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These terms and conditions govern:

  • Your access and use of the Website, newsletters and other publications published by SAIBA, SAIBA's social media platforms and other SAIBA platforms (collectively called "Resources");

  • All applications for membership, designations and/or licenses submitted to SAIBA via the Website; and

  • The payment of membership and/or other fees due to SAIBA.

By using any of the Resources, you confirm that you have read, understand and agree to these terms and conditions. In the event that you are representing a company or other entity, you represent to SAIBA that you are duly authorised to do so and that these terms and conditions constitute valid and binding obligations on such company or entity, in which case “you” and “your” will refer to such company or entity.

If you do not have such authority or you do not agree with these terms and conditions, you must not accept these terms and conditions and may not use any of the resources

Your attention is specifically drawn to clauses 6 and 7 that limit the risk and liability of, and impose an obligation on you to indemnify, SAIBA, and other parties.

  1. DEFINITIONS

    1. “Account” refers to the account created by you on the Website.

    2. “Benefit” refers to any discount or payment.

    3. “Business Day” refers to any day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or official public holiday in the Republic of South Africa.

    4. “CPD” means continuing professional development.

    5. “Data” refers to Personal Information as defined in the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 25 of 2002 and/or in the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 and/or third party information provided by you pursuant to your use of the Website.

    6. “Forum” means letters, e-mails or other types of communications to the editors, Webmaster(s) or employees of SAIBA, and messages posted in connection with the SAIBA discussion forum.

    7. “OTP” means one-time pin.

    8. “SAIBA” refers to South African Institute for Business Accountants NPC, a non-profit company incorporated in accordance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa under registration number 1990/005364/08.

    9. “SAIBA Academy” refers to SAIBA’s centralised training and education platform for all its membership entry exams, CPD, licenses, and executive education, and Training Material hosted on this platform will only be made available to SAIBA members.

    10. “These/the Terms and Conditions” refer to these terms and conditions.

    11. “Website” refers to any part or element of www.saiba.org.za, including but not limited to its sub-domain https://accounts.saiba.org.za, www.saiba.academy, www.cfotalks.com and www.accountingweekly.com

  2. PART A: GENERAL USE OF THE RESOURCES

  3. YOUR ACCOUNT

    1. In order to access and use certain of the Resources, you will be required to register an account on the Website and submit certain personal information, such as your names, e-mail address and billing information. Thereafter, you will be assigned a unique username and password.

    2. You confirm that all the information you provide is accurate and complete in all respects and you undertake to notify SAIBA of any changes to such information by editing your Account information timeously.

    3. You confirm that should you erroneously receive any Benefit that is not due to you in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, you will report it to SAIBA immediately to be rectified. In the event of an erroneous payment that was made to you by SAIBA, you will be liable to refund such erroneous payment to SAIBA immediately. In the event of an erroneous discount granted to you by SAIBA, you will be liable for the amount charged by SAIBA as if no discount was granted.

    4. Once your Account has been successfully created, you will receive an e-mail confirming your registration on the Website. Your Account is for your personal use and you will be responsible for securing your Account login details. You will not, save as contemplated in these Terms and Conditions, share your Account login details with any third party or permit any third party to gain access to your Account.

    5. If the security or confidentiality of your Account is compromised or you believe that a third party has gained unauthorised access to your Account, you will notify SAIBA in writing and ensure that the password for that Account is changed immediately. You will be responsible for all transactions performed using your Account login details.

  4. USE OF THE RESOURCES

    1. You undertake to:

      1. solely use the Resources for the purposes for which they are intended and in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, and for no other purpose;

      2. not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Resources, or attempt to do so;

      3. not attempt to gain unauthorised access to Resources or related systems or networks;

      4. not circumvent, remove, alter, deactivate, degrade or thwart any of the protections in respect of the Resources or your Account;

      5. not copy, reproduce, frame, hyperlink, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute the Resources, or any part thereof, without the prior written consent of SAIBA is obtained and SAIBA is credited with providing the information;

      6. not circumvent, remove, alter, deactivate, degrade or thwart any of the protections in respect of the Resources or your Account

      7. not use any code, software or device to interfere or attempt to manipulate the Resources or any part, function or feature thereof and/or interfere with their proper working;

      8. not use the Resources to obtain or distribute material which is defamatory, unlawful or constitutes hate speech;

      9. not use the Resources to obtain or distribute bulk e-mail, whether solicited or unsolicited;

      10. not use any robot, spider, or other automatic devices, or manual process to monitor or copy the Resources or any part thereof;

      11. not use the Resources for “spoofing”, “hacking”, “flaming”, “cracking” or “spamming”; and

      12. not intercept any information transmitted to or from SAIBA or this Website.

