Terms

1. Terms & Conditions – Sale of Goods and Services

These Terms and Conditions explain the basis under which the Seller will provide the Goods and Services.

The Buyer should read these Terms and Conditions very carefully to make sure that they understand what is agreed.

1. DEFINITIONS

In these Terms and Conditions, the following words and phrases have the following meanings:

‘Buyer’	the person or company purchasing the Goods and Services
‘Commercial Unit’	a unit of Goods which cannot be divided without reducing its overall value or damaging the character of the unit
‘Confirmation of Acceptance’	the Seller’s confirmation that the Buyer’s order has been accepted and a binding agreement has been formed for the supply of Goods and Services
‘Digital Content’	data which is produced and supplied in digital form
‘Goods’ ‘Services’	the items the Buyer is purchasing the services the Buyer is purchasing
‘the Parties’	the Buyer and the Seller
‘Party’	either one of the Buyer or the Seller
‘Seller’	the person or company selling the Goods and Services
‘Terms and Conditions’	this document detailing the rights and responsibilities of the Parties

2. GOODS AND SERVICES

The Seller is under a legal duty to supply the Services using reasonable care and skill.
The Services will be performed so far as reasonably practicable, at such time or times as the Seller shall decide. Any times, dates or periods given by the Seller for provision of the Services are estimates only. The Seller will make reasonable efforts to comply with any such time estimates, and will perform the Services within a reasonable time. However, time is not of the essence in respect of the Seller’s performance of the Services.
The Seller is under a legal duty to supply Goods which are:
1. of satisfactory quality;
2. fit for purpose; and
3. as described by the Seller.
The Seller may modify or update, or require the Buyer or a third party to modify or update any Digital Content component of the Goods, provided that the Digital Content shall always match the description provided before purchase by the Buyer.

3. ORDERING

By ordering the Goods and Services from the Seller, the Buyer makes an offer to buy the Goods and Services for the price given by the Seller. There is no binding contract between the Parties at the time when the order is made.
The Seller will contact the Buyer by email to tell the Buyer when the Goods have been dispatched. This Confirmation of Acceptance is the Seller’s acceptance of the Buyer’s order. When the Confirmation of Acceptance is received there will be a binding contract between the Parties in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. The binding contract will only be for the Goods and Services that are included in the Confirmation of Acceptance. It may not cover all the Goods the Buyer ordered, for example if stock is unavailable.

4. PRICE AND PAYMENT

The Buyer must make payments in accordance with any schedule agreed with the Seller. VAT, if required, will be charged at the rate prevailing at the time that payment is due.
Where an estimate of the total price has been provided for any Services by the Seller, the final price may be higher or lower than the estimate. Circumstances where the price may be different from an estimate include, but are not limited to:
1. the Services taking longer to complete than could have reasonably been anticipated;
2. the Buyer making any changes to the Services after the price is agreed; or
3. changes to the prices charged by any of the Seller’s suppliers.
4. variations in the ZAR exchange rate.
Occasionally, the Seller’s fixed prices may change between the date of the order and the date of the Seller’s Confirmation of Acceptance. Reasons for a price change include, but are not limited to, a change in the amount that the Seller is charged by their supplier(s) or a change in the VAT rate. What happens when the price changes depends on whether the new price is lower or higher than the price originally given:
1. if the new price is lower than that originally given, the Seller will charge the lower price and dispatch the Goods;
2. if the new price is higher than that originally given, the Seller will either cancel the order or contact the Buyer to confirm whether they would prefer to cancel or pay the higher price for the Goods.
Without prejudice to any other legal right or remedy:
1. if any agreed payment is not received by the Seller by the due date, the Seller can charge interest on the outstanding sum or sums. Interest will be charged at 2% per annum above the Bank of England base rate, accruing daily from the due date until payment is made;
2. if the amounts not paid to the Seller when due, total 10% or more of the total value of the Goods, the Seller is entitled to suspend performance until such time as the outstanding payments are made; and
3. the Buyer will not refuse to pay any amount which is owed to the Seller where there is only a minor or inconsequential defect in the Goods.

