The National Credit Act regulates all credit agreements where the receiving party is a natural person or a juristic person (i.e. a company or a trust) that has an annual turnover or an asset value of less than R1,000,000.00. In such circumstances the National Credit...
In the recent Constitutional Court Case, Ekapa Minerals (Pty) Ltd and Another v Sol Plaatjie Local Municipality and Others [2025] ZACC 1 (“Ekapa”), a unanimous judgment handed down by Gamble AJ, dealt with two important concepts. The first being the interpretation and...
In Tarentaal Centre Investments (Pty) Ltd v Beneficio Developments (15/2025) [2025] ZASCA 38 (8 April 2025) (“Tarentaal”), a recent judgment handed down by the Supreme Court of Appeal, the Court considered whether interest charged on a loan between two commercial...
In legal and official processes, certain documents are required to be notarised to ensure their authenticity and validity. In South Africa, this process is handled by a Notary Public, a specially qualified legal professional who holds additional authority beyond that...
It is obvious that every adult should have a Will. Unfortunately, this is not always the case, which frequently leads to considerable confusion and unhappiness for the family of the deceased. People without a Will die Intestate, and the distribution of their deceased...
