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19 June 2013
Legal Briefs
 
 
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17 May 2013
 
 
Cyril Ramaphosa on key issues affecting the public and private sector
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
“We are living in interesting times, some say difficult times but for me, in hopeful times.” This is according to ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was talking at a client business...
 
 
15 May 2013
 
The Employment Equity Amendment Bill and the New Employment Services Bill
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
The Employment Equity Amendment Bill, 2012 (EEAB) proposes several changes to the current Employment Equity Act, No 55 of 1998 (EEA). One of the ways that it does so is by introducing a new form of...
 
 
14 May 2013
 
Labour Law Amendments: No More Protection for Senior Executives?
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
All employees, irrespective of their seniority, have the right not to be unfairly dismissed. This right emanates from s23 of the Constitution which states that everyone has the right to fair labour...
 
 
13 May 2013
 
New proposals on recharacterisation of hybrid debt instruments
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
National Treasury (Treasury) and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) recently released certain proposed limitations on excessive interest deductions for public comment. These proposals are to...
 
 
10 May 2013
 
STC credits and new binding class ruling
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
The Dividends Tax regime was implemented just over a year ago on 1 April 2012. As part of the transitional arrangements from Secondary Tax on Companies (STC) to Dividends Tax, companies had to...
 
 
09 May 2013
 
The cession of shares as security for a debt does not constitute an 'affected transaction'
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
In a recent funding transaction, where one of the lenders was also an existing shareholder of the borrower, we had to consider whether the takeover provisions of the Companies Act, No. 71 of 2008...
 
 
30 Apr 2013
 
Amendments to the provisions dealing with labour brokers
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
Temporary Employment Services (TES), or as they are more commonly referred to, labour brokers, have been accused, particularly by trade unions, of increasing the casualisation of labour and...
 
 
26 Apr 2013
 
First employment equity and transformation indaba a success
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
The very first Employment Equity and Transformation Indaba, hosted by the Department of Labour, took place on 18 and 19 April 2013. Labour Minister Oliphant made public the 13th Commission for...
 
 
 
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