WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

NOTICE: PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE BROWSING THIS WEBSITE OR CONTACTING US VIA OUR WEBPAGE. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THIS WEBSITE INDICATES THAT YOU HAVE BOTH READ AND AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU CANNOT USE THIS WEBSITE IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

WELCOME
1. Welcome to our Website and thank you for reading these terms and conditions.
2. These terms and conditions govern your use of this Website and all facilities and services made available through it by Cavalier Group of Companies, which is a group of companies consisting of the following entities:
  • Cavalier Group of Companies (Pty) Ltd
  • Cavalier Foods (Pty) Ltd
  • Cavalier Livestock (Pty) Ltd
  • Cavalier Abattoir (Pty) Ltd
  • Cavalier Feeders (Pty) Ltd
  (hereinafter referred to as “we”, “us”, or “Cavalier Group of Companies”).
ABOUT US
1. Who are we and what do we offer?
  For more than thirty years, Cavalier has prided itself on bringing meat eaters the very best red meat products, from farm to fork. Today, the Cavalier Group delivers superior product and service via four integrated companies:
  1. Cavalier Foods
    Our meat packing plant situated outside Cullinan, Gauteng. The factory was designed to pack various retail and case ready cuts using the latest packing technology for both fresh beef and lamb. Cavalier Foods delivers countrywide utilising the company’s own dedicated refrigerated fleet.
  2. Cavalier Livestock
    Our countrywide livestock trading house, dealing in all different categories of production animals: goats, sheep, lamb, slaughter cattle and weaner cattle.
  3. Cavalier Abattoir
    Situated on the same premises as our packaging factories and feedlot, our state-of-the-art abattoirs place top priority on the lasting product integrity and unparalleled shelf-life of carcasses and primal cuts.
  4. Cavalier Feeders
    With its own in-house feed factory and purpose built to add final growth to lamb before entering the meat production chain, our feedlot is situated on Boekenhout Farm, just outside of Pretoria and houses up to 20,000 head of sheep.
2. Who owns this Website?
  This website is owned and operated by Cavalier Group of Companies. Access to and use of our Website is subject to our general terms and conditions as set out herein (“Terms and Conditions”).
GENERAL
1. Introduction
  1. The Terms and Conditions set out herein applies to all the web pages related to our Website and should be read together with our privacy policy which is available at https://cavalier.co.za/privacy-policy/ (“Privacy Policy”).
  2. Please take note that access to and use of our Website (“the/our/this Website”) is subject to our Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Policy.
  3. By accessing our Website and using our online facilities you signify that you have read, understand and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions (read with our Privacy Policy), as may be updated by us from time to time. It is your responsibility to check our Website regularly to take notice of any changes we may have made to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to our Terms and Conditions, please do not access or use our Website.
2. Validity and binding nature
  1. These Terms and Conditions governs your relationship with us and constitutes a valid and binding agreement between you, the user, and Cavalier Group of Companies.
  2. The Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 (“ECTA”) provides for valid and binding contracts to be concluded in electronic format and to be established over the internet. Section 11 and Section 22(1) of ECTA assures the validity of contracts concluded either wholly or partly by means of data message. Contracts concluded electronically are thus the functional equivalent of contracts concluded on paper.
3. Amended or updated Terms and Conditions
  1. We reserve the right, and may in our sole discretion choose to, amend these terms and Conditions at any time and in any manner that we deem appropriate. This includes the right to change, modify, add or remove portions or the whole of our Terms and Conditions from time to time, as we may deem appropriate.
  2. Please refer back to these Terms and Conditions on a regular basis to ensure that you remain aware of and agree with the provisions of our Terms and Conditions, as any amendments hereto shall become effective immediately upon posting thereof and shall automatically bind you without further notice. Your continued use of our Website following the posting of any amendments to these Terms and Conditions will signify that you accept such amendments and agree to be bound by them.
4. Legal Age and Capacity
  1. We constantly review our systems and data to ensure the best possible service to our users. We do not accept any users, or representatives of users, under 18 (EIGHTEEN) years of age or who otherwise do not have the relevant capacity to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
  2. No one may access our Website, use our facilities and/or accept these Terms and Conditions if they lack the necessary legal capacity to enter into a valid and binding contract with Cavalier Group of Companies.
  3. By accessing our Website and/or using our online facilities, you warrant that you have attained majority status (18 years of age or older), are emancipated or have your parents/legal guardian`s consent to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. You further warrant that your legal capacity is not diminished due to mental incapacity.
USE OF THE WEBSITE
1. You agree that your use of this Website is for lawful purposes only. You agree that you will not use this website for any unlawful purpose, including committing a criminal offence, gaining unauthorised access to other computer systems, or transmitting unlawful material.
