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BUSINESS REVIEW

BUSINESS REVIEW

The moribund Compensation Fund is reported to have been turned around. One shall have to wait and see.

In an attempt to offset xenophobic attacks the KZN government has announced an investment of R300m to assist small businesses to compete with their foreign counterparts. The mere fact that this is necessary is a tragedy; if a foreigner, with no local support or knowledge, can out-trade locals

PROPERTY REVIEW

ABSA predicts that house prices, particularly in the lower end of the market (i.e. 80 to 90 m

PRACTICE REVIEW

An interesting report

CASES

Lease, cancellation thereof and prescription

A novel argument, presented in order to avoid prescription, was that, only when the lessee vacates the property and stops paying rental and all the facts necessary to plead were available, does prescription run. The SCA had no difficulty in dismissing this, saying that, once cancelled, a lease comes to an end and nothing thereafter prevents the lessor from instituting action immediately.
Monyetla [2015] ZASCA 32

Auctions, bids by an auctioneer

Can an auctioneer bid on behalf of a seller at an auction or does this (necessarily)constitute misrepresentation. No.
Hansa Silver [2015] ZASCA 54

Interpretation, objective meaning

In a case where parties argued about charges over and above rental car Johannesburg High Court said that the

QUOTABLES

Until you have lost your reputation, you never realise what a burden it was. Mitchell

WEIRD & WONDERFUL

I confess: I grew up in Zim, hence my more than passing interest in matters there.

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