    2. You may download, where specifically permitted one copy of the Resources on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial use within your home or organisation only, provided that you will not attempt to or modify, alter or remove any copyright and other proprietary notices which reflect SAIBA as the owner thereof.

  5. POSTING IN FORUMS AND COMMUNICATIONS

    1. You will not upload to, distribute through, or otherwise, publish through a Forum or in the Resources any content which is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, illegal, or otherwise objectionable that would constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise give rise to liability or violates any law.

    2. Forums including Accounting Weekly will be used only in a non-commercial manner. You will not, without our expressed approval, distribute or otherwise publish any material containing any solicitation of funds, promotion, advertising, or solicitation for goods or services. You specifically acknowledge that soliciting other users of Resources to join or become members of any commercial online or offline service or other organisation is expressly prohibited.

    3. In general, we will not monitor or edit or disclose the contents of Forum materials unless required in the course of normal maintenance of the Resources or unless required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to:

      1. comply with the law;

      2. protect and defend the legitimate business interests, rights or property of SAIBA, it’s users, advertisers, customers, sponsors, advertisers or affiliates; and

      3. in an emergency to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

    4. You will remain solely responsible for the content of your communications and SAIBA has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any Forum communications and content.

    5. By uploading materials to any Forum or submitting any materials to SAIBA, you automatically grant (or warrant that the owner of such rights has expressly granted) SAIBA a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and distribute such materials or incorporate such materials into any form, medium, or technology now known or later developed throughout the universe.

    6. All communication should be in English and you understand that SAIBA will try its best to assist you in English. 

  6. AVAILABILITY OF THE RESOURCES

    1. Whilst SAIBA uses its reasonable commercial endeavours to ensure that the Resources are available at all reasonable times, SAIBA does not warrant that the Resources will be uninterrupted.

  7. DISCLAIMER

    1. SAIBA has prepared the Resources as a service to its members. The Resources are provided for information purposes only and do not constitute advice or a recommendation of any nature.

    2. The Resources are provided “as is” without any warranties, including but not limited to:

      1. express or implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, compatibility of the Resources with your software or devices, title and non-infringement or about their suitability, reliability or accuracy; and

      2. that the Resources are free of viruses, destructive materials or any other data or code which is able to corrupt, compromise, jeopardise, disrupt, disable, harm or otherwise impede in any manner the operation of your computer system, computer network or your hardware or software.

    3. While SAIBA uses all reasonable and commercial endeavours to ensure that the contents of the Resources are accurate and lawful, SAIBA makes no representation or warranty, whether expressed or implied, as to the operation, integrity, availability or functionality of this website or as to the accuracy, lawfulness or reliability of the Resources. Your use of the Resources is at your own risk.

    4. Moreover, the Resources or parts thereof may be provided by third parties and users. Please bear in mind that any opinions, advice, statements, services, office or other information expressed or made available by a third party, including information providers, users or others are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and do not necessarily state or reflect those of SAIBA.

    5. Any reference to any specific commercial product, service or process, (or provider of such product, process or service), by trade name, trademark, hyperlink or otherwise, does not constitute or imply an endorsement, recommendation, or favouring by SAIBA.

  8. EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY

    1. You absolve SAIBA and its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, employees, contractors and agents(“the Indemnified Parties”) from all liability  and indemnify them against any claim by you or any person for damages or loss of whatever nature (including but not limited to special or consequential damages) arising directly or indirectly from your use of, or reliance upon, the Resources or any part thereof.

