Terms of Service for streetmaps.co.za

By using streetmaps.co.za and any data or information accessed from streetmaps.co.za, you agree to be bound by our Terms of Service as well as these additional terms and conditions. For individual users, streetmaps.co.za, including local search results, maps, and photographic imagery, is made available for your personal, non-commercial use only. For business users, streetmaps.co.za is made available for your internal use only and may not be commercially redistributed, except that map data may be accessed and displayed by using the streetmaps.co.za API pursuant to the API terms and conditions.

Content Provided by Third Parties

The streetmaps.co.za service includes search results such as points of interest and images provided by third parties. Always Active Technologies makes no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy or completeness of the information provided by these third parties. Your use of third party content may be subject to additional terms that can be found on the contributing authors' web pages, which are linked to from the streetmaps.co.za service. You may not delete or in any manner alter the copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices appearing in map information, including photographic imagery.

Photographic Imagery

The photographic imagery made available for display through streetmaps.co.za is provided under a nonexclusive, non-transferable license for use only by you. You may not use the imagery in any commercial or business environment or for any commercial or business purposes for yourself or any third parties.

You may not copy, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, translate, modify or make derivative works of the imagery, in whole or in part. You also may not rent, disclose, publish, sell, assign, lease, sublicense, market, or transfer the imagery or any part thereof or use it in any manner not expressly authorized by this agreement.

By using streetmaps.co.za, you do not receive any, and AAT and/or its licensors (if any) retain all ownership rights in the imagery. The imagery is copyrighted and may not be copied, even if modified or merged with other data or software.

Appropriate Conduct and Prohibited Uses

You agree that you are responsible for your own conduct and content while using streetmaps.co.za and for any consequences thereof. You agree to use streetmaps.co.za only for purposes that are legal, proper and in accordance with these Terms of Service and any applicable policies or guidelines. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using the streetmaps.co.za, you will not:

International users agree to comply with their own local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable content, including laws regulating the export of data to South Africa or your country of residence.


API LICENCE AGREEMENT FOR A MAPPING BASED PRODUCT

between

Always Active Technologies (Pty) Ltd

Reg No. 2000/022462/07

(AAT)

“AAT”

(as referred to in the Schedule)

and

 (The Customer)

“The Customer”

(as noted in the web application form)

1      DEFINITIONS

In this Agreement, unless clearly inconsistent with or otherwise indicated by the context –

1.1           "the / this Agreement" means the agreement set out in this document, together with the annexures hereto and any agreed written amendments thereto;

1.2           "Client" means a client to whom the Customer distributes the Product and with whom AAT enters into a Licence Agreement;

1.3           AAT” means Always Active Technologies Limited, Registration Number  2000/022462/07, and its subsidiaries from time to time (as such terms are defined in the Companies Act, 1973);

1.4           "Date of Signature" means the date of signature on which this Agreement is signed by the Party doing so last in time;

1.5           “Mapping Data” means the Mapping Data specified in the Schedule and the Materials;

1.6           “API” means an Application Program Interface which is an interface for letting a program communicate with another program;

1.7           "Effective Date" means the date specified in the Schedule;

1.8           "Intellectual Property" means all copyright, rights in business names, trade marks, trade names, service marks, patents, designs and/or inventions as well as all rights to source codes, trade secrets, confidential information, know-how and all other rights of a similar character (regardless of whether such rights are registered and/or capable of registration) and all applications and rights to apply for protection of any of the same;

1.9           "Materials" means any information, documentation or the like relating to the Mapping Data, whether written or in machine readable form, supplied from time to time by AAT to the Customer in terms of this Agreement;

1.10       "Parties" means AAT and the Customer, collectively;

1.11       "Party" means either one of the Parties as the context may indicate;

1.12       "Prime Rate" means the interest rate (expressed as a % per annum) from time to time published by Standard Bank Limited as being its minimum overdraft rate at which it lends to its most valued customers in the corporate sector, as valued customers in the corporate sector, as certified by any manger of such bank, whose appointment or authority it shall not be necessary to prove, and which certificate shall, save manifest error of calculation, be prima facie proof of the contents thereof;

