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Anonymous

Hi, I was involved in a vehicle accident last week the 28th of May. At this time, my vehicle lisence disk has expired. The accident was to negligence of oyther driver, a delivery truck reversed into my vehicle. now the 3rd party's insurance seem to have a problem with that. Awaiting their feedback. Wha...

Anonymous

I am now thinking of implementing an office phone booth in my office. I have heard that it has a very positive effect on productivity. Is this really the case and what specific recommendations could you give?

Anonymous

I've been working 3 weeks for this company. I resign and now the previous company don't want to pay me for that 3 weeks. My contract says I must work a notice period and I didn't cause I had to start with the new company. Now he refuse to pay me, what can I do?

Anonymous

I would like to find out if the child wants to change their living arrangements, in terms of where the child stays even tho his a minor, can it be done?

Anonymous-Need Help

Hi I worked for this company 7years. Alway at work never stay out. I am a warehouse manager stock never short trust worthy. I got divorced last year October. My direct manager and I were always close he isn't based in Cape Town. We worked well together, after my divorce he started becoming very out spo...

Anonymous

The father of my child has not paid any maintenance since September of 2023. Instead he gave an Ackermans credit card saying to buy things he needs from there. Is this legally okay? Am I not supposed to be getting money directly from him? Because there are things I can’t get from Ackermans such as food. I...

Anonymous

I need urgent assistance. My daughters biological father has been out of the picture since 2018 and has had no contact since. I applied for school fee exemption at the school and they are considering my application incomplete due to the fact that they want my husbands documentation to consider t...

Anonymous

Hi, my husband and I have been married for 4 years. He was previously married fathered two children with his ex wife. As per court agreement he paid R1000 per child. End of 2022 my husband had a conversation with ex wife to explain that he really can't afford the R1000 per child as we were expecting and he o...

Anonymous

Good day. I got a salary increase in November 2023. I had to sign a document stating that the salary increase would be in effect from1 Nov 2023 and back pay would be paid in December 2023. I had to sign a letter to state I agree with the salary increase. I got paid yesterday and my salary is still the same. I di...

Jakey_Josh

I was suspended from work on the 24th November, and when I was told I'd been placed on suspension, I was given absolutely no formal notice of the suspension, I was given no reason for the suspension and was given no time frame for the suspension. For an entire week I heard nothing from my place of business...

Anonymous

Hello I wanted to find out something my daughter is 18 months and her father wants to take her for unsupervised visitation but she isn't completely aware of who he is and he only started visiting her twice a month after she turned 1 ,I told him that he can visit but as long as I am around for now till she gets u...

Anonymous

Hi... The company I work for have not given me a proper increase... They have been giving me soo much added work that was not on my job description and have still left me at the same salary for a 18 months and have now still not given me an increase due to me moving over to another position. They say they can't...

Anonymous

I went into a car subscription in June i paid R14000 deposit, las month i got into a financial situation and was unable to pay. I did make a plan and paid R 5000 of my R 7399 subscription. This month i paid the full R 7399 and cant pay the balance as im still recovering from last month. I asked them to pay the ba...

Anonymous

I've been asking for my ui19 forms start from this year but no one replying our message till now please assit

Anonymous

I’ve been working in a company now I’m far from it where I need a ui19 form the keep on ignoring and not responding me when I request it

Anonymous

I worked for a financial institution for two years as a financial crime investigation analyst (AML & CFT). The pressures of the position exacerbated my declared and well-documented mental condition (bipolar mood disorder), and I was dismissed for reasons of ill health incapacity. Although...

Anonymous

Thanks to SportTicketsOffice, purchasing cheap Premier League tickets online was a stress-free experience. Their website made it easy to browse available matches and select affordable tickets that fit my budget. I appreciate their commitment to providing football fans with a seamless online...

