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            <description><![CDATA[Imagine a South African cannabis sector in which the law is not a maze but a map. A cultivator knows whether cultivation is for private use, hemp, medicine, industrial processing or export. A patient can access safe, tested products through an appropriate medical route. Adults, where the law permits access beyond private use, can do so through a transparent and properly controlled mechanism. Rural and legacy communities can participate in lawful value chains on terms that recognise their ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Rei vindicatio remains one of the most important remedies available to an owner in South African property law. Rooted in Roman-Dutch law, the remedy enables an owner to recover movable or immovable property from any person who retains possession of it without the owner’s consent. Its apparent simplicity conceals a demanding evidentiary burden: the claimant must establish ownership of the identifiable thing and prove that the respondent is in possession of it. Where ownership is clouded by ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[SARS has released final additional guidance on the Advanced Pricing Agreement (APA) programme in its guide dated 7 August 2026. The guidance updates the conditions for multinationals to participate in the pilot programme. The pilot programme, which takes effect on 1 September 2026, invites eligible taxpayers to apply and is limited to bilateral or multilateral APAs with countries that have a double tax agreement (DTA) with South Africa. Although the guidance does not require the DTA to be based on the OECD Model Tax Convention, the DTA must include Article 9, which deals with associated enterprises, and Article 25, which provides for the mutual agreement procedure, so that the APA can be negotiated.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The recently launched second phase of the Department of Home Affairs' Trusted Employer Scheme (TES) marks another significant step towards making it easier for companies to attract the international skills needed to support businesses operations, innovation and economic growth.  The core purpose of TES is to allow South Africa to more easily attract scarce skills and manage immigration, while supporting government initiatives to boost investment and create jobs.]]></description>
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            <title>Buying a property in South Africa: What you need to know before signing an offer to purchase</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Buying a property is one of the most significant financial commitments many people make in their lifetime. Whether purchasing a first home, an investment property or a property for business purposes, the process involves more than simply agreeing on a purchase price and signing an Offer to Purchase.  An Offer to Purchase (“OTP”) is an important legal document that sets out the terms and conditions of the proposed sale. Once properly concluded, it may create a binding agreement between the parties. ]]></description>
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            <title>South Africa scores just 50/100 on being ready for what happens after a death</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Capital Legacy launches the country’s first national benchmark tracking how prepared, protected and supported South African families really are once a loved one dies. Johannesburg, South Africa. Most South Africans plan for a funeral. Few plan for what comes after it: the paperwork, the legal process, the sudden cash-flow pressure, the family tension, and the months (sometimes years) it can take to settle an estate.]]></description>
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            <title>Digital dilemmas: Navigating social media misconduct and corporate responsibility</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In today’s hyper-connected world, the lines between personal expression and professional responsibility have never been more blurred. Social media has revolutionised communication, enabling instantaneous sharing of thoughts and opinions, but it has also introduced new challenges for both employers and employees. When an individual’s online conduct appears to be in contravention of disciplinary policies and the code of conduct, the consequences can be severe, as demonstrated in landmark legal cases. The Digital Dilemma: Social Media and Employee Misconduct]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The guitar community has recently been engaged in the age-old tradition of arguing on the internet over whether Fender is right to protect its iconic Stratocaster guitar design, or whether decades of ubiquity have made the shape as much a part of guitar culture as it is a Fender product. Now, you may be wondering, why a guitar designed in the 1950s is the topic of internet discourse in 2026, and how Fender is attempting to protect their intellectual property rights now, when every second guitar brand has been selling lookalike Stratocasters for almost as long as Fender has been selling the original. If I asked you to imagine an electric guitar, I don’t need to be a psychic to guess that the image your mind’s eye conjured up, looks something like this:  ]]></description>
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            <title>Amendment of the Small Merger Guidelines: What dealmakers need to know</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Competition Commission has published draft amendments to its Small Merger Guidelines for public comment, aligning the small merger notification criteria with the revised merger thresholds that took effect on 1 May 2026. On 14 August 2026, the Competition Commission (Commission) gazetted draft amendments to its Guidelines on Small Merger Notification (Small Merger Guidelines) and invited interested parties and stakeholders to submit written comments within 30 days of publication.]]></description>
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            <title>When can you set your mind at ease? Tax and the prescription issue</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[SARS is generally prohibited from challenging income tax assessments that are over three years old, unless it can prove that the taxpayer was not correctly assessed as a result of fraud, misrepresentation or the non-disclosure of material facts on the part of the taxpayer. For SARS to assess after the three-year prescription period, two requirements must be met: (1) there must be fraud, misrepresentation or non-disclosure by the taxpayer; and (2) the fraud, misrepresentation or non-disclosure must have been the reason why the full amount of tax was not assessed – in other words, there must be a causal link between the taxpayer’s conduct and the incorrect assessment. If either of these requirements are not met, SARS is not entitled to make adjustments to your income tax assessments that are over three years old.]]></description>
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