1.13       "Product" means the Product specified in the Schedule and which is developed by the Customer and which incorporates the Mapping Data;

1.14       "Schedule" means the document attached as Annexure 1 hereto;

1.14     Signed” or “signature” means that by checking the “I accept” option you are offering an electronic signature as per  “Electronic communication” which has the meaning assigned to it in the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, no. 25 of 2002;

1.15       Territory" means the geographical region as specified in the Schedule;

1.16       "Updates" means incremental enhancements and fixes to the Mapping Data;

1.17       Upgrades” means new versions of the Mapping Data that include new major features and significantly improved functionality;

1.18       “Online”  means an application, product or service which is hosted on the World Wide Web or Internet.

1.19       VAT” means value added tax in terms of the Value Added Tax Act, 1991 or any similar tax on the supply or sale of goods and/or services; and

1.19     "Writing" or "Written" includes any hand-written, typewritten or facsimile communications but excludes any communication by way of a data message, unless use of a data message has been expressly authorised herein. The term "data message" has the meaning as defined in the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 25 of 2002.

2      LICENCE

2.1           AAT, with effect from the Effective Date -

2.1.1           grants to the Customer a non-exclusive, personal, non-transferable licence to use the Mapping Data for the purpose of developing their online Product, service or application;

2.1.2           acknowledges and agrees that it is the intention of the Customer to distribute the Product service or application on the World Wide Web; and

2.1.3           grants the Customer a license to distribute the Product on the World Wide Web incorporating the proprietary Mapping Data supplied by AAT on the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

2.2           The Customer shall not be entitled to appoint any third party to use the Mapping Data for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to the distribution of the Mapping Data in the Territory, without the prior written consent of AAT.

2.3           AAT shall –

2.3.1           make available the relevant Mapping Data to the Customer for the sole purpose of fulfilling its obligations in terms of this Agreement;

2.3.2           not be liable to compensate the Customer in any manner whatsoever on the grounds that the Customer has created any goodwill for AAT in the Territory.

2.4           The Customer will take and have access to the Mapping Data as soon as same are made accessible and thereafter shall bear all risk in the access of and distribution of the Mapping Data.

3           PROCEDURES AND LICENCE AGREEMENT

3.1           The Customer shall within 30 (thirty) days of making any Product, service or application live on the World Wide Web, deliver to AAT the full details of the Product, service or application  in the manner stipulated by AAT  from time to time.

3.2           The Customer shall include in its terms and conditions of distribution as statement to the effect that the Product contains data proprietary to AAT  (Pty) Limited and Business Connexion  (Pty) Limited and that such data cannot be extracted or used for any purpose other than that for which the Product is purchased.

4           DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE CUSTOMER

4.1           The Customer shall -

4.1.1           not make any representation, give any warranty or other benefit in favour of a Client on behalf of AAT ;

4.1.2           not be entitled to enter into any agreement with any third party on AAT ’s behalf;

4.1.3           comply in all material respects with all laws, rules and regulations and requirements of any governmental body or other authoritative entity which may be applicable to the distribution, marketing and/or advertising of the Mapping Data in the Territory;

4.1.4           ensure that the Mapping Data incorporated within the Product is in a read-only format and cannot be extracted to its original raw format;

4.1.5           not cache any of the Mapping Data in any format;

4.1.6           apply for and obtain all necessary licences and other authorities required in order to allow the Customer to fulfill its obligations in terms of this Agreement;

4.1.7           at all times act in a professional, responsible manner and, if applicable, maintain the necessary standards of care in providing support in respect of the Product;

4.1.8           be entitled to represent and describe itself as an authorised supplier of the Mapping Data in the Territory;

4.1.9           maintain the good name of AAT  and the integrity of the Mapping Data;

4.1.10       be entitled only to use such of the trade marks, trade names and logos of AAT and Business Connexion  (Pty) Limited  in connection with the operation of the distributorship  of the Product, but only in the manner prescribed by AAT  in writing from time to time;

4.1.11       not deal in or work with clients in any manner in the Mapping Data outside the Territory.

