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- Protection Order vs Restraining Order (South Africa, 2026): Which one do you actually need?
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- Rule 58 vs Rule 43 in South African Divorce — Interim Maintenance, Parenting & Costs (2026 Guide)
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- EFT scam in South Africa
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- Because I Love You: coercive control and emotional harm
- Tenant Stops Paying Rent in South Africa: What a Landlord Should Do
- How to access the police docket before a bail hearing South Africa
- The intersection of family trusts and divorce law in South Africa
- The future of business licensing in South Africa
- Draft Cannabis Regulations South Africa (2026): 750g Limit, 5 Plants, Transport Rules & Expungement
- Expropriation Act South Africa (2026): What the Court Challenge Means for Property Owners
- Lease Agreement Template South Africa (2026): Free PDF + Eviction-Proof Checklist
- Why bail applications fail
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- Can the Buyer Choose the Conveyancer? Who Appoints the Conveyancing Attorney?
- Who Pays Conveyancing Fees and Transfer Costs in South Africa?
- Eviction after death of property owner
- Breaking the name barrier
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- Divorce Mediation With Children (South Africa) (2026): Parenting Plans, Maintenance & Pitfalls
- Divorce Mediation Cost (South Africa) (2026): Fees, What You Pay For & Cost Drivers
- Is Divorce Mediation Worth It? Pros, Cons & When It Fails (South Africa) (2026)
- How Divorce Mediation Works (2026): Step-by-Step Process in South Africa
- Divorce Mediation Checklist (South Africa) (2026): Documents, Questions & Red Flags
- Uncontested Divorce Checklist (South Africa): Timeline, Cost Factors & Step-by-Step (2026)
- Unfair labour practice and the CCMA
- Child Custody for Fathers in South Africa: What Courts Actually Look At (2026)
- Eviction requires clear evidence of occupation
- Crypto scam recovery South Africa
- Moving on from abuse
- Making your escape
- Lease agreements: non-fulfilment of conditions
- Breaking chains: understanding the complex barriers to leaving an abusive relationship
- Understanding the dynamics of an abusive relationship
- Property sale agreement
- Gender-based violence a national disaster?
- New Firearms Control Amendment Bill
- Evictions from “hijacked” buildings: what the law actually requires in South Africa (PIE, court orders, SAPS & municipalities)
- Dismissal code 2025
- Equal parental leave for South Africa’s moms and dads
- Smart contracts
- Land Court: Mediation is now mandatory before ESTA evictions — what this means for landlords and occupiers (2025)
- Executive dismissal – a new approach
- What is GBV in South Africa? Understanding Gender-Based Violence and the Law
- What is Fraud in South African Law?
- Choosing a Divorce Attorney in Cape Town (2026)
- Preference shares under fire
- Cancellation of an OTP – when do property defects justify it?
- Can a Body Corporate refuse to disclose financial records?
- The growing threat of impersonation scams and how South Africans are falling victim to fraud
- Relocating with children after divorce
- Women’s Day 2025
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- Free speech vs. hate speech
- Reproductive rights – who really owns your eggs or sperm?
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- South African woman’s murder prompts anger at country’s high level of femicide
- AI risk assessment
- How to remove a trustee from a trust
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- AI in legal research
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- The cost of litigation
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- Third-party litigation funding – TPF
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- Cryptocurrency fraud
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- DeFi (decentralised finance) – the legal landscape
- AI in law enforcement
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- The relentless rise of cybercrime
- Removal of guardianship: the court as ultimate guardian
- Open justice – access to courts and tribunals
- Roadblocks and traffic fines – the festive season is here!
- Kidnapping and human trafficking
- Post-separation abuse is not just “high-conflict divorce”
- Protection of sources: safeguarding journalistic integrity
- Parental responsibility for a young offender
- Access to information
- Cybercrime – how to avoid being scammed
- The environment should not be a crime site!
- Cybercrime – Court Reaffirms Who Bears Responsibility For Payment Where Email System Is Spoofed!!