  9. CHANGE OF MATERIAL

    1. Any views or statements made or expressed on this website are not necessarily the views of SAIBA, its affiliates, employees, servants and/or agents.

    2. Any of the information on this website may be changed by SAIBA without notice.

    3. SAIBA reserves the right, at its discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms and Conditions at any time. Such changes will be effected by way of publication thereof on the Website, and you waive any right you may have to receive specific notice of such changes or modifications.

  10. INTELLECTUAL Property Rights

    1. The Resources are proprietary to SAIBA. Except as provided for in these Terms and Conditions, you will not reproduce, modify or create derivative works from the Resources without SAIBA’s prior written consent.

    2. You acknowledge and agree, as between you and SAIBA:

      1. All intellectual property rights in and to the SAIBA logo, trademark, SAIBA designations and Resources, including all source information, data and code, vest in SAIBA.

      2. You will not, and will not permit or assist any third party, to infringe SAIBA’s rights in and to the SAIBA logo, trademark, SAIBA designations and Resources.

    3. You will not challenge, question or dispute SAIBA’s right, title and interest to any of its intellectual property rights in and to the SAIBA logo, trademark, SAIBA designations and Resources, nor the ownership thereof or assist any other person or entity to do so.

  11. THIRD PARTY LINKS

    1. To the extent that the Resources contain links to third party websites, services and resources, SAIBA does not control the availability and content of those third party websites, services and resources. Your use of such other websites, services and resources are entirely at your own risk and SAIBA is not responsible for any claim for loss or damages, whether direct, indirect or consequential, arising from your use of such other websites, services and resources or your reliance on any information contained therein.

    2. Any concerns regarding any such service or resource, or any link thereto, should be directed to the particular party providing such service or resource.

    3. SAIBA, its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, servants and/or agents do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for the contents, maintenance of, or activities conducted on any third party websites irrespective of whether links to such websites are included in the Resources.

    4. You are not permitted to “deep link” to this website or to “frame” any part of this website, without the prior written permission of SAIBA.

  12. DATA COLLECTION

    1. SAIBA will process your Data only to the extent it is strictly necessary to perform its obligations in terms of these Terms and Conditions. In doing so, SAIBA undertakes to comply at all times with all applicable legislation in force in South Africa from time to time.

    2. SAIBA will not share, rent or sell your Data disclosed to it with third parties except under the following circumstances:

      1. where you consent or authorise SAIBA to share the information, including in these Terms and Conditions;

      2. with service providers, affiliates and partners who perform services on SAIBA’s behalf;

      3. as may be required by law; or

      4. when, in the sole opinion of SAIBA, it is necessary to do so to protect its rights or your safety or the safety of others, or to investigate and/or prevent fraud or a breach of security.

    3. SAIBA will store and use any of your Data collected pursuant to these Terms and Conditions only for so long as you are a member of SAIBA and as may be necessary to comply with any applicable laws, resolve disputes and to enforce its agreements.

    4. For more information on how SAIBA processes your Data, please refer to SAIBA’s privacy policy, which is incorporated in full herein by this reference.

  13. PART B: MEMBERSHIP OF SAIBA

  14. APPLICATION

    1. You agree that all information provided in an application for membership of SAIBA, designation and/or licence, and any supporting documentation attached thereto or submitted in conjunction therewith, will be true and correct in all respects. In considering your application, SAIBA will be entitled to rely on the truth and accuracy of the information and supporting documentation provided by you at face value.

    2. You undertake to deliver to SAIBA or its nominated representative the original of any document referred to in or attached to your application within 5 (five) Business Days of receipt of a request to do so in writing.

    3. You hereby irrevocably consent to and authorise:

      1. SAIBA to disclose any information and/or supporting documentation referred to in or attached to your application to the appropriate authorities, including SARS;

      2. SAIBA, or its nominated representative, to, at any time, conduct such background checks or verification checks as SAIBA deems necessary to verify the accuracy and/or correctness of any information and/or supporting documentation referred to in or attached to your application; and

      3. any entity and/or organisation, including but not limited to any University and/or Technicon and/or employer, to provide any and all information and co-operation as may be necessary to enable SAIBA or its nominated representative to verify the accuracy and correctness of any information and/or supporting documentation referred to in or attached to your application.