4.1.12       during this Agreement and for a period of 3 (three) years thereafter, keep full, proper and up-to-date books of account and records showing clearly all products, services and applications used for the distribution of the Mapping Data and allow any person authorised by AAT  to have access to the said books and records and take such copies thereof as AAT  may require, provided that -

4.1.12.1       AAT shall provide at least 7 (seven) calendar days written notice of such intent to inspect the Customer’s records and the Customer shall make such records available for inspection at a time and place mutually agreeable to the Parties;

4.1.12.2       the Customer shall correct any errors as determined by AAT;

4.1.13       not alter, obscure, remove, conceal or otherwise interfere with any markings or nameplates or other indication of the source or origin of the Mapping Data, which may be placed thereon by AAT;

4.1.14       only be entitled to merge or combine the whole or any part of the Mapping Data with the Customers own proprietary data and not with that of any other acquired or procured data, without the prior written approval of AAT unless specified in Annexure 1;

4.1.15       as soon as possible inform AAT of the details and circumstances of any and all disputes arising between the Customer and Clients in relation to the distribution of the Mapping Data.

5      UPDATES AND UPGRADES

5.1           AAT shall, if it deems in its sole discretion to be required by the Customer, supply such Mapping Data Updates to the Client after such Updates become available to AAT, free of charge.

6      PRODUCT SUPPORT

The Customer shall be responsible for all support rendered in respect of the Product, service or application to its Clients and AAT shall have no obligation or liability in respect of the support rendered by the Customer in respect of the Product.

7      COMPATABILITY

AAT shall not be responsible for or held liable in any manner whatsoever in regard to the compatibility between the Product and any operating system or platform.

8      LICENCE FEES AND PAYMENT

8.1           If the Customer is using the free API then they will not be charged unless they enter into a commercial agreement with AAT.

8.1.1           The free service will allow for a limited amount of mapping data as per the schedule below.

8.1.2           Should the Customer exceed the allocation specified in 8.1.1 then the onus is on AAT to raise this matter with the client and either agree to allow the client to continue or come to a commercial agreement.

8.2           In consideration for the licence granted by AAT to the Customer, the Customer shall pay AAT the monthly licence fees (excluding VAT) set out in the Schedule, monthly in arrears from the Effective Date unless they are using the free API.

8.3           All payments in terms of or arising out of this Agreement -

8.3.1           shall be made in cash, in South African Rands, free of conditions, set-off, bank exchange, commission or any other deduction to the party thereto;

8.3.2           neither Party shall have the right to defer, adjust or withhold any payment due to the other in terms of or arising out of this Agreement or to obtain deferment of judgment for such amounts or any execution of such judgment by reason of any set-off or counterclaim of whatsoever nature or howsoever arising; and

8.3.3           shall be made within 30 (thirty) days of the date of AAT’s invoice therefore and by direct transfer into the bank account set out below, unless specifically otherwise advised in writing by AAT  from time to time:

Bank:      Standard Bank;

Branch Code: 56-26 (Pinetown Branch);

Account Nr: 25-027-895-2;

Name of Beneficiary: Always Active Technologies.

8.4           All amounts to be paid in terms of this Agreement do not include taxes.  Including VAT, sales, excise, gross receipts and withholding taxes, universal service fund fee, and any similar tax or any government imposed fees or surcharges which may applicable thereto and the Customer agrees to pay all such applicable taxes or fees, which will be invoiced to the Customer in accordance with local law.  The Customer agrees to pay or reimburse AAT for all such taxes, excluding tax on AAT’s income.  In respect of withholding tax, the Customer will pay such additional amounts as may be necessary, such that AAT receives the amount it would have received had no withholding been imposed, except if the Customer provides AAT with a valid withholding tax certificate within 30 days of date of payment of the charges or fees paid to AAT under this Agreement.

