Van Tonder

Nov 27, 2024 | ebnet.co.za | Van Tonder |Webber Wentzel

Wolves in sheep’s clothing: The importance of investigating malicious whistleblowing  Lionel van Tonder, Director, Aaqilah Nagdee, Senior Associate and Delon Small, In-House Counsel, at Webber Wentzel As discussed by Webber Wentzel’s employment team, whistleblowing can be abused by those seeking to further their own ends or purposefully harm an individual or wider organisation.

Sep 19, 2024 | ebnet.co.za | Van Tonder

Two-pot reforms: implications for financial planners  Jaco van Tonder, Advisor Services Director at Ninety One Much has been written about the significant changes resulting from the new two-pot retirement fund system that went live on 1 September 2024.

Jun 19, 2024 | bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com | Van Niekerk |Van Tonder |Cape Town

The total number of participants used for analysis was 1718 (1584 - self-inflicted ingestion, 134 - other-inflicted ingestion). Table 1 demonstrates the variances between those who suffered ingestion of harmful substances through self-inflicted ingestion as compared to those who suffered such injury through other-inflicted ingestion. As seen in Table 1, females constituted a much greater proportion of injuries due to ingestion of harmful substances (72.7%) than males (27.3%).

May 20, 2024 | ebnet.co.za | Van Tonder

New Corporate ADR policy brings South Africa in line with international best practice  Lionel van Tonder, Director and Nick Alp, Partner at Webber Wentzel The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) recently published its Corporate Alternative Dispute Resolution (C-ADR) Policy, which allows the use of an alternative mechanism to resolve criminal cases against companies, as opposed to only relying on normal criminal court proceedings. Therefore, companies implicated in corruption may, in certain...

Apr 30, 2024 | ebnet.co.za | Van Tonder

PRECCA updates emphasise third-party accountability and proactive anti-corruption  Lionel Van Tonder, Director & Danniel Kruger, Senior Forensic Manager at Webber Wentzel South Africa is continuously suffering from the effects of corruption and drainage of resources, some of which were highlighted in the State Capture saga. Optimistically, significant changes have occurred in the public and private spheres to ensure that the industrial-scale corruption perpetrated does not continue to repeat...