by Wessels + Van Zyl Inc | Jun 10, 2021 | Property
“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success” (Alexander Graham Bell) You sell your house, give the signed sale agreement to your attorney, and wait to get paid out as soon as the property is transferred in the Deeds Office. What could possibly go wrong?...
by Wessels + Van Zyl Inc | Jun 10, 2021 | Employment and Labour Law
“The facts of this case are indeed extraordinary. They are indicative of the need for more to be done at both the workplace and in our communities, in ensuring that employers, employees, and the general populace are sensitised to the realities of this pandemic, and to...
by Wessels + Van Zyl Inc | Jun 10, 2021 | Employment and Labour Law
Employees in South Africa enjoy strong protections under a raft of laws such as the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA), the Labour Relations Act (LRA) and the Employment Equity Act (EEA). Failure to comply with these Acts, whilst perhaps tempting to many...
by Wessels + Van Zyl Inc | Jun 10, 2021 | Business, Company / Corporate / Compliance, Employment and Labour Law
“For him to be forced out of a career of choice to start working in a different field at a time when many businesses are closing down, retrenchments and lay-offs being commonplace and individual[s] doing everything possible to survive and cope with the health and...
by Wessels + Van Zyl Inc | Jun 10, 2021 | Family Law
Expectant parents who lose a pregnancy before 26 weeks (the age set by the Births and Deaths Registration Act (BADRA) in its definition of “still-born”) have until now had no right to bury their foetus, which had to be incinerated as “medical waste”. That has changed...