9      CONFIDENTIALITY

9.1           Each Party undertakes to the other Party, for the continuance of this Agreement and for a period of 2 (two) years from the expiry or termination thereof, as the case may be:

9.1.1           to keep confidential all information whether written (including information contained in electronic format) or oral concerning the business and affairs of the other Party that it obtains or receives from the other Party or any third Party as well as the terms and conditions of this Agreement (“the Information”);

9.1.2           not without the other Party’s prior written consent to disclose the Information in whole or in part to any person save its employees, agents, contractors and/or consultants involved in the implementation of this Agreement, and who have a need to know the Information;

9.1.3           to use the Information solely in connection with the implementation of this Agreement and not for its own benefit or that of any third Party.

9.2           The provisions of clause 9.1 shall not apply to the whole or any part of the Information which is:

9.2.1           already known to the recipient without obligation of confidence;

9.2.2           independently developed by the recipient;

9.2.3           publicly available without breach of this Agreement;

9.2.4           lawfully received from a third Party;

9.2.5           released for disclosure by the disclosing Party with its written consent;  or

9.2.6           required to be disclosed in response to a valid order of court or other governmental agency or if disclosure thereof is otherwise required by law.

9.3           If a Party is obliged to divulge Information in terms of clause 9.2.6 it shall, provided that circumstances permit the time to do so, forthwith and before releasing the Information, inform the other Party of the obligation.

9.4           Each Party undertakes to the other to make all its relevant employees, agents, contractors and consultants aware of the confidentiality of the Information and the provisions of this clause 9 and to take all such steps as shall from time to time be necessary to ensure compliance by its employees, agents, contractors and consultants with the provisions of this clause 9.

9.5           Upon the expiry or termination of this Agreement for any reason, each Party shall promptly return to the other Party all documents, diskettes, drawings and any other medium containing the Information of the other Party (as well as all copies, notes or reproductions thereof) and delete and remove the Information from its electronic data bases and deliver to AAT a certificate from any director of such Party that it has done so.

9.6           Save for compliance by a Party with the requirements of the JSE Securities Exchange and the Securities Regulation Panel, no Party may publish any announcement of this transaction without the prior written consent of the other Party, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.

9.7           Notwithstanding clause 9.1, AAT will be entitled to disclose the fact that the Client is a client of AAT. However, AAT shall not be entitled to disclose any other details of or related to this Agreement without the prior consent of the Client, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.

9.8       For the avoidance of doubt, no provision of this Agreement should be construed in such a way that the disclosing party is deemed to have granted its consent to the receiving party to disclose the whole or any part of the Information in the event that the receiving party received a request for the whole or any part of the Information in terms of the provisions of the Promotion to Access to Information Act, No 2 of 2000, as amended (the “Act”). The receiving party shall be obliged to notify the disclosing party immediately when it receives such a request to enable the disclosing party to object and approach a court of competent jurisdiction if necessary, to protect its interests.

10    FORCE MAJEURE AND LIMITATION

10.1       Neither Party shall have any claim against the other Party (“the Affected Party”) for any delay or failure of the Affected Party to carry out any of its obligations under this Agreement arising from or attributable to acts of God, war, terrorism, government, labour action or unrest, failure of suppliers or contractors or any other cause whatsoever beyond the control of the Affected Party (“force majeure”).

10.2       The performance of the obligations of the Affected Party shall, subject to clause 10.3, be suspended for the duration of the force majeure, which shall be deemed to commence only upon the date of written notice by the Affected Party to the other Party.  Upon cessation of the force majeure, this Agreement shall again become fully operative and the Affected Party shall immediately resume its performance.

10.3       If the suspension of performance continues for more than 60 (sixty) consecutive calendar days, then either Party may summarily terminate this Agreement by written notice to the other Party, prior to the cessation of the force majeure.

10.4       Any claim by the Customer against AAT howsoever arising shall in the aggregate be limited to the 50 % of the licence fee’s paid by the Client to AAT for the duration of the agreement during which time the Customer institutes action against AAT.  In any event, AAT will not be liable to the Customer for: (a) indirect or special damages and/or (b) loss of income or profit, howsoever arising, whether or not caused by its employees, agents and/or contractors, and regardless of form or cause of action.  The provisions of this clause are also stipulated for the benefit of the employees, agents and/or contractors of AAT.

11        INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

11.1       The Client acknowledges that the Mapping Data and Materials and all Intellectual Property therein belong exclusively to AAT.