- Sexual offences in South Africa
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- Discrimination in the workplace
- Understanding the right to privacy
- A celebration of women and democracy
- Close Corporations
- Substitution of debtor
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- Unmarried fathers’ rights and responsibilities
- Sexual harassment in the workplace
- High court orders for division of joint estate setting aside previous decision
- Domestic workers’ rights
- Father could lose custody of children for spanking them
- Unfairly dismissed?
- Forfeiture of pension benefit
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- I’ve been subpoenaed – what now?
- Trust me, I’m a police officer
- Is social media ruining your life?
- Rule 43 and Muslim divorce
- Domestic abuse victims in UK to receive ‘flee funds’ to escape abusive partners
- Defining domestic violence
- White collar crime is not victimless
- Are you being harassed?
- Robbery vs. burglary – what’s the difference?
- Bletchley Declaration – saving the world or serving no purpose?
- Signs you are dealing with a narcissist
- How a crypto scam cost a finance boss £300,000 (c.R7m)
- Parental leave following birth, adoption, or surrogacy
- How AI is changing contract review and due diligence
- Puzzling out the Property Practitioners Act
- Demystifying maintenance in sectional title schemes
- World Mental Health Day
- Vary a divorce order
- Anti-money laundering regulations and cryptocurrencies
- Joint venture agreements
- The Guardian blocks ChatGPT owner OpenAI from trawling its content
- Breach of contract – legal implications
- DAOs – decentralised autonomous organisations
- Commercial property eviction law
- The legal implications of generative AI in the workplace – part 2
- AI and women – friend or foe?
- Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)
- Cryptocurrency and your will
- Business dissolution
- Estate of AC/DC’s Bon Scott secures trademark victory
- Decentralised finance – regulatory developments
- Drafting effective contracts
- The legal implications of generative AI in the workplace – part 1
- AI and ChatGPT – what are the ethical considerations?
- Initial Coin Offerings
- Ensuring cryptocurrency compliance
- What is decentralised finance (DeFi)?
- Non-fungible tokens and intellectual property
- Due diligence – why it matters
- SEC sues Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao for ‘mishandling billions of dollars’
- The role of mediation in resolving eviction disputes
- Protecting intellectual property
- Incorporation – what are the benefits?
- Cryptocurrency taxation
- Cryptocurrency theft
- Which legal structure is right for your business start-up?
- Cryptocurrency – myths and misconceptions
- Driving under the influence
- Cryptocurrency – the wild west or a carefully regulated environment?
- Andrew Tate is a misogynist and a narcissist
- What is cryptocurrency?
- Convicted for possession of cannabis?
- A matter of life and death
- Personal injury – don’t let it happen to you!
- Vulnerable masculinity
- Festive season driving
- Gender-based violence and femicide
- 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children
- Selling property without consent of spouse
- Choosing a lawyer
- Airbnb and the Consumer Protection Act
- Forced removals — the laws that determine land eviction in South Africa
- Cyber extortion
- Cannabis grow clubs declared illegal
- Cabinet has approved these four new laws for South Africa
- How to remove a director who is also an employee
- Non-payment of traffic fines
- Alcohol harm: provincial liquor boards need to be strengthened
- ConCourt Recognition of Muslim Marriage a Victory for Women and Children’s Rights
- A parent can claim maintenance for adult dependent children on divorce, court rules
- Guardian of your universe
- Child abduction – what if your child has been taken away without your permission?
- Crypto currency industry seeks legal skills
- New court ruling has massive implications for marriage and divorce in South Africa
- ‘I had to be broken to be fixed’: the courses trying to change abusive men
- What is the Land Court Bill?
- Billable hours vs. flat fees
- The Hague Convention
- Parental rights and responsibilities and substance abuse
- Cybercrimes Act 2020 and data messages
- Planning for when you’re not around? Make sure you consider these 4 things!
- Ramaphosa signs 3 new crime laws in South Africa
- One in four women experience domestic abuse before 50 – study
- Cybercrimes Act 2020
- Justice for family in private prosecution
- A matter of privacy
- I am a child of domestic violence, and I am breaking my silence
- Climate campaigners take South Africa to court over coal policy
- Full legal recognition for gender diverse persons – a Constitutional right
- Trusts and maintenance
- Vaccinating children
- Court rules in favour of consumer in credit case
- Cape Town passes unlawful occupations by-law, despite protest
- To jab or not to jab?