5. BUYER’S RESPONSIBILITIES

The Buyer shall co-operate fully with the Seller in the performance of the Services. Co-operation shall include, but is not limited to:
1. responding promptly and properly to any correspondence, request, query or communication from or on behalf of the Seller;
2. promptly providing any information, documentation, instruction, support or other assistance as the Seller reasonably requires;
3. promptly making any space, resources or facilities available as may reasonably be required by the Seller; and
4. paying any and all sums due on time.
If the Buyer does not comply fully and properly with their responsibilities under this clause, the Seller may, without prejudice to their legal rights:
1. charge the Buyer for any costs or expenses thereby reasonably incurred; or
2. suspend the provision of the Services until such time as the Buyer complies, so far as reasonably practicable, with their responsibilities under these Terms and Conditions.

6. DELIVERY

The Seller will arrange for the Goods to be delivered to the Buyer. Delivery will be attempted to the address given by the Buyer for the purpose.
Dates or times for the delivery of the Goods given by the Seller are estimates and cannot be relied on as definitive. The Goods will be delivered within an estimated 30 days from the date of the Seller’s Confirmation of Acceptance. Delivery for the purposes of this clause includes attempted delivery at the delivery address given by the Buyer.
If the Buyer or anyone nominated by the Buyer to take delivery of the Goods fails to take delivery when it is attempted, the Seller may charge the Buyer any costs incurred for storage and redelivery as a result.
The Goods may be delivered directly from the manufacturer or the Seller’s supplier and may be delivered in instalments.
The Seller delivers worldwide.

7. PASSING OF RISK AND OWNERSHIP

The Goods will be at the Seller’s risk until delivered either to the Buyer or otherwise at the Buyer’s direction.
The ownership of the Goods shall not pass to the Buyer until the Seller has sent the Confirmation of Acceptance to the Buyer and has received payment in full, regardless of whether the Goods have been delivered to the Buyer at that date.
For the purposes of this clause, if the Goods include Digital Content which is to be downloaded by the Buyer, the delivery of the Digital Content is effected at the time when it reaches the Buyer’s device.

8. RETURNS

If the Goods are not of satisfactory quality, are unfit for purpose or are not as described by the Seller, the Seller will either refund the Buyer in exchange for the return of the Goods, repair the Goods or replace them. It is the Seller’s choice as to which of these actions to take.
To trigger the Buyer’s right to a refund, repair or replacement of the Goods under this clause:
1. the Buyer must notify the Seller of the problem with the Goods in writing using the contact details below within 7 days of receiving the Goods;
2. the Buyer must return the Goods to the Seller at the Buyer’s expense; and
3. the Seller must be satisfied that the Goods are not of satisfactory quality, are unfit for purpose or are not as described by the Seller. The Seller will require an opportunity to examine the Goods after their return to determine this.
The Buyer will be deemed to have accepted the Goods once they have either communicated acceptance of the Goods to the Seller, or had a reasonable opportunity to inspect the Goods, whether they have in fact inspected them or not. If the Goods form a Commercial Unit, the deemed acceptance by the Buyer of any part of that Commercial Unit shall be deemed acceptance by the Buyer of the whole of the Commercial Unit.
The Buyer cannot rely on a problem with the Goods as a reason for returning them if, before agreeing to purchase them, the Buyer was expressly informed of the problem, inspected a sample of the Goods or used a trial version of any Digital Content from which the problem was obvious.
The Buyer is not entitled to only reject part of the Goods if the Goods form a Commercial Unit. In these circumstances the Buyer must reject all or none of the Goods.

9. SUB-CONTRACTORS

The Seller can, at its absolute discretion, choose to retain or instruct sub-contractors to carry out the Services in whole or part.

10. AGENCY OR PARTNERSHIP

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions is intended to or does imply any partnership, fiduciary relationship, joint venture, agency or any other relationship between the Parties, save as provided for in these Terms and Conditions.

11. LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions seeks to limit the liability of the Seller for fraudulent acts or omissions, death or personal injury caused in connection with this sale of Goods, whether arising in contract, negligence, tort, breach of statutory duty or otherwise.
Neither Party shall be liable to the other whether in contract, negligence, tort, breach of statutory duty or otherwise for any loss or damage sustained by the other Party indirectly or consequentially and including but not limited to economic loss or loss of profits, goodwill or business in general.
Subject to the rest of this clause, the Seller’s total liability to the Buyer will not, in any circumstances, exceed the total amount of the price payable by the Buyer.
In the event that the Buyer or their servants or agents breach these Terms and Conditions, or are negligent in their actions, the Buyer will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify the Seller against any liability, loss, claim, damage, expense suffered by the Seller as a result.

12. PROPERTY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Any property or intellectual property rights in any material owned by the Seller shall belong to the Seller and the Buyer shall not cause or permit anything to endanger those rights or title, or permit, assist or encourage others to do so.
Any property or intellectual property rights in any material owned by the Buyer shall belong to the Buyer and the Seller shall not cause or permit anything to endanger those rights or title, or permit, assist or encourage others to do so.
This clause is subject to the right of the Parties to use any such material so far as is reasonably required to carry out the agreed Services.
The Buyer warrants that any material, whether comprising documents, data, records or any other materials, that it provides to the Seller does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any non-Party. The Buyer agrees to indemnify the Seller against any loss, damage, cost, expense or claim of any kind that may arise as a result of such an infringement.

13. CONFIDENTIALITY

The Parties will use their best endeavours to keep confidential any confidential information relating to the other Party that is provided or otherwise accessed in the performance of the Services. Neither Party shall disclose any confidential information without the consent of the other Party, except to comply with an order of a court of competent jurisdiction or if required in connection with legal proceedings relating to these Terms and Conditions.
The Parties’ obligations under this clause shall continue after the termination or completion of the Services unless or until the information concerned becomes public knowledge or is otherwise in the public domain through no fault of the Party bound to keep it confidential under this clause.

14. AMENDMENT AND TRANSFER OF RIGHTS

These Terms and Conditions can only be amended by the agreement of the Parties in writing with signatures on behalf of both.
The Seller is permitted to assign or transfer any rights or obligations under these Terms and Conditions, or subcontract the same for performance to a third party. The Buyer is not permitted to assign or transfer any rights or obligations under these Terms and Conditions without the prior written permission of the Seller.

15. SEVERANCE

If any of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions are unlawful, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, they will be severed from the remainder. The Terms and Conditions which are left will remain valid and enforceable.

THIRD PARTIES

For the purposes of the Contracts, these Terms and Conditions are not intended to and do not confer any rights on any person who is not a Party. Any person who is not a Party does not have the right to enforce any provision of these Terms and Conditions.

CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE PARTIES

The Seller shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform any term or part of these Terms and Conditions due to circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Seller. Such circumstances include – but are not limited to – industrial action, lock out, trade dispute, power failure, internet outage, fire, natural disaster or outbreak of war. As soon as is reasonably possible after the discovery of such circumstances, the Seller will notify the Buyer in writing of any anticipated or existing delay or failure in performance.
If the circumstances referred to in this clause continue for a period of longer than 120 days, the Seller can end the contract by giving 14 days’ notice in writing to the Buyer. All money owing under these Terms and Conditions before the circumstances arose shall be paid immediately.

18. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

These Terms and Conditions and the Confirmation of Acceptance taken together are the entire agreement between the Seller and the Buyer and supersede any and all prior terms, conditions, warranties or representations to the fullest extent permitted by law.

19. WAIVER

Any failure or delay by the Seller in using rights or powers provided by these Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of the whole or any part of these Terms and Conditions. The partial or sole use of any rights or powers provided by these Terms and Conditions shall not prevent any additional use of the same rights or powers. The rights, powers and remedies in these Terms and Conditions are additional to the rights of the Parties provided by law.

20. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with South African law and the courts of South Africa will have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to them.

21. COMPLAINTS

In the event of a complaint of any nature the Seller can be contacted using the details below.

