An undertaking to pay the piper: School fees, a child’s right to education & the all too familiar rule 43 procedure and why it was inappropriate
One should always pay the piper. Especially where the Constitutionally entrenched rights of Children are concerned. But what does it mean to pay the piper? A brief search on the internet reveals various renditions and explanations of the saying. However, two of the more relevant interpretations are that it “means to accept and to bear […]
Does COVID-19 constitute a force majeure event for tenants
Force Majeure is defined generally as any event or condition, not existing at the date of signature of a contract, not reasonably foreseeable as of such date and not reasonably within the control of either party, which prevents, in whole or in significant part, the performance by one of the parties of its contractual obligations, […]
Land Expropriation Bill: What it means for your landownership rights
During 2018, the African National Congress (ANC) announced its intention to drastically speed up the land reform process in South Africa when President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he would be proposing changes to section 25 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (“the Constitution”) to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation. […]
The Government’s back door tendencies in Agriculture
The National Water Act, lauded as the most progressive and visionary piece of legislation in the world, is ahead of its time, at least in South African time. The preamble of the Act states the purpose of the Act, which inter alia includes, that water is a scarce and unevenly distributed resource in our country, […]