How to Tell Your Partner You Want a Divorce
Breaking the news about divorce can be a difficult and trying time. This is someone you imagined spending your life with and growing old together. Everyone who has told their partner they want a separ...
A Look At Divorce During Covid
2020 has been a difficult year for us all, whether it has been a loss of income or a loss of the ones closest to you. Covid-19 has put a lot of stress on relationships as many people have lost their j...
Unmarried Parents and Parenting Plans
Unmarried parents are a stark reality in our modern society and South African society is no different. Many of these relationships fail and with such failure and separation the arrangements surroundin...
7 Signs You May Be Having A Midlife Crisis: The Divorce Impact
We’ve all heard the term “midlife crisis” being used to describe how someone’s thoughts, feelings and behaviours sometimes change as people reach middle age. Although this phrase is often used lightly...
Physical & Psychological Effects of Divorce
It is common knowledge that no happy marriage ends in divorce. Common emotional and psychological effects of divorce include: Guilt Anxiety/Stress Depression Insomnia Substance abuse...
6 Questions to find out if divorce is the right solution for you
Divorce can often be a stressful and confusing time for couples; there are no easy solutions or answers to decide whether you are ready for a divorce. The emotional and financial toll a divorce can ha...
Effects of Divorce on Children
Marriages don’t always work out the way we planned and sometimes relationships dissolve over time, unfortunately, it is usually the children who are caught in the middle. Sometimes divorce can end in...
Don’t Drink and Drive! The Legal Limits, The Risks and Advice If Arrested
With stats showing that at least 50% of road deaths are alcohol-related, the authorities will no doubt ensure that once again the Festive Season is also the Season of Roadblocks. What happens if you a...
Employers and Employees: How to Handle Sexual Harassment at Work
“…there is a newunderstanding andappreciation of theprevalence of sexualharassment in the workplaceand of its devastating effectson the victim. It hasbecome, in effect, asystemic and recurringharm”…“I...
How the “Historical Rates” Judgement Affects You
It is declared that, upon transfer of a property, a new owner is not liable for debts arising before transfer from the charge upon the property …” (Constitutional Court Order) How does the recent C...
Selling Property this Festive Season? 3 Tips for a Smooth Transfer
The Festive Season can be a great time to sell a property and to buy it. Warm weather, sunny gardens and bright rooms, lots of holidaying visitors, and more time on your hands generally all help to st...
It’s Wedding Season! Here’s Why You Need an ANC (Whether You Marry Here or Overseas)
“He was a dreamer, athinker, a speculativephilosopher... or, as his wifewould have it, an idiot”(Douglas Adams) Note: Although by way of example we explore below the “international wedding” scenari...
Property Sellers: Don’t Pay Future Rates
“Cause they told me everybody's got to pay their dues And I explained that I had overpaid them” (Six to Rodriguez in ‘Cause’) Before you as seller can transfer your property to the buyer, you must...