SURETY AGREEMENTS AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOU

In today’s world many of us will at one stage or another be requested to stand  surety for another person’s or entity’s debt, either for a friend, family or as a director of a company.  Before binding yourself as a surety one should have an understanding of the nature...

A LIVING WILL

As stipulated in the Bill of Rights everyone has the right to dignity, the right to life and the right to freedom and security of the person which entitles the individual to make informed decisions about his or her life and body. A living will is an advanced directive...

YOU AND YOUR CHEQUE BOOK

A cheque is a bill of exchange. A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand, or at the fixed or determinable future time, a...

FRAUD AND CORRUPTION IN THE WORKPLACE

Fraud and corruption have reached such proportions in South Africa that almost all political leaders have declared it as public enemy number one. Fraud may be defined as an intentional and unlawful misrepresentation to a third party, which may cause real or potential...

WHAT TO DO WHEN CUSTOMERS WON’T PAY

 One of the problems most frequently suffered by RMI Members is that of clients handing in a vehicle or engine for repairs, where-after they simply fail to collect the vehicle or cannot afford to pay the bill. While in possession of someone else’s vehicle or engine on...