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Beyond the bakery: a Nazi past and a complicated legacy  

A story recently resurfaced in the South African Jewish press – the story of C’est Si Bon, a celebrated bakery that once operated in Bellville.  The story was researched by Gail Lustig (née Loon), a retired doctor living...
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When love crosses borders

By BENITA ARDENBAUM Family Law Attorney In today’s increasingly connected world, many South African families live lives that stretch...
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Court ruling reshapes divorce law for spouses without accrual

BENITA ARDENBAUM Family Law Attorney Landmark judgment extends asset redistribution rights to more South African marriages. A recent Constitutional Court...
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Small business owners to benefit from proposed changes to the Labour Relations Act

By MICHAEL BAGRAIM, Consultant at Bagraims Attorneys Statistics put out by the CCMA reveal that almost 80% of cases...
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Make sure the right beneficiaries inherit your estate

Contemplating one’s death is not a comfortable thing to do. While one is alive and healthy, the prospect...

Labour law and the small business

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Entrepreneurs' Hotspot The recent commemoration of May Day (or Workers’ Day) should include a focus on the right to work — problematic in our country,...

Failing mental or physical ability: legal arrangements to note

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In recent years, advances in medicine mean that many more people are living to advanced ages than previously. One consequence of this is that...

Anti-Israel protests: Legal issues and responses

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By EDITOR To many of us, the anti-Israel protests and messaging we are seeing in Cape Town come as something of a shock. But the...

The law and green rights

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By Anton Katz SC In my travels in South Africa and other parts of Africa, what always strikes me is the immense poverty of so...
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