- Co-parenting: joint decision-making for your children
- Customary marriages
- Stop corruption – whistleblowing without worry
- Why there is nothing to celebrate this Women’s Day
- (Un)married with children?
- Witnessing a will
- International child relocation
- Online business reviews – don’t be a victim
- Guns and gender-based violence
- Trusts – frequently asked questions
- 3 disadvantages of a trust you may not be aware of
- 7 advantages of holding assets in a trust
- Register a trust – 10 documents you need
- Married out of community of property with accrual?
- Silver splitters – grey divorce and the Gateses
- 27 April – did you know these 10 facts about Freedom Day?
- COVID-19 vaccines and your rights and responsibilities
- Need an attorney in Cape Town? Make sure they have these 10 qualities
- Online harassment – Chrissy Teigen leaves Twitter, citing abuse and hate
- Women tell men how to make them feel safe after Sarah Everard disappearance
- End femicide: 278 dead – the hidden scandal of older women killed by men
- Adjusted Alert Level 1 – the state of play regarding evictions
- Jane Monckton Smith: ‘Domestic abuse isn’t a row. It’s when one person has become a threat to another’
- How to evict a tenant without being sued
- Do children benefit from divorce?
- Re-adjusted Alert Level 3: Here’s what is changing from today
- Lockdown: Man arrested for breaking curfew to buy formula for 2-day-old baby considers suing cops
- Tackling gender-based violence – the “second pandemic”
- Nicole Kidman vows to speak out against abuse after Big Little Lies role
- Supreme Court of Appeal officially recognises Muslim marriages
- 24-hour gender-based violence hotline to launch
- Children’s Amendment Bill
- Reeva Steenkamp was murdered. Shame on the BBC for forgetting
- Rape prosecutors in England and Wales given new advice over dating apps
- ‘He wanted to control me completely’: the models who accuse Gérald Marie of sexual assault
- Heterosexual life partners can now inherit from each other
- “I co-parent with my ex, but he threatens me and expects sex”
- Online petition on evicting domestic abusers got court ruling wrong
- Lockdown rights enforced for residents of informal settlements in Cape Town
- Joburg Mayor Makhubo calls for stern action against GBV culprits
- COVID-19 In South Africa: Socio-Economic Impact Assessment
- Narcissistic abuse and how to deal with it – VIDEO
- Evictions in Alert Level 2
- Women’s Day in a time of COVID-19
- Crime stats – what do they mean?
- Ignoring effects of Covid-19 on women could cost $5tn, warns Melinda Gates
- Forget Gareth Cliff, a constitutional law expert shares views on alcohol ban, curfew
- It is ‘all men’, to varying degrees: men’s violence against women is a systemic crisis
- Sharp increase in UK child sexual abuse during pandemic
- South African Court awards maintenance and legal costs to abused wife in a Rule 43
- Five urgent and effective measures to curb the abuse of alcohol
- Alcohol not the sole cause of gender-based violence
- Give responsibly – make sure your food parcels reach those in need
- Disinformation – now you can report it
- #GeorgeFloyd: Police Brutality and Public Violence
- Coercive control – here’s what it looks like
- BREAKING NEWS: Court finds lockdown regulations invalid and unconstitutional
- Covid-19 has gifted us a chance to end gender-based violence. We must take it
- Life: Working, pivoting and surviving under lockdown in SA
- Divorce Costs in South Africa (2026)
- Can a tenant win an eviction?
- What is the eviction process in South Africa?
- Divorce and your will
- Lockdown level 4 – what now for evictions and moving house?
- Security company helping the fight against domestic/gender-based violence
- Don’t get locked up during lockdown
- ‘Calamitous’: domestic violence set to soar by 20% during global lockdown
- How much do attorneys charge for evictions?
