20 Mar POPIA’s One Year Deadline to Start Running on 1 April?
Will the main provisions of POPIA (the Protection of Personal Information Act) really commence on 1 April 2020 as media reports suggest, or is this just another case of Crying Wolf?...
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20 Mar Watch What You Say on WhatsApp – The Case of the R20m Lottery Win and the R1m “Offer”
WhatsApp comes with a host of business and personal benefits, and its use is growing exponentially here as in the rest of the world. Which brings us to a possible downside - binding yourself to a legally-enforceable agreement without really meaning to....
20 Mar Budget 2020: Good News for Property Sellers and Buyers, and Some Useful Tax Calculators
Some good news for property sellers and buyers in particular is the increase in the transfer duty exemption to R1m....
20 Mar Running a Business in a Residential Area – Check Your Zoning First!
You decide to open a home business, or perhaps you are about to buy a house in order to run a business from it. You apply for rezoning but the council is taking forever to decide, your immediate neighbours are supportive. Surely you are safe to just go ahead and open your business?...
17 Feb Your Website of the Month: Become a Client Whisperer
We've all heard of "dog whisperers", "cat whisperers", "horse whisperers", even "elephant whisperers" – but "client whisperers"? Is that even a thing?...