Ferdinand Hartzenberg has been nominated for the prestigious Spanish Princess of Asturias award advancing the first-ever shared custody ruling in an Arab country. Pretoria - Top Pretoria attorney Ferdinand Hartzenberg has been nominated for the prestigious Spanish...
A prolonged legal battle over who will inherit the asset of the late Springbok legend Joost van der Westhuizen has finally come to an end. Ferdinand Hartzenberg and Van der Westhuizen’s brother, Pieter, approached the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to have a will...
When you start thinking about a will, it is important to know that South Africa’s legislation has a number of requirements for a will to be valid. The requirements are not complicated, but must all be in place to make sure your will cannot be contested. Using an...
Ferdi Hartzenberg spoke to OFM about the marijuana Constitutional Court ruling, explaining how the original case started at Hartzenberg Inc. Met die Grondwetlike hof se beslissing dat die privaat gebruik van dagga nie 'n kriminele oortreding is nie, het Prokureur...
Benjamin Franklin once said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. Preparing for taxes is a generally accepted practice, but preparing for death is usually avoided. This is because discussing mortality is never easy, but preparing for it is an...
“The school sold my lounge suite, microwave and fridge… it’s now threatening to sell my house too”. The household items of the parent who phoned the Equal Education Law Centre earlier this year had just been confiscated by debt collectors seeking to settle a R25,000...
In 2015, Robert James Stransham-Ford applied to court for an order to allow a medical practitioner to administer a lethal agent and end his life. As part of this order, Stransham-Ford wanted the practitioner to be immune from any civil or criminal liability for this...
Every year, hundreds of families are forced out of their homes by government departments, municipalities, private individuals or corporations. Evictions are a common occurrence in South African cities, informal settlements and townships. What does the law say about...
When a person obtains a home loan from the bank, a mortgage bond is usually registered over their home as security by the bank. The bank will use this to recover any debt should the debtor default on their home loan repayments, in which event the debtor may lose their...
The Labour Relations Act 1995 (LRA) gives workers important rights and protections, such as protection against unfair dismissal, the possibility of reinstatement, and the right to unionise and take part in collective bargaining. The worker’s direct employer is...