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SAFM Market Update: Cross Trainer Enters Business Rescue
Dr. Eric Levenstein, Director and Head of our Insolvency & Business Rescue practice area, had a discussion with Jimmy Moyaha of SAFM about the markets reaction to Cross Trainer going under business rescue and the current status of the business rescue mechanism in South Africa.
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No enquiry before being dismissed – no problem
By Bradley Workman-Davies, DirectorLabour relations and the fairness standards for dismissal of an employee in South Africa have long been [...]
Exchange control relaxation: removal of loop
By Ernest Mazansky, Head of Tax Practice, Werksmans Attorneys On 4 January 2021 the Financial Surveillance Department of the South [...]
Reduced work time and illness benefit
by Jacques van Wyk, Director; Andre van Heerden, Senior Associate; and Thabisa Yantolo, Candidate Attorney The Department of Employment and [...]
Fixed term faux pas – how not to employ someone for a limited period of time
By Bradley Workman-Davies, Director Fixed term contracts of employment are allowable and acceptable in South African employment law, and are [...]
Crypto assets – a new financial product?
By Natalie Scott, Director; and Kyra South, Associate On 20 November 2020, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority ("FSCA") published a draft Declaration [...]
Covid-19 Beach Closures
by Shayne Krige, Director and Co-Head of Investment Funds & Private Equity Practice We have been inundated with queries from [...]
