify for...
by VDT Attorneys | Mar 11, 2019 | Company, Employment, Labour
You are correct that a new national wage dispensation came into effect on 1 January 2019 with the passing of the National Minimum Wage Act (“Act”). This Act was promulgated to specifically address large disparities in income that exist in our labour market. The Act...
by VDT Attorneys | Mar 11, 2019 | Business, Commercial, Company, Lease, Property
Whether you can force the tenant to continue trading all depends on the terms of your lease agreement. In the case of Edcon Limited v Bay West City (Pty) Ltd, a landlord sought to force the lessee to continue trading after the latter gave notice that it would close...
by VDT Attorneys | Feb 19, 2019 | Business, Commercial, Company, Compliance, Corporate, Data Protection, Information and data protection, PAIA, POPI, POPIA
Amongst other things, the POPI Regulations shed further light on what the duties and responsibilities of an Information Officer are. POPI defines an Information Officer as follows: in relation to a public body: an Information Officer or Deputy Information...
by VDT Attorneys | Oct 10, 2018 | Business, Commercial, Company, Compliance, Corporate, Data Protection, Information and data protection, POPI, Privacy
[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/21/cambridge-analytica-facebook-data-users-profit] It seems like the more selfies, intimate family pictures, personal movements and travels, dietary activities and opinions we share with the entire world, the more we...
