IMMIGRANTS, VISITORS AND PARENTS: NEW TRAVELLING RULES, NEW RISKS
Extensive media coverage of the new Immigration Regulations suggests that they are very likely to be challenged in the courts as unworkable and unconstitutional, but bear in mind that in the interim they remain in force and you are going to have problems if you don’t comply with them. Read more…
LANDLORDS: MANAGING YOUR TENANT’S LIQUIDATION
In these hard times, you may well be faced with a situation where your tenant is liquidated (“sequestrated” in the case of an individual or trust, “liquidated” or “wound up” in the case of a company). If that happens, what are your rights and how do you manage them? Read more…
THE SHOPPER WHO SLIPPED: DUTIES AND DAMAGES
You go shopping and as you walk down a supermarket aisle you slip on a wet and slippery patch of floor, injuring yourself. Do you have a claim against the store for your damages? Read more…
ENTREPRENEURS: HERE’S A SURVEY TO HELP YOU!
SAICA (the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants) has just commissioned a comprehensive SME research project to try and understand what is required to make SMEs thrive in South Africa. If you haven’t already completed the survey, you can do so by going to this link: here.
ESTATE AGENTS – 1 YEAR TO GO!
30 June 2015 – that’s your deadline to be certificated against either the Real Estate NQF Level 4 (for non-principal estate agents) or the NQF Level 5 (for principal estate agents). Read more…
THE JULY WEBSITE: GETTING GOOD AT GOOGLING
The Internet – a vast repository of information and advice, and these days an essential tool for every business and every individual. But with the Internet growing by some 140,000 new sites every day, making the most efficient use of your search engine is becoming critical. Read more…
P.S. 100 YEARS AGO – “THE WAR TO END ALL WARS”
On 28 July 1914 the first shots were fired and war declared in what we now call the First World War. The “Great War” took 17 million lives and changed the world forever – Wikipedia has an insightful history with photos and videos at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I. Hopefully Friedrich Hegel was wrong in his assessment that “The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.”
