Albert Einstein once famously said “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax”. SARS recently published its Annual Performance for the 2022 fiscal year, which details all aspects of SARS’ mandates, its revenue collection and the extent to which it...
In our tech savvy world, fraudsters have begun using highly sophisticated means to steal your money. In recent years, a type of fraud known as business email compromise (hereinafter “BEC”) or EFT fraud, has become quite prevalent, both nationally and...
We recently received a question as to whether a business concept can be registered as a trade mark in South Africa. Before we can answer that question, let’s first look at the definition of a trade mark. WHAT IS A TRADE MARK? The term “trade mark” is defined in...
Applying for or renewing a competency certificate or a firearm license in South Africa can be a lengthy and often frustrating process – especially given the delays caused by the internal decision-making processes of the Central Firearms Registry (CFR). While the CFR...
by Albert Gooding, Kereece Naidoo and Seetsa Kekana On Monday 18 July, a group of VZLR employees visited the Botshelo Disability Centre in celebration of Mandela Day. The purpose of Mandela Day is to encourage citizens to spend 67 minutes of their time in...
In a landmark judgment by the Constitutional Court, which was handed down on 31 December 2021, the Constitutional Court developed South African family law and law of intestate succession further, to the extent that surviving partners in life partnerships, who are not...
