By Kobus Brits Section 7(3) of the Divorce Act 70 of 1979 states as follows: ‘A court granting a decree of divorce in respect of a marriage out of community […]
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This article will focus on the s 40(1)(b) of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 and the requirements the peace officers must observe, follow, and adhere to for the […]
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On 14 March 2023, the Community Schemes Ombud Service (CSOS) promulgated a draft Practice Directive on s 39(7)(b) of the Community Schemes Ombud Service Act 9 of 2011 (CSOS Act). […]
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‘Sexual [assault] cases are similar in power structure to domestic violence or criminal assault matters. In those cases there is more than a simple dispute over money or property. Instead, […]
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Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) is a phenomenon by OpenAI. The chatbot was launched in November 2022 and has over 100 million users with 13 million unique visitors per day. ChatGPT […]
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This article discusses the approach adopted by South African courts when deciding whether it is legally permissible to consider the value of trust assets when determining the value of the […]
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‘In 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared [gender-based violence (GBV)] South Africa’s second pandemic and noted that it needed to be taken as seriously as the coronavirus. Already named the “rape […]
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It is an undisputed norm that any law that is inconsistent with the Constitution is invalid (s 2 of the Constitution). This is so because the Constitution is, according to […]
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I read Alick Costa’s (the author’s) article titled ‘Are women still disadvantaged when it comes to s 7(3)(a) of the Divorce Act?’ (2023) May DR 26, where he responded to […]
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By Roger Green There can be no more shattering and calamitous event than for one’s home to collapse or be swept away with the loss of all personal belongings. This […]
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