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Restraint of trade agreements: Does an employer waive its restraints when dismissing an employee?
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On 27 October 2025, the Labour Appeal Court (“LAC”) gave reasons for why it enforced a restraint of trade agreement on 30 July 2025, in the matter of Backsports (Pty) Limited v Motlhanke and Another (JA2025/091548) 2025 ZALAC 50 (27 October 2025).
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An Anton Piller Order is an order sought by way of an urgent ex parte application for immediate relief by an applicant who suspects that notifying the respondent will have the effect of affording the respondent time to either hide or destroy evidence which the Applicant requires in anticipated litigation. The aim of the order is the preservation of specific evidence.
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The City of Cape Town’s Integrated Waste Management By-Law makes it possible for the City of Cape Town to clean up private properties at the owner’s expense.
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Often times, documents need to be signed or legalised for use within South Africa or for use abroad.
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Albert Einstein once said that “the hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” If he were around today, he might have instead said that “the hardest thing in the world to understand is how to challenge a tax assessment in South Africa.” Whilst this may be overstating matters a tad, the SCA’s recent judgment in the case of The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Services v ABSA Bank Limited and United Towers Proprietary Limited lends some credence to this rejigged Einstein adage. We explain why below.
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With yesterday’s 50 basis point increase and subsequent prime lending rate raising to 11.75% (coincidently not the highest it has been in our Country’s history) the already stressed consumer is now stretched even further.The Governor of the Reserve Bank having stated that albeit some aspects of inflation had cooled, inflation remained outside the bank’s target of between 3-6%. Meaning that if the key indicators did not reduce within the next review period the chances of a further increase of the REPO were likely. Coupled with unstable energy and an international market already shaken by the war in the Ukraine and potential default of the United States… the likelihood is sadly high.
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