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Your Actions in Cyberspace can Land You in Prison!
Cybercrimes Act, 19 of 2020 By proclamation in the Gazette, President Cyril Ramaphosa has fixed 1 December 2021 as the date [...]
Data protection and privacy regulation: A roundup of developments in Africa in 2021
Data protection, cybercrimes and/or cybersecurity laws The increase in internet penetration in Africa has made it easier to collect, use [...]
Who was worse: The Attorney or the Legal Practice Council?
Roll of attorneys In a matter recently heard before the Western Cape High Court, erstwhile attorney Gerrit Smit Van Wyk [...]
Shareholders stuck between a rock and a hard place
Companies Act 71 of 2008 Brief overview of Section 163 Introduction There are instances where the Companies Act 71 of [...]
Who appoints the substitute BRP? A look into the meaning of Section 139(3) of the Companies Act
Section 139(3) of the Companies Act Who has the power to appoint a business rescue practitioner's replacement, in circumstances where [...]
The metaverse and data privacy: Will regulation keep up?
What is the metaverse? On 28 October 2021, Facebook Inc.'s chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg announced the rebranding of his [...]