What is a National Employment Council (NEC) A National Employment Council is a bipartite labour relations body with a specific mandate to deal with labour issues in a particular industry or sector comprising an employers’ association on one hand and employee representative (Trade Unions) on the other. NECs are created in terms of Sections 56 [...]
Lorraine Takaendesa (a partner in the Intellectual Property Department) and Gloria Nyamayi (a partner in the Litigation Department) recently advised award winning artist, Hilzy, and producer, Dakarai Gwitira (DG), on a recording contract which was recently entered into between Hilzy and Cider Sounds, LLC. Lorraine Takaendesa, Gloria Nyamayi, Hilzy and Dakarai Gwitira
People often put off making a will and eventually die without one, despite the fact that there are various organizations that advocate for people to execute wills. In the event that a person dies intestate (that is, without executing a will) his/her estate is administered in terms of the Administration of Estates Act [Chapter 6:01] [...]
DATE: THURSDAY, 9 AUGUST 2018 TIME: 0900-1400 VENUE: BRONTE HOTEL INVESTMENT: $50.00 FACILITATORS: Sara Moyo and Lorraine Takaendesa Overview HONEY & BLANCKENBERG invites you to our quarterly IP Seminar. The Seminar will be led by Sara Moyo and Lorraine Takaendesa. Sara is an IP Attorney and the Senior Partner of Honey & Blanckenberg. She is [...]
I dusted off my ancient Webster's International Dictionary looking for inspiration to an answer for what had taken place on the night of the 14th November, 2017. A coup d'état is defined in Webster’s as: "a sudden decisive exercise whereby the existing government is subverted; or there is an unexpected measure of state, more or [...]
Introduction After many years of lobbying by feminists and women’s rights activists, the Domestic Violence Act [Chapter 5:16] (hereafter “the Act”) was passed into law in 2006 and came into operation on 25 October 2007. The need for such a law was to address the rise of violence against women and children. Resistance to the [...]
