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Can a Homeowners Association take over refuse removal from a local authority?

27 March 2024

With many local authorities struggling to provide municipal services to residents, a key question that arose in a recent case... was whether a Homeowners Association was entitled to take over the function of refuse removal from the local authority and whether the local authority was still entitled to charge for refuse removal.

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What to expect from the new draft Employment Equity Act Regulations

27 March 2024

The Employment Equity Amendment Act 4 of 2022 (“Amendment Act”) was introduced in April 2023 but the commencement date has... yet to be promulgated. To address the sectoral numerical targets provided for in the Amendment Act, new draft regulations were issued for comment on 1 February 2024 (“Draft Regulations”). In this article we take a look at the draft regulations and what they mean for employers.

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Can a Homeowners Association take over refuse removal from a local authority?

27 March 2024

With many local authorities struggling to provide municipal services to residents, a key question that arose in a recent case... was whether a Homeowners Association was entitled to take over the function of refuse removal from the local authority and whether the local authority was still entitled to charge for refuse removal.

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What to expect from the new draft Employment Equity Act Regulations

27 March 2024

The Employment Equity Amendment Act 4 of 2022 (“Amendment Act”) was introduced in April 2023 but the commencement date has... yet to be promulgated. To address the sectoral numerical targets provided for in the Amendment Act, new draft regulations were issued for comment on 1 February 2024 (“Draft Regulations”). In this article we take a look at the draft regulations and what they mean for employers.

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Is it really farewell to that pesky salary attachment order?

07 October 2016

I have read a recent article that says that due to a recent court judgement, salary attachment orders are no... longer allowed. Is this correct and does that mean that the order against my salary is no longer valid?

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Beware of the dangers of prescription

07 July 2016

I lent money to a business partner nearly 3 years ago when he was in a bit of financial trouble.... It wat not a massive amount, so I did not press him for the money. He recently won a big contract and I know things are going better with his business. When I asked him to pay back my loan, he refused and said that my claim had prescribed so there was nothing I could do and he was not going to pay it back. Surely this cannot be the case?

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Credit agreements: You must get a notice before being sued

09 May 2016

I received a summons today from a credit provider that gave me a personal loan. I admit that I have... missed a payment or two on the loan, but did not think that I was that far behind. Surely they must at least have called me or written a letter asking me to pay up before running to court? It’s not even a big amount outstanding and now I may have to pay legal costs as well.

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Am I really responsible for the municipal debts of a previous owner?

11 April 2016

I bought a house a few months ago. The municipality issued a rates clearance certificate to the seller and the... property was transferred in my name. When I recently queried a high water account with my municipality, the municipality responded by saying that there is still quite a large arrear debt against the property and that unless I pay they will take steps against me to collect and even sell my property if necessary. Surely this can’t be lawful?

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The previous owner did not pay. Can the municipality now cut off your electricity?

16 July 2015

The municipality has notified me that it will disconnect my electricity supply because there are outstanding payments in respect of... my property. However these outstanding amounts are not mine but belong to the previous owners from whom I bought the property last year. These accounts are nearly five years old! Can the municipality do this and cut off my electricity?

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Be wary of prescription – don’t drag your feet to collect your debt

14 April 2015

Prescription is a term used to indicate that the time period to institute legal proceedings against a debtor has lapsed.... It is thus not a legal term that should be easily ignored, as having your claim prescribe might mean the end of the road for any legal proceedings against a debtor.

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