Anonymous

Hi, I'm interested to hear what the presiding officer requires to determine that the child should not be with his mother

Anonymous

I was dismissed in September 2020 and I have applied for Uif but UIF is requesting a salary schedule from me I have asked the HR bit no one is getting back to me first they say their pastel package is expired they can't access information but on the other side they have another company doing their salaries...

CS

My business is named XY Digital Marketing has recently moved into a new area in South Africa. Another company in a close by area as me is offering the same services is called XY by Z. We both are generally known as "XY". The other business has been around longer than we have (not by much) but we have been a fu...

Anonymous

Good day, I hope you are all doing well. Our residential complex managers just notified us that "Children must be supervised by a responsible adult (i.e. a parent or guardian) whenever they are on the common property. Children who do not have a parent or guardian actively present and watching them a...

Anonymous

A previous employer in the metal industries never registered me for a provident fund with MIBFA i worked at the company for about 6 years and they never deducted any provident fund money from me nor did they pay anything. As far as i understand only certain employees had a provident funds not everyone....

Anonymous

Good day I am currently involved in a Children's court matter. A social worker was appointed to evaluate my children who placed a report on record with the court. The Magistrate now does not want to provide set report to the parents with the argument that she needs to protect the children. I did howev...

Anonymous

Good day I have worked at a company through an agency for 3 months. My contract was terminated due to over-staffed reasons. I requested for my UI19 forms instead, i was called to work for 10 days without signing a new contract. I went to go work 4 days and decided to not continue to work unless the agency gi...

Anonymous

I was found writing for someone at School and the university took to lay charges and thus I was charged with fraud. This happened on the 14 of November and the lawyer I paid managed to get me out through the backdoor by a prosecutors bail. In December, the learnership that I had offered me a job and my finge...

Anonymous

How do I defend myself on a charge of putting the company’s name into disrepute? What factors can be considered as mitigating in this charge?

Anonymous

Hi, we have a certified CCMA arbitration award and were told Sherriff could enforce the award. The Sherriff told us they don't have jurisdiction to execute once liquidation is in place. We need some advice as to what we can do, if we can do something to get our salaries paid. Liquidators are not giving u...

Anonymous

Hi there, I received a job offer from a company which I happy to join. However my current employer has a retraint of trade in the contract. The offer from the new employer is insanely amazing how do I get around my retraint of trade. Note I am a Reconciliation supervisor and the new role is a settlement man...

Cape Town Curious

Hi. I am a teacher at a small private school. I have basically been given the ultimatum of leaving the school in the new year or taking on an extra grade (I teach all subjects), with no extra pay (so double the work for no increase). The school is obviously saving us they are getting read of the other grade'...

