Terms of Use

These Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms and Conditions”) apply to your use of and registration with humaninterest.co.za (the “Site”).

Please Read these Terms and Conditions Before Accessing, Browsing, or Otherwise Using the Site
Your access to, and browsing, review and use of the Site is subject to these Terms and Conditions and all applicable laws. By accessing and using the Site, you accept these Terms and Conditions, without limitation or qualification. If you do not agree to the Terms and Conditions, do not use the Site. If, at any time, any part of the Terms and Conditions is no longer acceptable to you, immediately terminate your use of the Site.

Right to Change, Modify or Delete the Terms and Conditions
Human Interest reserves the right to change, modify, add or delete portions of the Terms and Conditions at any time, without prior notice. Please re-review the Terms and Conditions periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Site will mean that you accept such changes or deletions.

Privacy
Please refer to Human Interest’s Privacy Policy for information regarding the Company’s collection, use, and storage of users’ information.

Copyright and Use of Site Content
This Site and all information and/or content that can be seen, heard or otherwise experienced on the Site (the “Content”), is the property of Human Interest, and is protected from unauthorised copying and dissemination by South African and international copyright law, trademark law, international conventions, and other intellectual property laws. Except as we have described in these Terms of Use, nothing contained on this Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use this Site or any Content displayed on this Site, through the use of framing or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Human Interest.

Human Interest encourages and permits links to Content on the Site. However, Human Interest is an organisation committed to the highest professional standards. Therefore, Human Interest does not grant any license or other permission for links or other use of the Site or its Content if such use or link: (a) suggests that Human Interest promotes or endorses any third party’s causes, ideas, political campaigns, web sites, products or services, (b) copies, displays, disseminates or otherwise uses the Content without Human Interest’s express written consent, or (c) uses the Content for commercial purposes. Furthermore, Human Interest does not grant its consent for links to the Site where the linking party engages in any Prohibited Conduct (as described in these Terms of Use). We reserve the right to withdraw permission for any link at any time.

All articles published on the Site contains general information only, and Human Interest is, by means thereof, not rendering professional advice or services. The articles is not a substitute for such professional advice or services, nor should it be used for the basis of any decision or action that might affect the finances of your business. Before making any decision or taking any action that may affect your finances or business, you should consult a qualified professional advisor. Human Interest shall not be responsible for any loss sustained by any person who relies on the articles. Full references of the articles will be made available on request.
Subject to your full compliance with these terms, Human Interest authorises you to view the Content, make a single copy of it, and print that copy, but only for your own lawful, personal, noncommercial use, provided that you maintain all copyright, trademark and other intellectual property notices contained in such Content, and provided that the Content, or any part thereof, is not modified.

Responses to Online Requests
From time to time, Human Interest may offer to provide information or materials via e-mail or otherwise to interested persons. Human Interest reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to reject any requests for such information or materials, or to discontinue the provision of such information or materials to any person, for any reason whatsoever.
Prohibited Conduct
You may use the Site for lawful purposes only. You may not upload to, or distribute or otherwise publish through the Site, any Content that is any of the following:

  • is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, harassing or threatening, or otherwise objectionable to Human Interest in the Company’s sole discretion;
  • contains computer viruses, worms, moles or other contaminating or destructive elements;
  • violates the rights of others, such as Content that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or violates any right of privacy or publicity;
  • contains any false or misleading statement;
  • contains advertising; or
  • otherwise violates any applicable criminal or civil law. You may not use the Site for any commercial purpose and may not distribute over the Site any solicitation of funds, goods and services. In addition, you may not use the Site to solicit subscribers to join other online information services that are competitive with the Site.

Non-Endorsement
The Site may contain links to sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by third parties (the “External Sites”). You acknowledge that Human Interest is not responsible for the availability of, or the content or software applications located on or through any External Site. You should contact the site administrator or Webmaster for those External Sites if you have any concerns regarding such links or External Sites.

Subscriber Qualifications
When registering with or applying to Human Interest you must provide accurate, complete, and current registration information and you agree to provide Human Interest with any updates to that information promptly after such changes occur.
Individual subscriptions to the Site are available only to persons who are at least 18 years of age. Your right to use the Site is personal to you and cannot be transferred to any other person.
You shall be responsible for obtaining communication services, computer equipment and other products or services necessary to access and use the Site. You shall be responsible for all charges associated with accessing and maintaining a connection to the Site including, but not limited to, charges imposed by an Internet service provider, or your local telephone company.

Third Parties
Human Interest may provide you with links to third party Web sites, and some of the Content appearing to originate from the Site may be supplied by third party Content providers. Human Interest has no responsibility for these third-party Web sites, which are governed by the terms of use and privacy policies, if any, of the applicable third-party Content providers.

Access to and Availability of the Site
The Site may become unavailable to you as a result of maintenance, malfunction of computer hardware or software, or for other reasons, and may result in damages to your systems or operations. You shall be solely responsible for ensuring that any information or content obtained from the Site does not contain any virus, worm, mole or other computer software code or subroutine designed to disable, erase, impair or otherwise damage your systems, software, or data.

Restriction, Suspension or Termination
Human Interest reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to restrict, suspend or terminate your access to all or any part of the Site at any time for any reason without prior notice or liability and without any obligation to refund any portion of fees paid for any product or service.
Human Interest may change, suspend or discontinue all or any aspect of the Site at any time, including the availability of any Site feature, database, or content, without prior notice or liability.

Disclaimer of Warranties
THE SITE AND THE CONTENT ARE DISTRIBUTED ON AN “AS IS, AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. NEITHER HUMAN INTEREST, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS NOR THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE, ANY CONTENT OR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES SOLD OR DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE AND THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENT IS ASSUMED SOLELY BY YOU. NEITHER HUMAN INTEREST NOR ANY PROVIDER OF THIRD PARTY CONTENT OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS WARRANTS THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; NOR DOES HUMAN INTEREST, ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDER, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE SITE OR THE CONTENT.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL HUMAN INTEREST NOR ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDER NOR THEIR RESPECTIVE PREDECESSORS, SUCCESSORS, PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, PAST OR PRESENT OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, INVESTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES ATTORNEYS, LICENSORS OR INFORMATION PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH STATES, THE LIABILITY OF HUMAN INTEREST, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Indemnification
You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold Human Interest, and all of its predecessors, successors, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and past and present officers, directors, shareholders, investors, employees, agents, information providers, attorneys, representatives licensors and information providers (collectively, the “Human Interest Representatives”) harmless from and against any and all liability, losses, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by Human Interest or any Human Interest Representative in connection with any claim arising out of any use or alleged use by you of this site or arising out of or in relation to any breach by you of the Terms and Conditions, or the representations, warranties and covenants you made by agreeing to these Terms and Conditions. Human Interest reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate reasonably with Human Interest’s defence of such claim.

Entire Agreement
The Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter. No waiver by Human Interest of any breach or default hereunder will be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default.