2. We permit access to content that is protected by copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual and proprietary rights and these Terms and Conditions, as well as applicable copyright, trademark and other laws govern your use of such content.
3. You are free to encourage others to access our Website and peruse the information and content thereof and you are at liberty to display and print for your personal and non-commercial use, any information that you may receive or obtain by means of our Website. You may not, however, reproduce, alter, modify, distribute, or otherwise use any of the materials without the prior written consent of the relevant holder such right. ‘Deep-linking’, ’embedding’ or using analogous technology is impermissible. Requests for permission to reproduce, distribute or otherwise use materials found on our Website should be made to info@cavalier.co.za
4. By using this Website, you agree to indemnify us against any loss, damage, harm, claim or any other cost whatsoever that we may sustain as a result of your use of this Website and/or its contents contrary to these Terms and Conditions.
5. We reserve the right to suspend access to and/or use of our Website, or any part thereof, and/or terminate your user account (if applicable) at any time if we, in our sole discretion, determine that you have not used the Website in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
ACCESS
1. Your access to our Website is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the provisions without further notice.
2. Although we will take reasonable measures to ensure that the Website is available to you at all times, you agree that we shall not be liable in respect of any loss or damage caused by or arising from the unavailability of, any interruption in or your access or use of the Website. We will not be liable, if for any reason, this Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
3. We reserve the right to restrict access to some or all parts of this Website as may be required from time to time.
ACCURACY OF WEBSITE CONTENT
1. Although Cavalier Group of Companies strives to take reasonable steps to ensure that information on our Website is accurate and as up-to-date as possible, we do not warrant that the content or information displayed is/shall always be accurate, complete and/or current.
2. While every effort is made to ensure that the information provided on this website is current and accurate, you should not assume that this is always the case, and should consult with us before making any decision to act on this information.
3. The material displayed on our Website is provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy.
DISCLAIMER
1. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including without limitation to the implied warranties that the content published to the Website and/or products promoted on the Website is fit for any purpose.
2. This Website, including, without limitation, all services, content, functions and materials provided via the Website, are provided “as is,” “as available,” without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, any warranty for information, data, data processing services, uptime or uninterrupted access, any warranties concerning the availability, display-ability, accuracy, precision, correctness, thoroughness, completeness, usefulness, or content of information, and any warranties of title, non-infringement, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, and we hereby disclaim any and all such warranties, express and implied. We do not warrant that the Website or the services, content, functions or materials provided via the Website will be timely, secure, uninterrupted or error free, or that defects will be corrected. We make no warranty that the Website or the services provided will meet users’ requirements.
3. We accept no liability, for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever or howsoever caused arising from the access or use of the Website.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
1. You expressly agree that the use of this website is entirely at your own risk. The Website and all its contents are provided on an “as is” basis, and Cavalier Group of Companies makes no representations or warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, to the accuracy of the contents of the website. Cavalier Group of Companies does not warrant that the website’s functions will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that the site or its server is free from viruses or other harmful components.
2. By accessing and using the Website, you agree –
  1. to the fullest extent permitted by law, to indemnify Cavalier Group of Companies, its owners, directors, employees, officials, suppliers, agents and/or representatives against any loss, injury or damages suffered or liability incurred by reason of any act or omission on your part, or that of any third party acting on your behalf, in connection with your access and use of this Website; and
  2. that Cavalier Group of Companies, its owners, directors, employees, officials, suppliers, agents and/or representatives shall not be liable for any loss or damage, whether direct, indirect or consequential, or any expense of any nature whatsoever, which may be suffered by the user, which arises directly or indirectly from reliance of the Website and/or its content. Cavalier Group of Companies, its agents or suppliers shall not be responsible for any direct or indirect special consequential or other damage of any kind whatsoever suffered or incurred by you related to your use of, or your inability to access or use, the content or the Website or any functionality of the Website or of any linked website, even where Cavalier Group of Companies is expressly advised thereof.
EXTERNAL LINKS AND ADVERTISING
1. Wherever this website provides links to other websites, this should not be construed as constituting any relationship or endorsement of the linked third party, and reliance on all information provided by the external link is done so at your own risk.
2. Wherever third-party advertising or promotional material is displayed on this website, this should not be construed as Cavalier Group of Companies endorsing or creating any relationship between Cavalier Group of Companies and that third party. Reliance on any such material is entirely at your own risk.
3. Any third party wishing to link to this Website from their website must obtain permission from Cavalier Group of Companies by directing such request to the webmaster, and permission may be granted on terms and conditions agreed.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
1. Cavalier Group of Companies retains copyright in the Website and all current and future content displayed on the Website which is not owned by third parties.
