Useful laws to know

Kalvaer said:
Its also a sad fact that most of them can be bribed

I've spotted the Traffic police setting up a camera at a bridge over a river on a highway(R59 before the engen blockhouse) , and then climbing down with their fishing poles and going fishing.
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Sounds like the cops are heavily underpaid to me. :D
 
Sounds like the cops are heavily underpaid to me.
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Anyone "working" for the government is underpaid and overworked. There's a -huge- salary descrepancy between "managers" [the less they spend on salaries the more they get paid] and the ones that are suppose to DO the work [i.e. cops,traffic officers,teachers,nurses etc].

If you get a speeding fine in SA, it will 80% of the time be from a stationary camera [no human interaction]. Only times when you see traffic officers are during peak-holiday season THEN they are patrolling the highways the way you would expect them to patrol -normally- . [ I mean i've received a heck of a bunch of fines in my lifetime, not a single one was "written" to me by a traffic officer...i just get photos in the mail ]
 
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diabolus said:
If you get a speeding fine in SA, it will 80% of the time be from a stationary camera [no human interaction]. Only times when you see traffic officers are during peak-holiday season THEN they are patrolling the highways the way you would expect them to patrol -normally- . [ I mean i've received a heck of a bunch of fines in my lifetime, not a single one was "written" to me by a traffic officer...i just get photos in the mail ]
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How does the traffic cameras work with motorcyclists? If they shoot you from behind, they could get your license number, but it'd be impossible to prove that the actual owner of the vehicle was riding the motorcycle.
 
Eurotrash said:
How does the traffic cameras work with motorcyclists? If they shoot you from behind, they could get your license number, but it'd be impossible to prove that the actual owner of the vehicle was riding the motorcycle.
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In SA, they don't have to prove who the driver was - the fine goes to the owner.

With motorcycles it's not an issue anyway - 95% of performance bikes don't have numberplates at all. Usually when they get caught, it's in police operations.
 
What is the longest you can work for a company directly as a contractor before they have to offer you a permanent job?
 
duderoo said:
What is the longest you can work for a company directly as a contractor before they have to offer you a permanent job?
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Your whole life?
 
duderoo said:
What is the longest you can work for a company directly as a contractor before they have to offer you a permanent job?
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Well, this is an interesting question. According to law, the contract in place is the only consideration. According to SARS, 3 months.
 
Could not see anything in there that states that if you are empployed directly with a company, rather than through an agency, on a contractual basis they need to offer you a permanent position?
 
Sorry dude, maybe I should explain better. In terms of a contractual basis, you are bound by the terms of the contract. That's normal - and most folks working on a consultation basis will be contracted employees. SARS does not make that distinction if the Employer pays PAYE for the Employee - i.e. in SARS' opinion you are a permanent employee.

Labourers who work for any amount of time without signing a contract, are considered permanent employees in the eyes of the law.If a contract exists between a labourer and a Labour Broker, then this is subject to the legal bindings of that contract, and in SARS' opinion, this constitutes a fair contractual employment, and the employer is therefore not responsible for PAYE. SARS also views individuals working for company X for more than 3 months without a contract as permanent employees.
 
kingmonty thanks for the info, but it is not what I was thinking of, as that is for tax purposes....thanks anyway.
 
When buying something ' As is '

If you purchase something ' as is ' but can prove that the owner was aware of defects but did not disclose them to you at the time of sale, you can ask for your money back. For example you buy a car and it has a problem, you take it into get it fixed and they say that this car was in the other day and they told the owner it was on the way out, you then have your proof. If the seller then says, but I sold it to you ' as is ' you can tell them you found out that they knew it had that fault and ' as is ' no longer protects them - I have seen some agreements of purchase for big items such as houses that try their best to work around this - Again there are those that think, " The customer has no rights " and "Do one to others, before they do one to you "

While on the topic, if a company professes expert knowledge publicly, for example a computer company that has a Logo or catch phrase like " We are the best and know everything " - In the event of a Latent or Patent defect being found in their goods, they are also liable for costs, ie if your PC went down and the hard drive was toast, they are liable for the downtime and data recovery etc
 
Another one: you know those signs in shops saying "You break it, you bought it"? They cannot be enforced. Accidental breakages in a shop are considered a cost of doing business, and a shop cannot force you to pay for something you broke.

Of course, if you did it deliberately they could have you charged with malicious damage to property, and if you did something really stupid they could sue you for negligence, I suppose.
 
Another one: you know those signs in shops saying "You break it, you bought it"? They cannot be enforced. Accidental breakages in a shop are considered a cost of doing business,
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I thought so, no wonder Pick 'n Pay don't do much about the many dropped bottles of tomato sauce I've seen over the years, they just send a cleaner to go clean it up. Usually shops with these "you break you pay" are run by the sort I have come to recognize over the years as being greedy and really full of bad attitude and bad service.
 
any1 knows about any laws relating to wireless connectivity? as in, computer wireless connection.
Connecting to open AP's, when does it become ilegal? is wardriving ilegal?
 
bguy9 said:
Thanks for taking your time to awnser! really apreciatted!
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Oh geez take a chill pill, I can't be expected to answer every question that others are too lazy to look up themselves. I suggest you look at Icasa's site, under 'telecoms', under 'regulations in force'. Or do a simple search for the term 'wireless' on their site.

[Or send captainwifi a PM (snigger snigger) :)]
 
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