“Tet 011 4754044 + Fax 011 475 451 + Ema nfo@atbine.co.z + Docex: Docex5 Flori Lodgment: 495 Johannesburg Sibusiso Mlotywa Identity Number : 960512 5718 087 DTB Attorneys Inc. P.O, Box 1018 Fontainebleau 2032 Private and Confidential By Hand Dear Sibusiso CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT We have pleasure in confirming your appointment in the position of an administrative clerk with effect from 1 April 2024. At this stage, you will report to Nelien du Toit and your appointment will furthermore be regulated by the undermentioned terms and conditions of employment. Poe eke) Cee ete thc teenie co ee coonPage2 4. PROBATION PERIOD 1.1. Your permanent appointment is dependent upon your successful completion of a three month probation period. During this probation period, your suitability for permanent employment will be evaluated and handled in terms of the relevant labour legislation's provisions. 1.2 During your probation period, your performance will also be monitored and evaluated, 1.3 The permanency of your employment will only be confirmed on your successful completion of the aforesaid probation period. 2. REMUNERATION 2.1 You will receive a fixed NETT remuneration package of R 4 100.00 per month. The salary package is cost-to-company, and excluded in the Nett amount are all the employee and employer contributions to the customary and statutory contributions, such as, UIF, taxes, levies and so forth. 2.2 Your salary will be paid monthly in arrears on or about the last business day of the month. 23 Salaries are reviewed once per annum and, should an increase be decided upon by senior management, such increase will normally be effective from March of such a year. : 2.4 By means of your signature to this agreement, the Firm is given authorisation to deduct any monies which are deductible in terms of statute, as well as other monies owed by the employee to the Firm, from your remuneration or monies due to you, 2.5 The latter authorisation also includes any instalments of loan with the Firm. On termination of this agreement, the outstanding balance of such loan is payable immediately and the Firm is so authorised, by means of the employee's signature to this document, to deduct such outstanding monies from the employee's remuneration and/or other monies due to you, eer Sheeran een Net) eon)3. 5. Page3 BONUS 3.1 The payment of a discretionary bonus, up to a 13" cheque, as defined in Paragraph 2.1, is considered annually by the Firm. Such bonus payment is not an entitlement nor guaranteed and is furthermore conditional upon a Firm decision which will be based on, amongst others, factors such as the Firm's profitability and other financial and operational considerations and/or your individual performance. Should such a bonus payment be decided upon by the Firm, such payment will be made at a time deemed appropriate by the firm. 3.2 Any entitlement to a bonus, as explained in paragraph 3.1, will only be applicable after 12 months service with the Firm. WORKING HOURS 4.1 Your normal daily working hours from Monday to Friday are 08h00 to 16h30 with a hour lunch time. 4.2 Inyour position it could be required of you to work longer hours as those detailed in paragraph 4.1 and, by your signature to this document, you agree to work such reasonable extra hours as and when required to. 43 Payment for overtime worked, if applicable, will be paid for in terms of the relevant legislation's provisions. DUTIES 5.1 Carry out all such reasonable or lawful functions and duties as are from time to time assigned to you in a proper and diligent manner, 5.2 Obey and comply with all lawful and reasonable instructions given to you by your superior, 5.3 Be loyal to the company and to promote the business and reputation of the company. 5.4 Duties to be carried out include (but is not limited to): Assisting the team with the following: Opening of files; Conducting deeds office searches; Sending out first letters to Clients; Doing follow ups; wet Sag eects eae cise) Se ee ae eee ee tec eM one a em Coe Rested ee Sar) Peer a Reg. No: 2003/0301:Page 4 * Any administrative functions as the Senior Conveyancing Secretary to who you have to report may require. 6. EXPENSES ‘Any intended purchases or expenses incurred for or on behalf of the Firm, for example, customer entertainment, stationary, travel, accommodation, any other expenses or disbursements for and/or on behalf of the Firm or its clients, and so on, must be approved by management prior to incurring the cost. 7. NOTICE PERIOD 7.1 During the first three months of your employment period, the notice period will be one week and such notice, given by either party, must be in writing. 