    4. You undertake to forthwith notify SAIBA in writing should any information in the aforesaid application change for any reason whatsoever or the information or documents no longer be true and correct in all respects.

    5. In the event that any of the information and/or supporting documentation referred to in or attached to such application prove to be inaccurate and/or false and/or misleading, you may be subject to disciplinary sanction including, but not necessarily limited to the imposition of a fine up to R10,000-00 (ten thousand Rand) together with all costs incurred by SAIBA in verifying the correctness of any information and/or supporting document submitted by you in the application.

  15. APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION, MEMORANDUM OF INCORPORATION, CODE OF CONDUCT AND RULES OF CONDUCT OF SAIBA.

      You acknowledge and agree that:

    1. by virtue of your membership of SAIBA, you will be bound by and subject to the provisions of SAIBA’s Memorandum of Incorporation, Code of Conduct and disciplinary procedures, as amended from time to time and/or as determined by SAIBA from time to time, copies of which are available on SAIBA’s website, www.saiba.org.za;

    2. you have read and are familiar with the contents of the documents referred to in clause 13.1; and

    3. should you fail to comply with any provisions of these Terms and Conditions, SAIBA’s Memorandum of Incorporation and/or code of conduct and/or standards of engagements, you will be subjected to SAIBA’s disciplinary procedures, which may result in:

      1. suspension or termination or suspension of your SAIBA membership, designation and/or licence;

      2. civil and/or criminal prosecution;

      3. reporting such conduct to all relevant authorities, including SARS;

      4. the imposition of fines, penalties or other charges by SAIBA; and

      5. in the event of termination of your SAIBA membership designation and/or licence, publication of your identity and sanction on SAIBA’s website.

  16. DURATION OF MEMBERSHIP AND MEMBERSHIP FEES

    1. You confirm that, once SAIBA approves your application for membership, you will be granted membership and (where appropriate) a designation in accordance with your category of membership and that, subject to payment of the requisite fees within 7 (seven) days from the invoice date, you will immediately be entitled to all the benefits and related recognition as appropriate per your membership and/or designation type.

    2. Fees are payable to SAIBA annually in advance, with no apportionment for joining during a calendar year. SAIBA has two invoice cycles: July and January. If you are registered as a member during the period May – October (“the July Cycle”), your membership, designation and licence fees will be due and payable on or before 8 July of each year. Alternatively, if you are registered as a member during the period November – April (“the January Cycle”), your membership, designation and licence fees will be due and payable on or before 8 January of each year.

    3. Your membership of SAIBA will, unless terminated in accordance with clause 18 below, be automatically renewed for further periods of 12 (twelve) months and you will be liable for payment of the full membership fee for the following year.

    4. If you fail to pay the full amount of the fees referred to above on or before the stipulated date, your membership will automatically be suspended and, notwithstanding such suspension, you will remain liable to SAIBA for payment of the full outstanding amount together with interest thereon at a rate of 2% per annum. Furthermore, your account may be handed over for collection and/or listing with credit agencies and that, in the event of any collection procedure being instituted against you, you will be liable for all costs and charges on attorney and own member scale, including that of counsel and any fees for tracing agents and experts and notwithstanding whether action had been commenced with or not.

    5. SAIBA may suspend and/or cancel your membership at any time should SAIBA determine that you do not qualify for membership and/or the designation and/or licence concerned.

    6. In the event of suspension or cancellation of your membership:

      1. you will forthwith cease all use of, and no longer be entitled to use, the SAIBA name, trademarks or designations and you will not be entitled to any benefits, rights or privileges and or recognition associated with your membership of SAIBA; and

      2. SAIBA will be entitled to institute any and all proceedings necessary to enforce its rights against you in terms of clause 14.6.1 above or in relation to the payment of monies owing to SAIBA, the costs of which will be borne by you on an attorney and member scale.