11.2       The Client shall ensure that any copy of the Mapping Data or the Materials, which it makes pursuant to the Agreement, shall bear the same copyright and other proprietary notices as those on the original copies supplied by AAT to the Client pursuant to the Agreement, and the Client shall not alter or obliterate any such notice.

11.3       The Client shall notify AAT, in writing, as soon as practicable after it becomes aware of any actual, threatened or suspected infringement of the Intellectual Property of AAT in the Mapping Data and Materials or any unauthorised use or disclosure of the Mapping Data and Materials.

11.4       The Client acknowledges that all third party Mapping Data used in association with the Mapping Data belongs exclusively to the respective owners.

12    INDEMNITIES

The Customer hereby indemnifies and holds AAT harmless against all loss, damages, expenses suffered and/or incurred and claims against AAT from whatsoever cause and howsoever arising which relates to or arises from any breach by the Customer of its obligations in terms of this Agreement and/or the development of the Product and/or the distribution of the Product and/or the support of the Product.

13    DURATION

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall endure for a period set out in the Schedule.

14    BREACH

14.1       If either Party -

14.1.1       commits any breach of this Agreement other than a breach of a payment obligation and fails to remedy the breach within 30 (thirty) calendar days after receipt from the other Party of written notice calling upon it to do so;

14.1.2       commits a breach of any payment obligation in terms of this Agreement and fails to make payment within 7 (seven) calendar days after receipt from the other Party of written notice calling upon it to do so;

14.1.3       commits an act of insolvency within the ambit of Section 8 of the Insolvency Act, No 24 of 1936, is deemed unable to pay its debts within the ambit of Section 345 of the Companies Act, alternatively Section 69 of the Close Corporations Act, as the case may be, finds itself in circumstances capable of being wound up in terms of Section 344 of the Companies Act, alternatively Section 68 of the Close Corporations Act, as the case may be, is deregistered or applies for deregistration in terms of Section 73 of the Companies Act, alternatively Section 26 of the Close Corporations Act, as the case may be, or is subject to application by a persons other than a Party for the provisional winding up or judicial management of such Party, or a special resolution is passed for the winding up of such Party;

14.1.4       has judgment taken against it and fails to satisfy or apply to have same set aside within 7 (seven) calendar days of becoming aware thereof;  or

14.1.5       without the prior written consent of the other Party, undergoes a change in its shareholding or members’ interest so that a new person owns the majority of its voting share capital or members’ interest,  then the other Party shall be entitled, in addition to and without prejudice to any other right it may have in law or in terms of this Agreement, to:

14.1.6       enforce specific performance of the terms of this Agreement; or

14.1.7       subject to clause 14.2, cancel this Agreement;  and

14.1.8       in either event (subject to clause 10.4), recover such damages as it may have sustained.

14.2       An aggrieved Party may only cancel this Agreement in terms of clause 14.1.7 if the breach is material and is not capable of being remedied by payment of money or, if it is capable of remedy by payment of money, if the other Party fails to make payment within 14 (fourteen) calendar days after final determination of the amount.

14.3       No claim may be instituted against AAT arising from the terms of this Agreement or performance by the Parties in terms thereof unless dispute resolution proceedings are instituted in terms of this Agreement by the Customer within 1 (one) year of such purported cause of action arising.

14.4       Any amount due by any Party which is not paid on its due date shall attract interest at Prime Rate plus 2 (two) percent.

14.5       Save for the right to continue supporting Products sold prior to the expiration or termination of this Agreement, all rights and licences granted to the Customer shall automatically cease on expiration or termination of this Agreement.  The termination or expiration of this Agreement and the consequent termination or expiration of the rights and licences granted to the Customer shall in no way affect the licences granted by the Customer to Clients, prior to the expiration or termination of this Agreement, to use the Product.

15    INSPECTION

During the term of the Agreement and after its termination, cancellation or expiration, AAT or its representatives may at their own cost, upon 10 (ten) calendar days prior notice to the Customer and under the supervision of the Customer, inspect the files, computer processors, equipment, facilities and the premises of the Customer during normal working hours to verify the Customer’s compliance with the Agreement.  While conducting the inspection, AAT or its representatives will be entitled to copy or retain any item that the Customer may possess in violation of the Agreement.