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	Deformation of character (Preview) I need ur help	Anonymous	2	1735	Jun 4, 2024 by Anonymous
	Motor Accident with me not being at fault BUT having an expired lisence disk for vehicle (Preview) Hi, I was involved in a vehicle accident last week the 28th of May. At this time, my vehicle lisence disk has expired. The accident was to negligence of oyther driver, a delivery truck reversed into my vehicle. now the 3rd party's insurance seem to have a problem with that. Awaiting their feedback. Wha...	Anonymous	0	974	Jun 3, 2024 by Anonymous
	Implementing an office phone booth. Should I? (Preview) I am now thinking of implementing an office phone booth in my office. I have heard that it has a very positive effect on productivity. Is this really the case and what specific recommendations could you give?	Anonymous	2	1064	May 24, 2024 by Anonymous
	Need labour advise please (Preview) I've been working 3 weeks for this company. I resign and now the previous company don't want to pay me for that 3 weeks. My contract says I must work a notice period and I didn't cause I had to start with the new company. Now he refuse to pay me, what can I do?	Anonymous	0	1093	May 21, 2024 by Anonymous
	Children custody (Preview) I would like to find out if the child wants to change their living arrangements, in terms of where the child stays even tho his a minor, can it be done?	Anonymous	0	1121	May 21, 2024 by Anonymous
	Sexual harassment at work by direct manager (Preview) Hi I worked for this company 7years. Alway at work never stay out. I am a warehouse manager stock never short trust worthy. I got divorced last year October. My direct manager and I were always close he isn't based in Cape Town. We worked well together, after my divorce he started becoming very out spo...	Anonymous-Need Help	0	1185	May 19, 2024 by Anonymous-Need Help
	Child maintenance issue (Preview) The father of my child has not paid any maintenance since September of 2023. Instead he gave an Ackermans credit card saying to buy things he needs from there. Is this legally okay? Am I not supposed to be getting money directly from him? Because there are things I can’t get from Ackermans such as food. I...	Anonymous	0	1160	May 15, 2024 by Anonymous
	School Fee Exemption (Preview) I need urgent assistance. My daughters biological father has been out of the picture since 2018 and has had no contact since. I applied for school fee exemption at the school and they are considering my application incomplete due to the fact that they want my husbands documentation to consider t...	Anonymous	0	969	May 7, 2024 by Anonymous
	Maintenance issue (Preview) Hi, my husband and I have been married for 4 years. He was previously married fathered two children with his ex wife. As per court agreement he paid R1000 per child. End of 2022 my husband had a conversation with ex wife to explain that he really can't afford the R1000 per child as we were expecting and he o...	Anonymous	2	1658	May 4, 2024 by Anonymous
	Salary increase (Preview) Good day. I got a salary increase in November 2023. I had to sign a document stating that the salary increase would be in effect from1 Nov 2023 and back pay would be paid in December 2023. I had to sign a letter to state I agree with the salary increase. I got paid yesterday and my salary is still the same. I di...	Anonymous	1	1648	May 4, 2024 by Anonymous
	Unfair Suspension (Preview) I was suspended from work on the 24th November, and when I was told I'd been placed on suspension, I was given absolutely no formal notice of the suspension, I was given no reason for the suspension and was given no time frame for the suspension. For an entire week I heard nothing from my place of business...	Jakey_Josh	1	1690	May 4, 2024 by Anonymous
	Child Visitation (Preview) Hello I wanted to find out something my daughter is 18 months and her father wants to take her for unsupervised visitation but she isn't completely aware of who he is and he only started visiting her twice a month after she turned 1 ,I told him that he can visit but as long as I am around for now till she gets u...	Anonymous	1	1611	May 4, 2024 by Anonymous
	No increase (Preview) Hi... The company I work for have not given me a proper increase... They have been giving me soo much added work that was not on my job description and have still left me at the same salary for a 18 months and have now still not given me an increase due to me moving over to another position. They say they can't...	Anonymous	1	1413	May 4, 2024 by Anonymous
	Car subscription (Preview) I went into a car subscription in June i paid R14000 deposit, las month i got into a financial situation and was unable to pay. I did make a plan and paid R 5000 of my R 7399 subscription. This month i paid the full R 7399 and cant pay the balance as im still recovering from last month. I asked them to pay the ba...	Anonymous	1	1448	May 4, 2024 by Anonymous
	company refusing to give form UI19 (Preview) I've been asking for my ui19 forms start from this year but no one replying our message till now please assit	Anonymous	0	1007	Apr 11, 2024 by Anonymous
	Management refusing with ui19 (Preview) I’ve been working in a company now I’m far from it where I need a ui19 form the keep on ignoring and not responding me when I request it	Anonymous	0	977	Apr 10, 2024 by Anonymous