22. CONTACT DETAILS

The Seller is Evergreen Holdings and can be contacted at Redlands Estate, 1 George MacFarlane Ln, Town Hill, Pietermaritzburg, 3201; info@egh.co.za; +27 33 345 5143.

2. Terms of Service

EVERGREEN HOLDINGS TERMS OF USE

(Version effective as of 1 September 2022)

Important Notice

(1) Please read our terms of use carefully. Your use of this web site will be subject to the then current version of our terms available on this web site at the time of your use. If you do not accept our terms of use, you may not access our web site.
(2) OUR TERMS CONTAIN SPECIFIC PROVISIONS TO LIMIT OUR LIABILITY. THESE TERMS HAVE BEEN SET OUT IN CAPITAL LETTERS. YOU SHOULD PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THESE TERMS SINCE THEY LIMIT YOUR ABILITY TO RECOVER LOSSES THAT YOU MAY INCUR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF OUR WEB SITE.
(3) We may change our terms of use from time to time. Such changes will take effect as and when published. Therefore, you should keep up-to-date with their content and read these terms of use at all times prior to using this web site since the then current version of the terms will apply to your use.

Should you have any questions regarding this site or these terms of use, please contact our Web Administrator at info@egh.co.za.

Part A: General Information

“We” refers to Evergreen Holdings and “us” and “our” have a corresponding meaning herein.
We are a juristic person established in accordance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa.
Details of the directors of the company are available on request.
Our Physical Address is Redlands Estate, 1 George MacFarlane Ln, Town Hill, Pietermaritzburg, 3201.
Our telephone number is +27 33 345 5143.
Our email address is info@egh.co.za.

Part B: General Terms of Use

1. Definitions

In these terms of use:

“We”, “us” and “our” means Evergreen Holdings; and
“You” means the user of this web site.

2. General Conditions of Use for this Web Site

This web site provides general information about the products that we offer to our clients. Nothing contained on this web site should be viewed as an offer or professional advice of any kind.
The purchase and use of products advertised on this site are subject to specific terms and conditions which you will be required to agree to prior to making use of such products. If you are interested in making use of our products you should contact us directly via telephone or email according to the contact details provided above.
You may not access this site for any purpose other than for general informational purposes. You may not access our site for the purposes of redistributing or otherwise using any of the content displayed or contained on this site for your own business purposes unless you are expressly licensed thereto by us in writing.
You may not use your access to this site in a manner that would bring us, our business and/or any of our personnel into disrepute. Furthermore, you may not access this site for unlawful purposes or use it in a manner which infringes our rights or the rights of any other person or restricts or inhibits the use of or enjoyment of this site by any other person. In this regard, you must comply with the laws, regulations and codes of conduct applicable to your use of this site.
You may not to post or transfer any material to our web site that is unlawful or violates any third party’s rights or which is obscene, misleading, inaccurate, defamatory, illegal, in breach of any copyright or other intellectual property right, or damaging to data, software or the performance of our or any other parties’ computer system. We may remove any content you have submitted to this site and/or suspend your access to any part of this site at any time without notice.
We do not usually monitor, edit, control or filter the content submitted to this site by our users. Such content, including as may be found in blogs, forums, chat groups, comment sections and bulletin boards, do not represent our views and we have not authorized or endorsed such content. Such content should also not be viewed as professional advice of any kind, be it medical, legal, financial or otherwise. Please notify us if you have a complaint about the activities of or content submitted by a user of this site.
Notwithstanding that this site may contain links to third party web sites and that some third party web sites may contain links to this site we do not control, endorse or approve the activities, services or content of any such third party web sites. Please contact the relevant web site proprietor if you have a complaint about the activities or contents of a third party web site.
Proprietary rights (including without limitation, the trade marks, copyright and all other intellectual property rights) in the components of this site belong to us and our licensors, including in the compilations, collective works and derivative works created incorporating the content of our users. The individual content you may submit will remain your property, but you grant us an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, transferable, sub- licensable and royalty-free license to use such content free from any restriction and on the basis as if we were the owners thereof, including by modifying, reproducing, compiling, publishing, publicly performing, distributing, broadcasting and promoting it.
The downloading and use of data contained on this web site is done at your sole discretion. You should independently verify the completeness and reliability of information provided on or via this site. Your access of this web site is done at your own risk and you should be aware that viruses or code which may have a harmful effect on your computer system could be transmitted to you. You are responsible for implementing suitable protection mechanisms to prevent such harm from occurring.
We also reserve the right, without notice and in our sole and absolute discretion, to make changes to any parts of the site inclusive of changes to these terms of use. It is your responsibility to review our terms of use on each occasion prior to making use of this site. If you continue to use this site after our amended terms of use has been posted on the web site, it will constitute a deemed acceptance of such amended terms of use. We specifically reserve the right at any time to change or discontinue without notice, any aspect and/or feature of this web site.
YOU MAY PROVIDE AND WE MAY COLLECT CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT YOU AND YOUR USE OF OUR WEB SITE, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. WE WILL COLLECT, PROCESS, USE AND DISCLOSE SUCH INFORMATION STRICTLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR PRIVACY POLICY.
We have to protect our business and secure our systems. Consequently, you should note that we may monitor and keep records of any communication that you may send to or receive via our web site and we may use, publish and disclose such communications for any lawful purpose. This may include our filtering of incoming and outgoing electronic data messages to identify, limit and/or prevent the transmission of unlawful or otherwise undesirable material or content.
You are solely responsible for any and all costs that may apply to your access to and use of this web site.
These terms of use and the terms incorporated herein by reference and the relevant terms implied herein by applicable law constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to your use of this site. These terms of use shall override any contrary terms or conditions incorporated by you in your communications with us and any such conflicting terms or conditions will not form part of the agreement concluded between us. Hyperlinks, which are not operational, will not in any way detract from the validity and interpretation of the terms.

