Legal

When a Get is withheld: Divorce, dignity and the law

By BENITA ARDENBAUM Family Law Attorney For Jewish couples, the end of a marriage may involve two separate processes, which is the civil divorce and the Get required under Jewish...

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...

When love crosses borders

By BENITA ARDENBAUM Family Law Attorney In today’s increasingly connected world, many South African families live lives that stretch...

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...

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...

Legal action against state sponsors of terror

By EDITOR In the last few weeks, announcements have been made about the launching of legal action against a number of countries that have been...

Labour law and the small business

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

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

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

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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