16    ARBITRATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

16.1     If any dispute arises out of or in connection with this Agreement the Parties may at any time, by agreement, refer the dispute for resolution by way of Arbitration. 

 

16.2     If the Parties agree to refer the dispute to Arbitration, each Party:

 

16.2.1        agrees that the Arbitration will be held in Midrand in accordance with the then current rules of the Arbitration Foundation of South Africa (“AFSA”) (“the Rules”) by 1 (one) arbitrator appointed by agreement between the Parties.  If the Parties cannot agree on the arbitrator within a period of 10 (ten) Business Days after the date on which the Parties agreed in writing to refer the dispute to arbitration the arbitrator shall be appointed by the Secretariat of AFSA;

 

16.2.2        expressly consents to any arbitration in terms hereof being conducted as a matter of urgency; and

 

16.2.3        irrevocably authorises the other Party to apply, on behalf of both Parties, in writing, to the Secretariat of AFSA, in terms of article 23(1) of the Rules, for the arbitration to be conducted on an urgent basis.

 

16.3     The decision or award resulting from the arbitration may be made an order of court at the instance of either Party. The Parties hereby irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the High Court of the Republic of South Africa should either Party wish to make the arbitrator’s award an order of court. 

 

16.4     There shall be a right of appeal as provided for in article 22 of the Rules.

 

16.5     The arbitration will be held in camera, in the English language and will be kept confidential by the Parties.

 

16.6     The provisions of this clause 16 shall not preclude any Party from access to an appropriate court of law for interim relief in the form of an interdict, mandamus or order for specific performance pending the outcome of the arbitration in terms of this clause 16 or in respect of such arbitration, for which purpose the Parties irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the High Court of the Republic of South Africa.

17    DOMICILIUM AND NOTICES

17.1       The Parties choose their respective domicilium addresses for all purposes hereunder at the addresses set out in paragraph 5 of the Schedule, provided that the domicilium address for AAT in respect of all legal documents shall be :

AAT House, Block 1 MRM Office Estate, 10 Village Road Kloof, KZN, 3640;

Telefax:  +27(0)31 76407177;

Attention:   Loet De Swart, CEO.

17.2       Any Party shall be entitled from time to time, by written notice to the other(s), to vary its domicilium address which is not a post office box or poste restante.

17.3       All notices given in terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and any notice given by any Party to another ("the addressee") which –

17.3.1       is delivered by hand or transmitted by telefacsimile, shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee on the first Business Day after the date of delivery or transmission, as the case may be; 

17.3.2       is posted by pre-paid registered post to the addressee at its domicilium address for the time being shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee on the 10th (tenth) Business Day after the date of such posting;

17.3.3    Is delivered by e-mail shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee only once the addressee has acknowledged receipt thereof in writing, provided that it shall not be permissible to give any notice relating to a dispute, demand, breach, legal proceedings, renewal, cancellation or termination by e-mail.

18        GENERAL

18.1       This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between the Parties with regard to the subject matter hereof.

18.2       The terms and conditions contained on Party’s purchase order, order acceptance forms and/or invoices shall not apply to, supplement or supersede any provisions of this Agreement.

18.3       No alteration or variation to, or consensual cancellation of this Agreement shall be of any force or effect, unless it is recorded in writing and signed by all the Parties.

18.4       The provisions of clauses 2 to 19 shall survive the expiry, cancellation or termination of this Agreement for any reason.

18.5       Nothing in this Agreement constitutes either Party as the agent, principal, representative or partner of the other, and no Party shall be entitled to hold out to any third party that the relationship between the parties is that of a partnership, joint venture or the like.

18.6       No failure or delay by a Party to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall constitute a waiver or suspension of such provision or affect in any way a Party’s right to require performance of any such provision at any time in the future, nor shall the waiver of any right arising from any subsequent breach nullify the effectiveness of the provision itself.

