By Daniel Treves Under our law of agency, an agent may represent its principal when concluding agreements with third parties, provided that the agent has authority to represent its principal […]
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A judgment decided last year, Arocon Mbokodo CC v Mogalakwena Local Municipality (LP) (unreported case no 2650/2024, 7-6-2024) (Monene AJ) is laudable for a number of reasons. The judge, Monene […]
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‘To reach the port …, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it – but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor’ – Oliver […]
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Vantage Goldfields SA (Pty) Ltd v Siyakhula Sonke Empowerment Corporation (Pty) Ltd and Another (SCA) (unreported case no 853/2023, 9-1-2025) (Zondi DP and Nicholls and Meyer JJA and Coppin and […]
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By Uzukhanye Myoywana Smuts v Kromelboog Conservation Services (Pty) Ltd and Another (SCA) (unreported case no 511/2023, 14-11-2024) (Dambuza, Mabindla-Boqwana and Molefe JJA and Hendricks and Baartman AJJA) It often […]
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The above question was recently pondered by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in two judgments, namely, Phoenix Salt Industries (Pty) Ltd v The Lubavitch Foundation of Southern Africa (SCA) […]
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Located in a collective bargaining regulatory process, the employment contract is, at its most basic understanding, a reciprocal and legally formulated document, binding the employee and employer to a structured […]
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By Karabo Orekeng A whole agreement clause provides that if a written document was intended to record a memorial of the contract, no evidence may be given of any earlier […]
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By Nozipho Ndebele ‘Our courts, on the whole, do not look with much favour on the breach of promise actions, and it has been suggested that they have no place […]
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Ndebele and Another v Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa and Others (GJ) (unreported case no 21687/2021, 25-7-2023) (Strydom J) In the recent judgment of Ndebele and Another v Industrial […]
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