7.2 After the first three months of your employment period, the notice period to be given by either party, in writing, will be one month, 7.3. Nothing contained in this agreement prevents the Firm from terminating this agreement without notice for any reason or cause recognised in law as being just and sufficient grounds for such termination. 7.4 On termination of your employment, for whatever reason, you will immediately retum or give to the Firm all documentation and other property of the Firm or its clients which are in your possession or under your control including, but not limited to, customer, supplier and client information, any other documentation Pertaining to your duties, and so on, and you undertake not to retain or make copies thereof for your own or any other purpose 8. ANNUAL LEAVE 8.1 You are entitled to 15 working days leave for each completed year of service with the Firm, which accumulates on the basis of 1.25 working days per completed month of service. 8.2 Leave shall be granted not later than six months after completion of each period of 12 consecutive months of employment. 8.3 Leave shall not be granted to run concurrent with any period of sick leave granted in terms of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (‘the BCEA’), or with a notice period of termination of a contract of service. 8.4 All requests for annual leave should be made in writing no less than 1 month prior to the intended period of leave. 85 The granting of annual leave will be dependent upon the Firm's operational requirements and will, furthermore and with specific reference to ‘peak season leave" (Christmas and Easter holidays), be based on the principle of “one season on and one season off” % “5M end c eke) Serta errs Se oo Lee ewe ert PO Box 1018 + Fontainebleau + ea Seed Ca ESS tees)Page 5 86 — Any outstanding leave as at the time of termination of your employment and accumulated in terms of this agreement, will be paid out to you. 9 SICK LEAVE 9.1 You are entitled to a maximum of 30 working days paid sick leave per 36 months’ period of employment, which includes an entitlement to 5 working days sick leave during the first six months of employment. 9.2 Should you be absent from work for more than two consecutive days, you must provide the Firm with a medical certificate in compliance with section 23 of the BCEA. 9.3 Should you be off sick on more than two occasions during an eight-week period, you will be required to produce a medical certificate, as defined heretofore. 9.4 Where an employee has been booked off sick the employee must present a medical certificate to the Firm or telefax same by no later than the 2" day of such absence. 9.5 Furthermore, any employee that will not be reporting for duty due to illness, is to notify his/her direct superior telephonically by 10h00 on the first day of absence, or as soon as is reasonably possible. 9.6 — Where an employee is off sick on a Friday or Monday or on any day before or after a public holiday, the Firm must also be provided with a medical/doctor's certificate for such absence. 10. FAMILY RESPONSIBILITY LEAVE 3 ns of 10.1. After 4 months of continuous service with the Firm, you are entitled to a total days paid leave per year, not per incident, in accordance with the Basic Con Employment Act, for events listed therein. 10.2 Family responsibility leave will be granted on your submission of proof of the event for which it is required. 14.0VERTIME WORK 11.1 The nature of the Firm’s business is such that overtime work is essential from time to time. The employee therefore agrees and undertakes to work overtime as and When required by the Firm, subject to the provisions of current legislation. 11.2 This requirement to work overtime could also include the occasional requirement to work public holidays or weekends. 11.3. Ifapplicable, payment for overtime worked or time given off in lieu of overtime worked will be as per the Basic Conditions of Employment Act's provisions. This does not simply that the Firm agrees to pay or give time off in respect of overtime. we 5M See eee Ceo a) Pear Ce ee ee ee oe en Net) Co een see! In association with JP Steyn (Pretoria) ee) Cae ]Pageé worked for any employee earning in excess of the relevant earnings threshold as defined in the BCEA. 12, OTHER EMPLOYMENT 12.1 _ Itis a condition of service that you may not be engaged in any business, trade or undertaking, whether directly or indirectly, other than that of the Firm, unless prior written authorisation is obtained from the Firm's senior management. 