3. Disclaimer

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS WEBSITE IS OF A GENERAL NATURE ONLY AND THAT IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR PROFESSIONAL ADVICE OF ANY KIND. RELIANCE ON AND USE OF OUR WEB SITE AND THE CONTENT DISPLAYED ON THE WEBSITE IS THEREFORE AT YOUR OWN RISK AND SHOULD BE INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED. IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY INJURY, EXPENSE, LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND IN CONTRACT, DELICT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STATUTE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR RELIANCE ON OR USE OF THIS SITE OR THE CONTENT PROVIDED, SAVE TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH LIABILITY CANNOT BE EXCLUDED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AND YOU INDEMNIFY US AND OUR PERSONNEL AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH RELIANCE OR USE. YOU FURTHER AGREE TO INDEMNIFY US AGAINST ANY LOSS, EXPENSE OR DAMAGE SUFFERED BY US AS A RESULT OF ANY THIRD PARTY CLAIM WHICH ARISES FROM OR IS BASED UPON YOUR CONDUCT OR RELIANCE ON THE WEB SITE OR YOUR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE TERMS.

4. Complaints and Disputes

If you have any complaint relating to this website, you can submit your complaint via email to our Web Administrator. We will try to do our best to resolve any problems that arise. We require that provide us with the following as part of your complaint:
- Your full names, physical address, telephone number and email address;
- The location and description of the website feature which is the cause of your complaint;
- The problem which is the subject of the complaint;
- The actions you would like us to take to remedy the problem;
- A statement confirming that you are making the complaint in good faith; and
- A statement confirming that the information you are providing to us is to the best of your knowledge true and correct. Please incorporate your signature into the complaint.
Use of this web site is subject to the laws of the Republic of South Africa, and the exclusive jurisdiction of the KZN High Court, Durban provided that if any South African Magistrate’s Court has competent jurisdiction over your person to adjudicate on any dispute arising from or in connection with these terms of use, such Magistrate’s Court will also have jurisdiction to adjudicate the dispute notwithstanding that the amount in dispute may exceed such court’s jurisdiction.
Our failure to enforce any provision of this agreement strictly will not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. In the event that a portion of this agreement is held unenforceable or invalid by any competent authority, the unenforceable portion will be construed in accordance with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intent thereof, and the remainder of the provisions will remain in force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by the law.