2. In terms of a limited licence, granted for general use, Cavalier Group of Companies grants the user, subject to these terms and conditions, a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited and revocable right to access, display, use, download and otherwise copy the current and future content of the website for your personal, non-commercial and informational purposes only. In addition, Cavalier Group of Companies grants you permission to copy and distribute information from the website for non-commercial purposes, provided that –
  1. this information has not been sourced from third parties;
  2. you notify the webmaster of such use; and
  3. Cavalier Group of Companies is acknowledged as the source by reference to the website address.
3. This website and its contents may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, resold or otherwise used for any commercial purpose without the express prior written consent of Cavalier Group of Companies.
4. The intellectual property rights in all software and content (including photographic images, logos, text, images, video, audio or other material) made available to you on or through this Website remains the property of Cavalier Group of Companies and/or its licensors. All such proprietary works, and the compilation of such proprietary works, are the subject of copyright and which belongs to Cavalier Group of Companies, its affiliates or subsidiaries, and/or any third-party owner of such rights (the “Intellectual Property Owners”) and is protected by South African and international copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved by Cavalier Group of Companies and its licensors. You may however store, print and display the content supplied, but solely for your own personal use.
5. Except where expressly stated to the contrary all persons (including their names and images), third party trademarks and content, services and/or locations featured on this Website are in no way associated, linked or affiliated with Cavalier Group of Companies and you should not rely on the existence of such a connection or affiliation. Any trademarks/names featured on this Website are owned by the respective trade mark owners.
6. All rights in and to the relevant intellectual property in question is reserved and retained by the relevant Intellectual Property Owners. Except as specified in these Terms and Conditions, you are not granted a license or any other right including without limitation under any copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property in or to the content.
7. You are not permitted to publish, manipulate, distribute or otherwise reproduce, in any format, any of the content or copies of the content supplied to you or which appears on this Website nor may you use any such content in connection with any business or commercial enterprise. Unauthorised use, manipulation, reproduction, modification and/or distribution of the content of this Website is strictly prohibited and constitutes an unlawful infringement of our intellectual property rights.
COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGY
1. This Website may use cookie and tracking technology depending on the features offered. Cookie and tracking technology are useful for gathering information such as browser type and operating system, tracking the number of visitors to our Website, and understanding how visitors use the Website. Cookies can also help to customise the Website for our users.
2. Personal information cannot be collected via cookies and other tracking technology; however, if you have previously provided or exposed personally identifiable information, cookies may be tied to such information. Please refer to our Privacy Policy for more information in this regard.
PRIVACY POLICY
1. Your privacy matters to us and we are committed to protecting your personal information.
2. You may use this Website without providing any personal information. However, so that we can regularly assess and improve the Website, we collect information on the number of visits to the site, pages viewed, etc.
3. Please take note that these Terms and Conditions, as well as your access to and use of our Website is subject to our Privacy Policy, which is available at https://cavalier.co.za/privacy-policy/.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa. Therefore, any dispute arising in relation to these Terms and Conditions shall, to the extent permitted by law, be referred to arbitration in Pretoria at a venue of our choice, applying the Uniform Rules of the High Court of South Africa.
GOVERNING LAW
The law governing these Terms and Conditions, including without limitation its interpretation and all disputes arising out of these Terms and Conditions, is the law of the Republic of South Africa and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the South African courts in respect of any matter arising from or in connection with these Terms and Conditions.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between Cavalier Group of Companies and the user and shall take precedent over any disclaimers and/or legal notices attached to any communications received by Cavalier Group of Companies from the user.
SEVERABILITY
Whenever possible, each provision of these Terms and Conditions shall be interpreted in a manner which makes it effective and valid under applicable law, but if any part of these Terms and Conditions is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, that illegality, invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the other provisions of these Terms and Conditions, all of which shall remain in full force.
INDULGENCE
Any relaxation, indulgence or delay (together “Indulgence”) by Cavalier Group of Companies in exercising, or any failure by Cavalier Group of Companies to exercise, any right under this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of that right and shall not affect the ability of Cavalier Group of Companies to subsequently exercise that right or to pursue any remedy, nor shall any Indulgence constitute a waiver of any other right.
COSTS
Cavalier Group of Companies shall not be liable for costs incurred by users to obtain professional advice relating to these Terms and Conditions.
CONTACT US
We welcome your comments and questions regarding these Terms and Conditions. Kindly direct any comments and questions to info@cavalier.co.za

This Website was most recently updated on the 12 October 2021.