- Cape Town to increase police powers – including new ‘search and seize’ law
- Lockdown is hard on everyone
- Lockdown legal update: Parents win court bid to fetch children in another province
- Use lockdown time wisely – make a will
- Stop Press! Child contact visits now allowed during lockdown
- How to start a divorce
- International South African divorce – What you need to know
- Locked down with an abuser?
- Time to hit the “pause” button on evictions?
- Wise words from Bill Gates
- Human Rights in a time of pandemic
- Caging the Viper: COVID-19 and South African Law
- Unmerging your money after a divorce
- Sex, porn and toxic masculinity: the struggle to bring up better boys
- Nuisance law – when an odour mushrooms out of control
- Housing giant denies illegally evicting Rondebosch tenant
- East police clamp down on illegal liquor outlets
- Harsh Sentence for a Minor Crime
- ConCourt to rule on ‘absolute right’ of inheritance
- When and how to sue a tenant
- Eviction – when can you evict a tenant?
- Are you properly licensed?
- Big blow for Vodacom, MTN as CompCom orders data cost cut
- 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children
- Liquor licensing – a slow process
- Britons who legally smoke cannabis in the US ‘risk being deported’
- Relief for destitute people evicted from Klein Akker farm
- Netflix “Unbelievable”…is all too believable
- Alcohol fuels gender-based violence
- Why #ImStaying
- Appointment of a curator
- Unpaid municipal bills – what’s a landlord to do?
- Utility bills – who’s responsible and how to manage them
- Will it be bail or gaol for convicted killer Jason Rodhe?
- Gender pay gap – alive and kicking
- Klein Akker Evictions – update
- Help! There’s an arrest warrant out for me
- International child custody
- Red Ants continue to disregard due process of law
- Rental Arrears South Africa: Is Recovery Worth It?
- Cyberbullying – it’s time to fight back
- Cannabis: City announces joint venture
- Curator Bonis – who cares?
- Eviction cost
- Parental Alienation and the Child
- Cannabis law – what Sithole told the police
- Just and equitable evictions in South Africa?
- Parental Alienation
- Commercial evictions: how a landlord can evict a tenant
- Arbitration Clause in Sale Agreements
- Criminal record? Wipe it clean
- Restorative justice – the arguments
- Wounding Words
- Eviction Law – Changes
- Eviction – when your tenant is also your employee
- Dagga – It’s now legal – The Con Court ruling explained
- Cannabis – possession or dealing? There’s a big difference!
- Cohabitation vs Marriage in South Africa (2026)
- Women’s Day 2018 – why is it still necessary?
- Eviction process challenged in court – the PIE gets teeth
- After Divorce – Can you still be friends with your ex?
- #MeToo – 16 Days of Activism
- Sexual harassment – Misconduct that plagues a workplace
- Roadblocks? Don’t panic!
- Western Cape liquor regulations update – Game changer?
- Collaborating with the Enemy book: What it can teach divorcing couples
- Served with a protection order? What you need to know
- Medical marijuana South Africa – a licensed affair
- Behave Yourself! Sectional Title Law Areas of Conduct
- Can you manage?
- A joint account – just how legal is marijuana following the High Court ruling?
- For The Record – Financial Management, Insurance & Levies
- Meeting up – Role of the Chair
- Trust me, I’m a trustee
- Living Will – What should you do when ‘the end of the line’ draws near?
- Euthanasia in South Africa – When you reach the end of the line
- To legalise marijuana, or not to legalise? That is the question.
- Should marijuana be legalised in South Africa?
- Unlawful Arrest, Detention & Police Brutality
- Women in the workplace: How equal is equal?
- Suffer the little children – Narcissist Behaviour
- Coming out of the shadows – let sex work be work
- Diversion – better than gaol?
- Special Event Liquor Licence and How To Get One
- Abusive relationships – why do some stay in them?
- Oscar Pistorius – A Knife Edge For The Blade Runner?
- 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women & Children
- Are you in a relationship with a narcissist?
- Arrested unlawfully? Don’t wait for the worst to happen
- Womens Rights – How far have we really come?
- Will you secure your family’s future?