	Recklessness by former employer (Financial Institution) (Preview) I worked for a financial institution for two years as a financial crime investigation analyst (AML & CFT). The pressures of the position exacerbated my declared and well-documented mental condition (bipolar mood disorder), and I was dismissed for reasons of ill health incapacity. Although...	Anonymous	0	1081	Apr 10, 2024 by Anonymous
	Cheap football tickets (Preview) Thanks to SportTicketsOffice, purchasing cheap Premier League tickets online was a stress-free experience. Their website made it easy to browse available matches and select affordable tickets that fit my budget. I appreciate their commitment to providing football fans with a seamless online...	Anonymous	1	1103	Apr 5, 2024 by Anonymous
	Childrens court application investigation by Child welfare (Preview) Hi, I'm interested to hear what the presiding officer requires to determine that the child should not be with his mother	Anonymous	0	1157	Mar 29, 2024 by Anonymous
	Refusal to issue salary schedule form for uif department (Preview) I was dismissed in September 2020 and I have applied for Uif but UIF is requesting a salary schedule from me I have asked the HR bit no one is getting back to me first they say their pastel package is expired they can't access information but on the other side they have another company doing their salaries...	Anonymous	5	4399	Mar 20, 2024 by Anonymous
	Business Trademark (Preview) My business is named XY Digital Marketing has recently moved into a new area in South Africa. Another company in a close by area as me is offering the same services is called XY by Z. We both are generally known as "XY". The other business has been around longer than we have (not by much) but we have been a fu...	CS	1	1357	Mar 20, 2024 by Anonymous
	Rights of movement of children (Preview) Good day, I hope you are all doing well. Our residential complex managers just notified us that "Children must be supervised by a responsible adult (i.e. a parent or guardian) whenever they are on the common property. Children who do not have a parent or guardian actively present and watching them a...	Anonymous	1	1309	Mar 20, 2024 by Anonymous
	Provident fund issue (Preview) A previous employer in the metal industries never registered me for a provident fund with MIBFA i worked at the company for about 6 years and they never deducted any provident fund money from me nor did they pay anything. As far as i understand only certain employees had a provident funds not everyone....	Anonymous	1	1252	Mar 20, 2024 by Anonymous
	Please help (Preview) Good day I am currently involved in a Children's court matter. A social worker was appointed to evaluate my children who placed a report on record with the court. The Magistrate now does not want to provide set report to the parents with the argument that she needs to protect the children. I did howev...	Anonymous	4	2300	Mar 20, 2024 by Anonymous
	Contract terminated. Agency wants resignation letter. (Preview) Good day I have worked at a company through an agency for 3 months. My contract was terminated due to over-staffed reasons. I requested for my UI19 forms instead, i was called to work for 10 days without signing a new contract. I went to go work 4 days and decided to not continue to work unless the agency gi...	Anonymous	1	1325	Feb 18, 2024 by Anonymous
	Awaiting trail for court (Preview) I was found writing for someone at School and the university took to lay charges and thus I was charged with fraud. This happened on the 14 of November and the lawyer I paid managed to get me out through the backdoor by a prosecutors bail. In December, the learnership that I had offered me a job and my finge...	Anonymous	0	1264	Jan 16, 2024 by Anonymous
	Disciplinary Hearing (Preview) How do I defend myself on a charge of putting the company’s name into disrepute? What factors can be considered as mitigating in this charge?	Anonymous	0	1112	Jan 12, 2024 by Anonymous
	CCMA arbitration award in Liquidation (Preview) Hi, we have a certified CCMA arbitration award and were told Sherriff could enforce the award. The Sherriff told us they don't have jurisdiction to execute once liquidation is in place. We need some advice as to what we can do, if we can do something to get our salaries paid. Liquidators are not giving u...	Anonymous	0	1114	Dec 13, 2023 by Anonymous
	Restraint of trade (Preview) Hi there, I received a job offer from a company which I happy to join. However my current employer has a retraint of trade in the contract. The offer from the new employer is insanely amazing how do I get around my retraint of trade. Note I am a Reconciliation supervisor and the new role is a settlement man...	Anonymous	0	1215	Nov 1, 2023 by Anonymous
	Teachers at Private School (Preview) Hi. I am a teacher at a small private school. I have basically been given the ultimatum of leaving the school in the new year or taking on an extra grade (I teach all subjects), with no extra pay (so double the work for no increase). The school is obviously saving us they are getting read of the other grade'...	Cape Town Curious	0	1166	Oct 19, 2023 by Cape Town Curious
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