Tag: rights
Minority shareholders in a business do have rights under South African law
Being a minority shareholder in a business doesn't mean you have no say. In South Africa, if you hold 49% or less of a company's voting shares, you might lack some...
Focusing on both rights and obligations â not only rights â will benefit SAâs...
By Ian Massey, Director MDA Consulting
South Africaâs construction sector is facing strong headwinds, not least of which is the loadshedding currently causing havoc in South Africa. As construction contract specialists, at MDA...
The dangers of sharenting: Is social media where a childâs right to privacy ends?
Client Engagement Team Lead at Metropolitan GetUp Liezel Gordon highlights the dangers of sharing your childâs life online, and how to empower children to become responsible digital citizens
Imagine that your entire...
Beneficiariesâ rights to information in a trust
BENEFICIARIES are entitled to a certain amount of information about the trust of which they are a beneficiary and trustees have a duty to disclose that information. But trustees can sometimes...
Appeals process for fishing rights allocation opens
Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, has urged any applicant who is dissatisfied with the 2021 Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP) to lodge an appeal.
âAppeals must be lodged...
Man doggedly fights wife in court for right to visit pets
A Pretoria couple are embroiled in a bitter legal tussle over visitation rights of their two beloved Chihuahuas, Bella and Grietjie.
The woman left the family home in Pretoria East last year...
Do you know your roadblock rights?
Following a recent spate of hijacking incidents involving criminals imitating police officials, Head of Visible Policing for the South African Police Services (SAPS), Major General Michael Mohlala, has urged motorists to...