by Daan Steenkamp | Dec 6, 2022 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Practice News: Golegal published a brief explanation of the accrual regime: Reference if the term SLAPP is new to you – the term is used for a so-called strategic lawsuit against public participation; intended to silence or intimidate critics by forcing them to run up...
by Daan Steenkamp | Nov 22, 2022 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economy Not quite in time: South Africa (we rank 12th in the world as polluter) will be given R10.8bn by France and Germany to promote our green transition, which transition will probably come too late to assuage the latest Eskom report on the future of load-shedding....
by Daan Steenkamp | Nov 8, 2022 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Practice General news: Shades of Mr Zuma: the Mkwebane application for leave to appeal, whilst awaiting a Concourt decision, and her representative’s argument that her suspension is an act of cruelty, followed by Adv Mpofu’s withdrawal is wrong on so many fundamental...
by Daan Steenkamp | Oct 25, 2022 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Practice Generally: Erratum: in my last publication I reported that an underhand contract between married parties could not take precedence over an ANC. This was incorrect. A contract with no cancellation clause may still be cancelled on reasonable notice: Reference...
by Daan Steenkamp | Oct 12, 2022 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Practice News: In 2014 Court-Annexed Mediation was introduced in South Africa, purportedly to improve access to justice by providing a dispute resolution system which is efficient, amicable and affordable. An academic (UFS) criticises this system and suggests that the...
by Daan Steenkamp | Sep 27, 2022 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Practice News: Mkhwebane suffered 37 court losses in her reign to date. Her preliminary expenditure on court cases was R146m, R14m of which was spent on resisting impeachment. Her total is some five times more than her precursor, Madonsela, spent. You will recall the...
