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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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Dismissal for poor work performance: the importance of setting realistic targets and providing assistance in the achievement of such targets
ISSUE(S) The importance of setting realistic targets for employees and providing the employees with resources to reach such targets. [...]
IP transactions and exchange control
In March 2017 the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) proposed certain new exemptions relating to the sale and licensing of [...]
The Protected Disclosures Amendment Act, No 5 of 2017
On 31 July 2017 the President of the Republic of South Africa assented to the Protected Disclosures Amendment Act 5 [...]
The pitfalls of resignation
ISSUE If an employee resigns, then decides to retract her resignation but her employer refuses to allow her to [...]
Enforceability of medical testing as a clause in an employment contract
Pharmaco Distribution (Pty) Ltd v Weideman (JA104/2015) [2017] ZALCJHB 258 (4 July 2017) ISSUE Whether an employer can [...]
Common shareholding and cross-directorship – a competitive conundrum when investing
"VICTORY IS BY NATURE INSOLENT AND HAUGHTY" Cicero The South African economic landscape undoubtedly reflects concentrated ownership structures. An [...]
