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Tax Amendments – 2024
Introduction On 23 October 2024, when the Minister of Finance presented his Media-term Budget Policy Statement to Parliament, he also [...]
Employment Equity Amendment Act Commencement – Important news for employers employing more than 50 employees
The President of the Republic of South Africa has recently proclaimed that the Employment Equity Amendment Act No.4 of 2022 [...]
Shell shock: reversal of landmark Dutch ruling holds lessons for South African climate change litigation
- Reviewer and Slade van Rooyen - Candidate Attorney The 2021 decision of a Dutch district court in Milieudefensie v [...]
A step closer to establishing the National Council on gender-based violence and femicide
After the President assented to the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Act No. 9 of 2024 ("Act") in [...]
The Climate Change Act has a crucial role to play in the fight against the climate crisis in South Africa
and Mmatshepo Papo - Candidate Attorney Frequent and intense weather events and devastating effects of climate change are being experienced [...]
Stretching Boundaries: Can a Trade Union Represent Employees Who Fall Outside of its Registered Scope in Employment Disputes?
and Yendiswa Sithole - Candidate Attorney The Constitutional Court ("the CC") in AFGRI Animal Feeds (A Division of PhilAfrica Foods [...]
