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Agreements

Employment & Engagement

Employment, contractor, restraint-of-trade and engagement agreements for the people who work in your business.

Restraint of Trade

Enforceable post-employment and sale-of-business protection — drafted to survive the South African reasonableness test, not just to look tough on paper.

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Employment Agreement

A South African employment contract that meets the BCEA floor and section 29 — with enforceable probation, confidentiality and restraint clauses that actually hold up.

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Fixed-Term Employment Contract

What a Fixed-Term Employment Contract is and what it must contain under South African law.

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Executive / Director Service Agreement

What a Executive / Director Service Agreement is and what it must contain under South African law.

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Independent Contractor Agreement

A contract for services that actually holds up under the dominant-impression test — not a label that collapses into an employment relationship the moment it is challenged.

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Consultancy Agreement

What a Consultancy Agreement is and what it must contain under South African law.

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Freelancer Agreement

What a Freelancer Agreement is and what it must contain under South African law.

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Sales Agency Agreement

What a Sales Agency Agreement is and what it must contain under South African law.

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Influencer Agreement

What a Influencer Agreement is and what it must contain under South African law.

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Commission / Sales Rep Agreement

A commission deal that says exactly when commission is earned, when it is paid, and what happens on resignation — and that does not quietly turn your

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Employee Confidentiality & IP Assignment

Lock down ownership of the code, designs, content and inventions your team creates — and the secrets they handle — with a clause that fills the gaps the Copyright Act leaves open.

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Secondment Agreement

What a Secondment Agreement is and what it must contain under South African law.

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Internship & Learnership Agreement

What a Internship & Learnership Agreement is and what it must contain under South African law.

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Mutual Separation & Settlement

A clean, voluntary exit on terms that hold up — full and final settlement, a valid waiver of claims, and a severance package structured for the SARS directive.

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Workplace Policies Pack

The disciplinary, grievance, leave, harassment and POPIA-at-work policies a South African employer needs — and what makes them enforceable at the CCMA.

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Why you can trust this: Martin Kotze has been an admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa, registered Conveyancer, and Notary Public since 2014, practising from Pretoria. The firm is regulated by the Legal Practice Council under firm registration 17444.

This guide is general information, not legal advice for your specific matter.