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Financial consequences of COVID-19
by Danny Andropoulos, Director It is very likely that the COVID-19 pandemic will result in financial distress for many businesses. Insofar as [...]
Price gouging
by Irma-Dalene Gouws, Director Where firms, in times of crisis, increase the prices of goods, or services to levels substantially above what would, under normal circumstances, [...]
Does COVID-19 render non-performance justifiable in the context of construction contracts?
by Jason Smit, Director and Mahatma Khwidzhili, Associate The outbreak and consequences of COVID-19 has resulted in government taking drastic action and exercising statutory power in [...]
Commerce in a time of uncertainty: COVID-19
By Neil Kirby, Director and Helen Michael, Director and Zamathiyane Mthiyane, Senior Associate The spread of COVID-19 has caused panic worldwide, with panic [...]
MAC clauses
by Shayne Krige, Director The coronavirus has obvious impacts on the airline, events and tourism industries, but we are also seeing a [...]
The effects of the Coronavirus in the workplace
By Anastasia Vatalidis, Director and Bradley Workman-Davies, Director and Jacques van Wyk, Director and Kerry Federicks, Senior Associate, and Andre van Heerden, Senior [...]
2020/2021 Budget Proposals – Tax Overview
By: The Werksmans Tax Team INTRODUCTION From 2015/2016, year on year there have been upward adjustments to the various tax rates, including the increase in [...]
WERKSMANS SUPPORTS START-UPS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
Beyond the need to merely operate as a top-ranked highly successful corporate and commercial law firm, Werksmans strives to make a difference in all we do. [...]
When Is A Final Award Final?
By Pierre Burger, Director One of the cardinal sins an arbitration tribunal can commit is to deliver a final award that is not in fact final, [...]
IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Rankings 2020 Edition
IFLR1000 has released its latest rankings which reflects our market standing within the financial and corporate practice areas. This is a sector-specific guide which covers the [...]
THE LAW ON LAND INVASION
By Anele Ngidi, Director Land invasions have become an all too familiar fixture of our daily headlines. Images of occupiers against law enforcement and sometimes also [...]
Tackling B-BBEE issues in business
With more than 20 years into a new democratic era, Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) has become a key part of government policy and doing [...]
How to comply with the protection of personal information act (POPIA)
Companies have to consider what the act means for business and what type of measures must be to put in place across various areas to [...]
Original Integrated Resource plan should still be SA’s roadmap to solving energy crisis
The original Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) of 2010 should still be our roadmap to solving South Africa’s energy problems. The plan set the target of about [...]
Thank you energy minister, now let’s hurry
Keeping the lights on in SA – what must be done?
Thank you energy minister, now let’s hurry
Former Energy Minister Jeff Radebe has at last told the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to license applications from businesses allowing them to generate [...]
Not your friend, buddy
The requirement to register as a credit provider under the National Credit Act That the National Credit Act[1] (the NCA) is not a model of clarity [...]
Leading by excellence
It is with great pride that we inform you of our chairman, David Hertz's Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Commercial Law as well as Werksmans [...]
Court victory enables asylum seekers to claim unemployment benefits
By: The Werksmans Pro Bono Team For many years, asylum seekers attempting to claim benefits from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) have routinely been turned away by [...]
Blockchain has the ability to revolutionise the world as we know it
Blockchain, if leveraged correctly, has the ability to revolutionise the world as we know it by changing the manner in which we transact with each [...]
Commitment of excellence.
That is the Werksmans’ Way
Hey administrator, did you consult with the public and stakeholders on that decision?
A win for communities and the environment, but yet another hurdle for an ailing mining sector. The impact of the recent judgments involving Atha–Africa Ventures (Pty) [...]
“What constitutes hate speech?” – the equality court answers
On 5 October 2018, Sutherland J handed down an important judgment in the discourse of what constitutes hate speech in terms of the Promotion of Equality [...]
News@Werks
IFLR1000 FINANCIAL AND CORPORATE RANKINGS (2019 EDITION) IFLR1000 has released its latest rankings which reflects our market standing within the financial and corporate practice areas. This [...]
Labour Webinar
Our Labour experts discuss the implications of the proposed amendments to the Labour Relations Act (LRA) relating to industrial action.