    7. All fees due to SAIBA, including any applicable administration fees, membership fees, and designation fees, are non-refundable and you will not be entitled to a full or partial refund in the event of termination or suspension of your membership;

    8. Should you overpay your account, the balance will not be refunded by will be credited to your account and allocated to your next renewal invoice.

    9. Should an exception apply and a refund be due to you, the refund made will incur a 2% handling fee which will be deducted from any amounts due to you and the remaining balance will be paid to you.

  17. PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY (PI) INSURANCE

    1. PI Insurance cover is included as a benefit for all Business Accountants in Practice SA (BAP (SA)) designation holders in good standing who have completed and submitted their insurance questionnaire, and was received by the appointed insurance broker.

    2. If a member has submitted the insurance questionnaire but does not receive a PI Policy Schedule within 5 (five) business days, it is the responsibility of the member to contact his/her Personal Portfolio Consultant (“PPC”) on their direct contact number or send an email to their PPC on their email address and follow-up;

    3. SAIBA is not a Financial Service Provider and does not provide financial advice. Any information provided regarding PI Insurance is merely a description and should not be understood as advice. SAIBA will refer all PI Insurance matters to the appointed insurance broker.

    4. If you are a BAP (SA) and you did not settle your membership fees or sign up for a debit order within 30 (thirty) days from the invoice date, you will forfeit your PI insurance cover for that particular year.

  18. DEBIT ORDER AUTHORISATION AGREEMENT

    In the event that you authorise SAIBA to debit your account with your membership, designation and/or licence fees via debit order:

    1. This authorisation may only be withdrawn by providing SAIBA 30 (thirty) days written notice to cancel the instruction;

    2. You agree to indemnify SAIBA against any claim of any nature arising from the Agreement, or from any other cause following this authorisation, irrespective whether such authorisation had been withdrawn or not;

    3. You agree that a monthly debit order will be processed against your bank account, as detailed in the Agreement, each and every month, commencing on the commencement date as stipulated in the Agreement and will continue for so long as you are indebted to SAIBA in respect of any amounts due by you in respect of an amendment, renewal, or upgrade to your designation and/or license fees with SAIBA or until a written notice of cancellation of the Agreement is made by you.  

    4. You agree that in the event that any debit order due in terms of the Agreement is rejected by your bank, all related bank rejection fees and the full amount due to SAIBA at that date, will be due and payable immediately and your account and all member benefits provided by SAIBA, will be suspended immediately;

    5. You undertake to ensure that adequate funds are available in the bank account detailed in the Agreement, to cover the amounts due in terms of the Agreement;

    6. You undertake to inform SAIBA of any changes to your bank account details as provided in the Agreement;  

    7. you acknowledge that debit order applications will only be accepted up until 20 (twenty) days after the invoice date;

    8. You agree that your debit order payment will be deducted on the one of following dates 15th, 25th and or the last day of the month;

    9. You agree that by entering the OTP you received via SMS to authorise the debit order, you have bound yourself to the terms stipulated.

  19. RECURRING PAYMENT ARRANGEMENT

    In the event that you opt to sign up for a recurring payment with one of SAIBA's Merchant Service Provider (Payfast, PAYU and Snapscan):

    1. This arrangement may be cancelled by following the instructions as determined by the Merchant Service Provider;

    2. You agree to indemnify SAIBA against any claim of any nature arising from the Arrangement;

    3. You agree that in the event that any recurring payment due in terms of the Arrangement is rejected by your bank, all related bank rejection fees and the full amount due to SAIBA at that date, will be due and payable immediately and your account and all member benefits provided by SAIBA, will be suspended immediately; 

    4. You undertake to inform the Merchant Service Provider of any changes to your bank account details as provided in the Arrangement;  

    5. You acknowledge that recurring payment arrangements will only be accepted up until 20 (twenty) days after the invoice date;

  20. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP

    1. Your membership of SAIBA may be terminated in one of the following ways:

      1. by SAIBA in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, its Memorandum of Incorporation or applicable disciplinary policies and procedures,

      2. by SAIBA in the event of a breach of these Terms and Conditions which you fail to remedy within a period of 5 (five) Business Days from the date of a written notice from SAIBA requiring you to do so; or

      3. by you by way of written notice to SAIBA delivered not less than 1 (one) month prior to the commencement of the July Cycle or the January Cycle, as the case may be.

