Pro Bono lawyer and some of the initiatives and matters that CDH is involved in

Special Edition Alert | Budget Speech 2024

SARS giveth and SARS taketh away

The alarmingly high unemployment rate in South Africa has given rise to several tax incentives for employers to grow their workforces. One of these is the Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) contained in the ETI Act 26 of 2013 (ETI Act). However, with new incentives come new issues, and in recent years SARS and National Treasury have clamped down on what they perceive to be abuses of the ETI Act by some employers.

Addressing unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure (UIFW) in municipalities

On 31 May 2023, the Auditor-General, Tsakani Maluleke, released the Consolidated General Report on Local Government Audit outcomes for the 2021-22 financial year. Unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure (UIFW) continues to be a challenge in municipalities, with only 38 out of 257 obtaining clean audits. Officials with the requisite financial skills as well as effective budgeting and controls are required to address this ongoing issue.

Striking the balance: The correct approach to competing public interest considerations

The Competition Amendment Act 18 of 2018 (Amendment Act), was signed into law on 13 February 2019 by President Cyril Ramaphosa. It made several significant amendments to the Competition Act 89 of 1998 (Competition Act), one of which was the amendment of section 12A by the addition of a paragraph (e) in subsection (3). This paragraph directs the competition authorities, when considering whether a merger can or cannot be justified on public interest grounds, to consider the effect that the merger will have on “ the promotion of a greater spread of ownership, in particular to increase the levels of ownership by historically disadvantaged persons and workers in firms in the market ”.

The Joburg Indaba

The beginning of October 2023 saw the eleventh year of the Joburg Indaba, an innovative and interactive conference for the mining industry.

Decanting the challenges: Working group focused on temporary employment services and contract workers within the SA wine industry

On 21 August 2023, Fairtrade Africa, in collaboration with the Wine and Agriculture Ethical Trade Association (WIETA), hosted an event that focused on the challenges associated with temporary employment services (TES) and contract workers within the South African wine industry and the establishment of a working group to address thesechallenges.