12.2 Work, other than Firm work, may only be undertaken by you outside of working hours with prior written authorisation from the Firm's senior management. 12.3 _ In respect of the aforesaid, no Firm written authorisation will be made, unless an employee has made a written request. 13, PUBLIC HOLIDAYS The Firm adheres to public holidays as are gazetted annually. 14, MATERNITY LEAVE Maternity leave for female employees will be granted for a maximum of 3 months. The employee will not be paid during such time. Maternity leave for male employees will be granted in terms of a written agreement approved by management and will comply with the provisions of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act. The employee will not be paid during such time. 15. SEARCHES By your signature to this document, you agree to submit yourself to searches of your person and possessions by a person designated by the Firm. 16. CONFIDENTIALITY 16.1 During the course of your employment, you will be exposed to or be privy to information of a confidential, private, sensitive or personal nature (hereinafter referred to collectively as information’). 16.2 All such information (including, inter alia, documents and files), which come in your Possession or to your knowledge during your period of employment with this Firm, is to be treated with strict confidentiality and shall remain the property of the Firm 16.3 You are expressly forbidden to disclose such information or to discuss it with any unrelated third party within the Firm's business or outside, either during your ‘employment with the Firm or thereafter, other than with prior written permission from. management. 16.4 The inappropriate disclosure of any information to members of staff, who would normally not need such information in order to fulfil their employment tasks, is forbidden. Such disclosure of unauthorised information is a grave offence and will carry severe disciplinary action. are Cae venue & Rugby Street + Weltevreden Park + 1709 | Coentaad Barend du Toit (B.A. LLB) ( Tee See ae te ee) Cee SECs]Page7 16.5 You are further prohibited from making use of the aforesaid information after your contract with the Firm has terminated, 17. LOADING OF SOFTWARE, COMPUTER AND E-MAIL REGULATIONS 17.1 No software of any form will be loaded onto any of the Firm’s Personal Computers, Servers or Laptops without the prior written approval of Senior Management. This is to combat the introduction of computer viruses onto the ‘operating system. Loading software without approval is a serious disciplinary offence. 17.2 Kindly also note the rule as detailed in paragraph 22.2 of this agreement. 17.3. The loading of data backups and/or the forwarding of Firm e-mails to your personal or any non-firm employee's computer or laptop is strictly forbidden, 17.4 You may not use the Firm's e-mail, internet or any other IT facility for your personal interests, private affairs, personal work or personal communication, 17.5 As such, the Firm's computer/laptop allocated to you, is done on the basis that it is a tool to enable you to perform your Firm duties/functions. 17.6 The computerilaptop allocated to you and all data on it is viewed to be a Firm asset and/or Firm data. As such, the Firm retains the right to have full access, at any time, to such equipment and data. You, furthermore, by means of your signature to this document agree to the Firm having access to the said computer and data, including data of a personal nature. 17.7 Any contravention of the rules under paragraph 18 will be viewed to be a very serious offence. 18. OTHER FIRM RULES / DIRECTIVES / POLICIES 18.1 You agree and accept to abide by the Firm's policies, disciplinary procedure, grievance procedure and all other procedures, a copy of which is available from senior management during working hours, for your perusal. You further agree hereby to familiarise yourself with the contents of these policies and procedures, and to comply with same. You are herewith also notified that the Firm’s policies/rules, are, in addition to those contained in this agreement, also contained in memos/letters. 