    2. In the event of receipt of a valid termination notice in accordance with clause 18.1.3, SAIBA will terminate your registration with effect from the end of the last day of June (in the event you fall within the July Cycle) or December (in the event you fall within the January Cycle).

    3. In the event of termination of your membership:

      1. You will comply with the provisions of clause 14.6 above;

      2. All membership benefits and partner discounts (e.g. SAIT, Draftworks) will no longer apply and SAIBA’s partners will be informed accordingly for relevant discounts to be removed.

  21. PART C: TRAINING AND EDUCATION

  22. EVENTS, SUBSCRIPTIONS, WEBINARS, COURSES OR LICENSE (“TRAINING MATERIAL”)

    You undertake to complete the minimum CPD requirements imposed by SAIBA from time to time and agree to the following:

    1. Bookings and confirmation

      1. All members are required to make a booking online for any required Training Material hosted;

      2. Once a booking has been made, an invoice will be automatically generated and sent to the member;

      3. A booking will be deemed to be finalised once payment has been received;

      4. If a member has booked the Training Material but does not receive a confirmation of the booking, it is the responsibility of the member to contact his/her Personal Portfolio Consultant (“PPC”) on their direct contact number or send an email to their PPC on their email address and follow-up on the booking;

      5. Venues, times, topics, presenters, programme offerings, and online schedules are subject to change without notice and are determined solely at the discretion of SAIBA.

    2. Payment methods

      1. Payment for the Training Material can be made by credit/debit card using the payment facility on the saiba.academy website.

      2. The price of the Training Material will be the price displayed on the saiba.academy website. The price is inclusive of Value-Added Tax (“VAT”).

      3. You will receive notification that your payment was successful. If, for whatever reason, the credit/debit card payment failed, you will also be notified and will be instructed on how to proceed.

    3. Cancellations and refunds

    4. The member shall not be entitled to receive a refund for the Training Material fee, except in circumstances where:

      1. there was an overbooking by SAIBA; or

      2. the Training Material was cancelled by SAIBA.

      3. the cancellation of a booking is due to reasons of serious illness, hospitalisation or death and was submitted in writing to academy@saiba.org.za from the email address the member registered with on the saiba.academy website.

    5. Any refunds due will be made within 30 (thirty)working days after written receipt of the cancellation of the Training Material.

    6. Any refunds made will incur a 2% handling fee which will be deducted from any amounts due to you and the remaining balance will be paid to you.

    7. Banking details of the account into which the refund must be paid must be sent via email to academy@saiba.org.za from the email address the member registered with on the saiba.academy website.

    8. To ensure continued access to the Training Material, you must make, and we must receive, payment of your fees in advance.

    9. If payment of your fees is not received, access to the Training Material will be suspended. You will not have an option to book for an event/s.

    10. If your access to the Training Material is suspended, access will not be reactivated until received full payment of your fees have been received and legal action may be taken against you to recover all outstanding fees.

    11. If you opted for the monthly subscription plan and you fall in arrears or stop paying for whatever reason, the full amount due to SAIBA for the 12 month period outstanding at that time will fall due.

    12. The fees payable in respect of access to the Training Material may be amended from time to time. You will be notified of such an amendment electronically via email as soon as practicable prior to implementing it, so that if you wish to terminate the subscription you may do so.

    13. Without derogating from SAIBA’s right to terminate your subscription, SAIBA will be entitled, with or without notice, to suspend your subscription for any reason and for such period as SAIBA in its sole discretion determines to be appropriate if you engage in any activities which, in SAIBA’s sole discretion, would constitute a breach of these Terms and Conditions, contravention of any law and/or a violation and/or infringement of any rights of a third party.

    14. Should you breach any provision of these Terms and Conditions  and fail to remedy such breach within 5 (five) Business Days from the date of written notice from SAIBA calling upon you to do so, SAIBA will have the right to cancel your subscription.

