Maren de Klerk
THE RULE OF LAW IN SUB SAHARAN AFRICA – A WESTERN FALLACY?
After much of Africa became independent from colonial rule, the political parties that came into power in the newly independent states...
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Maren de Klerk
- Mar 7
- 1 min
MORTGAGE BONDS – WHAT IS A COVERING BOND?
Most people that own immoveable property are familiar with Mortgage Bonds – especially first time buyers. There are different types of...
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Maren de Klerk
- Feb 22
- 1 min
NOTES ON YOUR LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT AND ADVANCED MEDICAL DIRECTIVE
In South African law, a last will sets out who will benefit from a party’s estate after he/she dies. Preferably the original will should...
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Maren de Klerk
- Jan 30
- 1 min
South African Law on Whistleblowers
The South African Protected Disclosures Act (PDA) serves as a key piece of legislation that provides protection for whistleblowers. This...
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Maren de Klerk
- Jan 20
- 2 min
MANAGING THE EXPECTATIONS OF BENEFICIARIES IN TERMS OF A DISCRETIONARY TRUST DEED
Oftentimes Trustees of a Trust must deal with unreasonable demands/expectations of Beneficiaries of a discretionary Trust. In simplistic...
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Maren de Klerk
- Jan 6
- 1 min
The people who enabled Samherji to avoid paying billions in taxes in Namibia in the Fishrot scandal
Samherji recently defended its Namibian operations against an article published in Finance Uncovered, an investigative journalism...
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Maren de Klerk
- Dec 1, 2022
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Maren de Klerk
- Nov 17, 2022
- 1 min
Checklist for your Will
When you set up your Last Will and Testament, you need to include certain details which, if left off, can complicate the unwinding of...
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Maren de Klerk
- Aug 3, 2022
- 0 min
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Maren de Klerk
- May 11, 2022
- 4 min
SOUTHERN AFRICAN BANKS GUILTY OF DOUBLE STANDARDS IN DEALING WITH FRAUDSTERS AND MONEY LAUNDERERS
In a recent article published by Bongani Hans an interesting aspect was put to the fore. As was pointed out a few years ago by Johnny...
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Maren de Klerk
- Apr 14, 2022
- 13 min
Understanding the manoeuvers to remove the DPP from office
Despite the security of tenure provided to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), nearly every new president of Zambia...
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Maren de Klerk
- Feb 1, 2022
- 1 min
Bogus advocate gets his day in court
The Provincial Commissioner of the Western Cape, Lieutenant General Thembisile Patekile was pleased with the harsh sentence which was...
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Maren de Klerk
- Dec 1, 2021
- 6 min
Questionable, sometimes outright dishonest conduct by handful of lawyers a worrying trend
Sadly, this kind of conduct by lawyers is just one of the factors contributing to perceptions about the lack of integrity within the...
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Maren de Klerk
- Nov 1, 2021
- 3 min
SA banks caught up in financial shenanigans in Namibia
REPUTATIONAL risk has become something of a buzzword in business and particularly in banking and as previously reported, South African...
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Maren de Klerk
- Oct 20, 2021
- 3 min
PUBLIC BIAS FUELLED BY FAKE NEWS – A SAD MODERN DAY REALITY
People tend to fall prey to one of the many cognitive biases that skew our ability to observe the world objectively. This is commonly...
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Maren de Klerk
- Oct 18, 2021
- 4 min
It’s time
This morning I woke up to something somewhat puzzling – a front page newspaper article about my own personal blog where I simply share...
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Maren de Klerk
- Oct 1, 2021
- 5 min
Long arm of the law reaches for Langebaan ‘lawyer’ who allegedly duped clients
A plumbing company manager who went on to head a law firm has been accused of misrepresenting himself as a legal practitioner in South...
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Maren de Klerk
- Sep 22, 2021
- 13 min
MAINSTREAM MEDIA DISSEMINATION OF FAKE NEWS – CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
A real life account of fake news published by mainstream media and its ramifications, both legal and personal.
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Maren de Klerk
- Sep 18, 2021
- 14 min
MAINSTREAM MEDIA DISSEMINATION OF FAKE NEWS : CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES – A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
BACKGROUND “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained...
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Maren de Klerk
- Sep 1, 2021
- 5 min
FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF DIVORCE IN SOUTH AFRICA
A BRIEF OVERVIEW The Divorce Act, Act 70 of 1979 determines in terms of section 7(1) thereof that a court granting a decree of divorce...
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