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Tax Season Is Upon Us: What Are the Legalities With Tax and SARS?

Every year, South African taxpayers find themselves facing the same familiar deadline pressure as tax season opens. Whether you are a salaried employee, a small business owner, or newly self-employed, understanding your legal obligations to the South African Revenue Service (SARS) is essential, not only to avoid penalties, but to stay on the right side of the law.  Who Needs to File a Tax Return? … Read More »Tax Season Is Upon Us: What Are the Legalities With Tax and SARS?

South Africa’s New Parental Leave Law: A Game-Changer for Families

A landmark ruling has reshaped how South African parents spend time with their newborns, but it’s not without its complications.  On 3 October 2025, South Africa’s Constitutional Court delivered one of its most consequential labour law rulings in years. In Van Wyk and Others v Minister of Employment and Labour, the Court declared the existing provisions of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) unconstitutional, finding that granting… Read More »South Africa’s New Parental Leave Law: A Game-Changer for Families

When One Parent Wants to Move: What Happens When the Other Says No?

Few family law disputes are as emotionally charged as parental relocation. Whether it’s a job opportunity in another city, a new relationship, or the desire to be closer to family, the reasons for wanting to relocate are often genuine and compelling. But when a child is involved and the other parent objects, the situation quickly becomes a legal battleground.  So what does South African law actually say about this?    The Best… Read More »When One Parent Wants to Move: What Happens When the Other Says No?

Don’t Panic, But Don’t Wait Either

What to do when a letter of demand or summons lands on your desk  It arrives without warning: a formal letter bearing the logo of an attorney’s firm, or worse, an official summons from a court. Your stomach drops. Whether it relates to a debt, a dispute with a contractor, an employment matter, or a car accident, receiving legal correspondence can feel like the ground… Read More »Don’t Panic, But Don’t Wait Either

Living Together in South Africa: What You Need to Know About Cohabitation Agreements

Why South African law leaves unmarried couples dangerously exposed and what a cohabitation agreement can do about it  South Africa has one of the most progressive constitutions in the world, enshrining equality and human dignity as foundational values. Yet when it comes to the legal rights of unmarried couples who live together, our law remains strikingly behind the lived reality of millions of South Africans. Cohabitation, or what is… Read More »Living Together in South Africa: What You Need to Know About Cohabitation Agreements

THE SILENT CRACK IN THE WALL

A Seller’s Legal Duty to Disclose Property Defects in South Africa  It started with a hairline crack, barely visible beneath a fresh coat of paint. But six months after moving into their new home in Pretoria, the Dlamini family watched that crack widen across their living room wall, signalling something far more serious: a structural fault that the seller had known about and deliberately concealed.… Read More »THE SILENT CRACK IN THE WALL