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• Managing my credit record
  You stop at the car dealership on your way home from work. The sales person greets you by name, you've been here many times before....full article
  
• Give Credit where credit is due
  Phrases such as Black-Listing, credit profile and Credit Bureaux are known to us but it would appear that very few people know how these concepts affect our day to day lives...full article
  
• Retail Motor Industry (RMI) Legal Articles
  As any RMI member who has had the misfortune of becoming caught up in legal action will tell you, the legal costs involved with litigation have become so expensive that enforcing our rights almost becomes impossible...full article
  
• In the company of companies
  The best known form of a Company is a Private Company, having share capital and the most important characteristic is that the risk attaching to those who have contributed to the share capital, does not extend further than the amount which they paid for their shares...full article
  
• There when you need us
  Businessmen seldom profit from legal intervention, as it is mostly aimed at enforcing a right you already have or collecting money you are already owed...full article
  
• Close corporations
  In the last issue, we gave consideration to the sole proprietorship and the partnership as forms as business enterprise available to RMI members. In this issue, attention will be given to close corporations...full article
  
• My business and the Internet
  In this uniquely South African Business Environment, small to medium Enterprises have more readily embraced the new frontier of Electronic Interaction, from simple computerisation of smaller tasks within in the business, e-mail and sms communication with clientele, to the development and the design of a company website...full article
  
• Doing business over the Internet
  In last month’s issue we gave a brief overview related to a business website which could cause loss, liability and risk for a company and its managers or directors if not managed correctly...full article
  
• Is my business providing credit?
  This is the third article in a serious on Credit and how the Credit Bureau and the National Credit Act (the NCA) has changed the way we transact our credit lives. In this issue we consider the influence of the NCA and our business and ask the question “Is my business providing credit?”...full article
  
• The right of retention
  This is the first in a series of short articles, from the RMI4Law, Legal Risk Management Programme, which will focus on legal principles and processes, specifically geared for the SME owner in the South African automotive industry...full article
  
• Retention of Documents
  When conducting any kind of business in South Africa there is one reality no one can escape from: The dreaded requirement of document retention. Whether you are a one-man operation working from the boot of your car or a multinational corporation, the rules are the same...full article
  
• 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...full article
  
• 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 sum certain in money to a specified person or his order, or to bearer...full article
  
• New Numberplates for Gauteng
  The replacement schedule for existing number plates for motor vehicles registered in the Gauteng Province was published in the Gauteng Provincial Gazette No 265 on the 10 th of December 2009...full article
  
• Disciplinary Steps Against an Employee
  When taking disciplinary steps against an employee it is important to note that all disciplinary steps stand on two legs namely fair process and fair reasons...full article
  
• Injury on Duty
  An employee who is injured or contracts a disease in the course of duty (or his family in the event of death) is entitled to the payment of compensation in respect of temporary and permanent disability and death...full article