Buying property in South Africa while living abroad: How Exchange Control shapes your Mortgage

by Lezaan van Jaarsveld | 6 Oct, 2025 | Insights, Property Law

By Sarah Nordien | Associate Director If you are living outside South Africa and buying a home here, your bond (mortgage / home loan) will almost always include exchange control conditions. The bank is not being difficult; it’s the Reserve Bank’s way of ensuring that...

Parental Leave Rewritten by the Constitutional Court: What Employers Must Do Now

by Lezaan van Jaarsveld | 3 Oct, 2025 | Employment Law, Family Law, Insights

By Ali Sonday | Senior Associate and Paula Phukuje | Associate The Constitutional Court has confirmed that South Africa’s parental-leave regime in the BCEA unfairly discriminated between different kinds of parents and has ordered a temporary “reading-in” that changes...

When the SIU Comes Calling | State Capture Investigations

by Lezaan van Jaarsveld | 12 Sep, 2025 | Commercial Litigation, Insights

By Zaeem Soofie | Director Legal 101 for companies on what to do (and not do) in the first 72 Hours of an investigation into State Capture The first call or letter seldom arrives at a convenient moment. A phone message from a “forensic investigator”, an e-mail citing...

WhatsApp in Court: When your Chats become your Best (or Worst) Evidence

by Lezaan van Jaarsveld | 9 Sep, 2025 | Commercial Litigation, Employment Law, Insights

By David Short | Director A recent Western Cape High Court judgment (Gerritsen Trading CC t/a Gerritsen Drilling SA v Blydskap Holdings (Pty) Ltd (2024/146798) [2025] ZAWCHC 400 (27 August 2025) in a provisional liquidation matter quietly but firmly confirms what many...

A Legal Perspective on Player-Club Disputes: Lucas Ribeiro vs Mamelodi Sundowns FC

by Lezaan van Jaarsveld | 28 Aug, 2025 | Commercial Litigation, Insights, Sports Law

By Lesedi Mphahlele | Director and Sello Ramanyana | Candidate Attorney A high profile tug-of-war between Lucas Ribeiro and Mamelodi Sundowns FC has pushed a perennial question back to centre stage: how do South African club contracts interact with FIFA’s...

Sexual Harassment: Why Employers Should Follow Chief Justice Maya’s Lead and Create Robust Policies

by Lezaan van Jaarsveld | 14 Aug, 2025 | Employment Law, Insights

By Paula Phukuje | Assocate In a landmark move this Women’s Month, Chief Justice Mandisa Maya introduced a comprehensive Sexual Harassment Policy for the Judiciary, a powerful reminder that institutions must exemplify confidence, dignity, and justice from within....