The Unemployment Insurance Fund in South Africa offers short-term financial assistance to people who become unemployed. This QuickLaw guide contains information related to your rights and the UIF.
Unmarried fathers have parental rights and responsibilities towards their children. For more information surrounding unmarried fathers, paying maintenance, and making important decisions, read this QuickLaw guide.
Consumers often find themselves wanting certain goods that they cannot afford at a particular point in time in their lives. Some consumers will often choose to purchase the goods on credit in fear of the specific items running out of stock. However, this is not the only option to secure such desired goods. The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (“CPA”) provides an additional avenue for consumers, by allowing consumers the option to enter into a lay-by agreement with a supplier of goods.
A Will is a document in which a person ("the testator”) makes sure that his/her belongings are distributed in accordance with his/her wishes after his/her death.
In terms of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (“COIDA”), the Compensation Fund (“Fund”) provides compensation to employees who become disabled due to work-related injuries or due to contracting a disease in the course of their work.
On 4 April 2022, the President of South Africa announced the end of the National State of Disaster, which served as a necessary and crucial response to a global health crisis which posed a grave threat to the people of South Africa. The decision was based on numerous factors, most importantly, the confirmation of the low Covid-19 admission rate in public health facilities and the significantly low Covid-19 death toll.