    15. The termination of your subscription, for whatever reason, will not affect the rights of SAIBA which accrued before the termination of your subscription or specifically or by their nature survive such termination.

    16. CPD Subscription options

      1. Your CPD subscription grants you a limited, non-exclusive and non-transferable right to use the CPD content and services available on the saiba.academy for the duration of your subscription and in accordance with these terms and conditions.

      2. The minimum commitment to the saiba.academy is for a period of 12 (twelve) months from the date on which you subscribe, irrespective of whether you use the saiba.academy during this period or not.

      3. Your subscription will commence on the date on which you sign up and will, unless terminated earlier, continue for the period of 12 (twelve) months and thereafter will be automatically renew for a period of 12 (twelve) months:

        1. at the price charged by SAIBA at that time; and

        2. in accordance to the terms and conditions contained herein, as may be amended by SAIBA from time to time.

      4. CPD subscription plans:

        1. Once off subscription plan: The subscription is offered on a once off (prepaid) annual basis. Payment will therefore be upfront in full via credit card.

        2. Monthly subscription plan: The subscription is offered on a continual monthly basis with no specified end date. Payments will therefore be recurring on a monthly basis via credit card.

  23. PART D: GENERAL

  24. COOLING-OFF PERIOD

    1. All payments by means of an electronic transaction shall be subject to section 44 (cooling-off period) of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act No 25 of 2002, as amended. As such, members shall be entitled to cancel this agreement without reason or penalty within 7 (seven) days after the date of an event booking.

    2. If the cooling-off period under clause 20.1 does not apply, and a person is a consumer protected by the Consumer Protection Act No 68 of 2008 and the person makes a booking as a result of direct marketing, then that person shall be entitled (under section 16 (consumer's right to cooling-off period after direct marketing) of the Consumer Protection Act) to cancel this agreement within 5 (five) business days after the date of the booking by writing and submitting a detailed explanation, with full contact details to academy@saiba.org.za.

  25. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

    1. In no event will SAIBA be liable for any loss of contracts, profits, anticipated savings, revenue, goodwill, business, loss or corruption of data or software programs, financing expenses, interruption in the use or availability of data, stoppage to other work or consequential losses, nor for any indirect losses.

    2. You agree that you hereby indemnify SAIBA against damage to tangible property, whether personal or real, and death or injury to persons to the extent caused by the negligence of the other party.

    3. You understand and accept that SAIBA consistently develops its training courses in line with evolving best practices. SAIBA reserves the right to make changes to the published and/or advertised Training Material content without prior notice to the you.

  26. MARKETING

      SAIBA may use your information to contact you about promotions and services. You are entitled, at any stage, to opt out of these communications by clicking on the "Unsubscribe" option on the communication.

  27. APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION

      These Terms and Conditions are governed by and interpreted in accordance with South African law. You agree that any dispute arising out of these Terms and Conditions or the interpretation thereof, both while in force and after its termination, or any claim for payment howsoever arising will be submitted to and determined by a court of law in the Republic of South Africa has jurisdiction.

  28. CHANGES

      SAIBA may, from time to time, and in its sole discretion, change the terms of these Terms and Conditions. Such changes will be effected by way of publication thereof on its website (www.saiba.org.za), and you waive any right you may have to receive specific notice of such changes or modifications.

  29. WAIVER

      No latitude, extension of time or other indulgence which may be given or allowed by SAIBA to you in respect of the performance of any obligation or enforcement of any right arising from these Terms and Conditions and no single or partial exercise of any right by SAIBA will under any circumstances be construed to be an implied consent by SAIBA or operate as a waiver or a novation of, or otherwise affect any of SAIBA’s rights in terms of or arising from these Terms and Conditions or estop SAIBA from enforcing, at any time and without notice, strict and punctual compliance with each and every provision or term of these Terms and Conditions.

  30. NOTICES

      You choose the physical address and e-mail address reflected on your application for membership as your domicilium citandi et executandi at which all notices, legal processes and other communications must be delivered for the purposes of these Terms and Conditions. You undertake to notify SAIBA in writing should your domicilium citandi et executandi change 10 (ten) Business Days of such change.