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The Banking Regulation Review
Director, Natalie Scott contributes on The Banking Regulation Review - Edition 9. This ninth edition of The Banking Regulation Review contains chapters [...]
Fair selection criteria in retrenchments – can your employer make you re-apply for your job?
By Bradley Workman-Davies, Director and Megan Livingstone, Candidate Attorney In South Africa an employee’s services can be terminated as a [...]
Is the reference of “swart man” to a fellow employee racist and derogatory? If so, is a dismissal an appropriate sanction?
By Jacques van Wyk, Director and Yusha Davidson, Candidate Attorney ISSUE Whether referring to a fellow employee as a "swart [...]
Can you terminate an employee’s fixed-term contract by relying on the termination provision of a contract of employment?
By Jacques van Wyk, Director and Yusha Davidson, Candidate Attorney ISSUE Can an employer rely on the termination provision of [...]
The Facebook data breach – #thisisyourdigitallife
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Head of Data Privacy Practice WHAT MESSAGE DOES THE FACEBOOK DATA BREACH HOLD FOR SOUTH AFRICA AS [...]
Excon and cryptocurrencies
INTRODUCTION In a recent Werksmans Tax Brief (https://bit.ly/2K2emv1) we discussed the current SARS view on the South African tax treatment [...]