18.7       No Party may cede its rights and/or delegate its obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party, provided that AAT shall be entitled to cede its rights and/or delegate its obligations under this Agreement to any company in the AAT Group without the consent of the other Party.

18.8       In the event that any of the terms of this Agreement are found to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable, such terms will be severable from the remaining provisions, which shall remain of full force and effect.  If any invalid term is capable of amendment to render it valid, the Parties agree to negotiate in good faith an amendment to remove the invalidity.

18.9       If any conflict arises in respect of the provisions contained in this Agreement and any annexure attached hereto, the provisions contained in this Agreement shall take precedence.

18.10    Unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Parties, no Party shall for the duration of this Agreement and for a period of 12 (twelve) months after expiry or termination thereof for its own benefit or as a representative of or agent for any third Party, persuade, induce, encourage, procure or solicit (or procure such persuasion, inducement, encouragement, procurement or solicitation of) the personnel of the other Party or of the AAT Group:

18.10.1    to become employed, or interested, directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever, by it or in any business which is in competition with the business carried on by the other Party or by AAT;  or

18.10.2    to terminate his/her employment with the other Party or with the AAT;  or

18.10.3    to disclose any Intellectual Property of the other Party or the AAT to any person not authorised by the owner of the Intellectual Property to receive it.

18.11    This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, one or more of which may be delivered via telefax, and the signed counterparts, taken together, shall constitute a binding agreement between the Parties.

18.12    Each Party acknowledges that it does not enter into this Agreement on the basis of and does not rely on any representation, warranty or other provision, whether express or implied, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.  All conditions, warranties or other terms implied by statute or common law are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by the law of the Republic of South Africa .

18.13    Each Party warrants that it is acting as principal and not as agent for any other person, whether disclosed or otherwise. 

18.14    This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa .

18.15    The Parties shall each pay their own costs of negotiating, drafting, preparing and implementing this Agreement and any annexure to it.  If any Party is awarded costs by an arbitrator or court, he shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the other Party on the basis of Attorney and own client charges.

18.16  Information or documents sent to AAT by e-mail shall be deemed to have been received by AAT only once AAT has acknowledged receipt thereof in writing and visa versa.

19    INTERPRETATION

19.1       In this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise -

19.1.1       words importing any one gender shall include the other gender;

19.1.2       the singular shall include the plural and vice versa;

19.1.3       a reference to natural persons shall include created entities (incorporated or unincorporated) and vice versa;

19.1.4       Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any official public holiday within the Republic of South Africa ;

19.1.5       any reference to an enactment is to that enactment as at the Date of Signature, as amended or re-enacted from time to time;

19.1.6       if any provision in a definition is a substantive provision conferring rights or imposing obligations on any Party, effect shall be given to it as if it were a substantive provision in the body of this Agreement, notwithstanding that it is only in the definition clause;

19.1.7       when any number of days (whether Business Days or calendar days) is prescribed in this Agreement, that number of days shall be reckoned exclusively of the first and inclusively of the last day, unless the last day (in the case of calendar days) falls on a Saturday, Sunday or official public holiday in the Republic of South Africa, in which event the last day shall be the next succeeding Business Day;

19.1.8       when any number of days is prescribed and it is not specified whether those days are Business Days or calendar days, they shall be deemed to be calendar days;  and

19.1.9       expressions or words defined in this Agreement shall bear the same meaning in the annexures to this Agreement which do not themselves contain definitions for such expressions or words.

19.2       The headings in this Agreement have been inserted for convenience only and shall not be used for nor assist or affect its interpretation.

19.3       Words and expressions defined in any sub-clause shall, for the purposes of the clause of which that sub-clause forms part, bear the meaning assigned to such words and expressions in that sub-clause.

19.4       If reference is made in this Agreement to any other document for the purpose of defining words and/or phrases used in this Agreement, the applicable definition or description in such document shall be read and interpreted in terms of this Agreement as if specifically incorporated herein.

 

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SCHEDULE

1       

Name of Customer

As per web application form.

2       

Effective Date

Date of acceptance

3       

Duration

Month to Month

4       

Monthly Licence Fee

 

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5       

Product

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