18.2 With specific reference to the Firm's disciplinary policy/procedure/code, you, by means of your signature to this document, confirm that you have read, understood and accepted same. 19, LAWS APPLICABLE 19.1 This agreement and in particular those areas not dealt with in this agreement, will be regulated by the relevant labour laws of South Africa, 19.2 In so far as your remuneration may be in excess of the earnings threshold as determined in terms of section 6(3) of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and Sse neers eee ee Seat ry cra 7Pages as amended and published from time to time in the Government Gazette, your are to. take note of the fact that you are excluded from certain provisions of the said Act, as mentioned in the Act. 20. RELATIONS ‘Apart from generally acceptable and customary standards required to maintain sound relations with suppliers, clients, colleagues and principles, it will be expected of you to not damage such relations. In this regard, you will be required to not, through your conduct or performance or any communication, be the cause of any damaged relations. 21. INFORMATION DISCLOSURE 21.1 By your signature to this agreement, you agree that, in addition to any other legal entitlement, the Firm will have access to any Firm equipment and/or data which could include having access to your e-mail and/or your computer. 21.2 That, by your signature to this agreement, you acknowledge that you may not use the Firm's e-mail or internet facilities for your personal interests or private affairs and that a transgression in this regard will be viewed to be a very serious disciplinary offence. 21.3. That, by your signature to this agreement, you also agree that the Firm may read all information on your computer for purposes of monitoring compliance with the Firm policies 22. RESTRAINT OF TRADE 22.1 As an employee of the Firm, by reason of association and service, you will acquire knowledge of the Firm’s trade secrets, sources of supply, patents of trade, business methods, suppliers, production methods, costing, pricing and clientele. Such knowledge could be advantageous to the competitors of the Firm. You therefore undertake: 22.2 Not to, directly or indirectly, either as principal, agent, partner, representative, shareholder, director or employee, be associated with, interested in, (which expression also includes, inter alia, the loan or advancement of money to), interest yourself in any firm, company, person, or for your own account or group carrying on business in competition with that of the Firm and use any such knowledge or information to compete unfairly and/or untawfully with the Firm 22.3 Not to solicit, in competition with the Firm, a customer or supplier who, as at the date of termination of your employment, is or was a customer or supplier of the Firm; and 22.4 _Inessence, this restraint does not preclude the employee from working or doing the same type of work, but the employee is merely restrained from, for example, using the information as detailed in paragraph 23.1.1 above and/or to do work for Firm clients and/or suppliers and/or to compete unlawfully and/or unfairly. 22.5 These restraints take immediate effect and shall endure for a period of 12 (twelve) months from date of termination of your employment, whatever the reason for Seat Coa Soe tera teres te ee) COCs Cees ene) CeesPaged termination. As regards the area, this restraint is limited to the Republic of South Africa, 22.6 _ In agreeing to this contract of employment, you agree that the restraints set out, are reasonable in all aspects. 22.7 You also agree that the restraint provisions are separable and divisible from each other and they also survive termination of this agreement for whatever reason. 23. INVENTIONS 23.1 Any inventions and/or improvements and/or any work done by you while in the ‘employ of the Firm shall be the property of the Firm per se andior remain the property of the Firm, 23.2 Any inventions and/or improvements and/or any work done by you while in the employ of the Firm shall not only remain the property of the Firm, but will also be categorised as falling under paragraph 17's "confidential" provisions and, if applicable, paragraph 23's “restraint of trade" provisions. 24. SMOKING RULES 24.1 Smoking is not permitted in the Firm buildings/offices. 24.2 Employees may smoke during Tea and Lunch breaks or after hours and only in allocated smoking areas and at no other time. 24.3 We wish to take this opportunity of welcoming you to your new position and trust that our association will be a long and mutually beneficial one. 24.4 Should you find this agreement acceptable, kindly indicate your acceptance by initialing each page and signing hereunder. 25. RETIREMENT AGE The Firm’s normal retirement age is 60 years, however, same is further more regulated by a separate policy which is available to you upon your request. Yours sincerely Ndufoit Management 4 deste Mees hereby confirm that | fully understand the contents of this agreement and that | accept and agree to the above terms and conditions of employment. Name: Signature: Seen a) Ree er: SOUL ee eee ee ae eee ec ean CoS ar Ce nse) eee rc) ed Coe TLS