How to challenge that tender awarded to a third party

Government entities are on a tender binge at the moment. With fresh budfets and post-electoral hype filling the corridors of the organs of state that run our country, there are an unusually high numbers of tenders being advertised and awarded. If one simply looks at any Sunday newspaper it almost seems as if government tenders […]

The ins and outs of insuring cargo

SINCE the answer is obvious, there is one question that need not be asked by anyone in the business of importing or exporting goods or arranging their carriage over land or by sea or air: Cargo must be insured. Having said this, I do, from time to time, come across instances where goods are not […]

Registration does not guarantee ownership

Most people are of the view that once a transfer is registered in the Deeds Office, they are guaranteed ownership of the property. South Africa has an abstract system of transfer of immovable property rather than a causal system. In a causal system, there has to be a valid underlying cause giving rise to the […]

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