September 2021

The Law Reports – September 2021

July 2021 (4) South African Law Reports (pp 1–322); July 2021 (2) South African Criminal Law Reports (pp 1–114) This column discusses judgments as and when they are published in […]

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Estranged wife fails to establish a clear right to bury husband

Mabulana v Mabulana and Others (LP) (unreported case no 5040/2021, 26-7-2021) (Kganyago J) In a case of Mabulana, the Limpopo Division of the High Court in Polokwane dismissed Moyahabo Eugly […]

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Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, to which court will foreclosures go? (Part 2): The SCA has spoken

Standard Bank of SA Ltd and Others v Thobejane and Others; Standard Bank of SA Ltd v Gqirana NO and Another (SCA) (unreported case no 38/2019; 47/2019; 999/2019, 25-6-2021) (Sutherland […]

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Can an allowance be claimed for loyalty programmes in terms of s 24C of the Tax Act?

Clicks Retailers (Pty) Ltd v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (CC) (unreported case no CCT 07/20, 21-5-2021) (Theron J (Mogoeng CJ, Jafta J, Khampepe J, Madlanga J, Mathopo […]

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To compensate or not?

McGregor v Public Health and Social Development Sectoral Bargaining Council and Others (CC) (unreported case no CCT270/20, 17-6-2021) (Mogoeng CJ, Jafta J, Khampepe J, Madlanga J, Majiedt J, Mhlantla J, […]

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New legislation – September 2021

Legislation published from 2 – 30 July 2021 Bills Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill B13 of 2021. Plant Health (Phytosanitary) Bill B14 of 2021. Commencement of Acts Border Management Authority […]

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Employment law update – Wielding dangerous weapons during strike action

In Pailpac (Pty) Ltd v De Beer NO and Others [2021] 6 BLLR 570 (LAC), members of National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, employed by Pailpac (the Company), participated […]

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Recent articles and research – September 2021

  Please note that the below abbreviations are to be found in italics at the end of the title of articles and are there to give reference to the title […]

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Public violence: Its roots and results in 1990 and 2021

Public violence results in the breakdown of the rule of law. It needs immediate treatment in the criminal justice system. The treatment should focus on the historical, sociological, anthropological, and […]

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Rooibos: Revealing the road to traditional knowledge protection

Recently Rooibos tea, a traditional knowledge product of South Africa (SA), became the first in Africa to get protection designation from the European Commission, which approved the registration of Rooibos […]

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