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Actions speak louder than words
DealMakers Two of the transactions in which Werksmans acted as legal advisors secured key accolades: BEE Deal of the Year and Business Rescue Transaction of the [...]
Budget Speech 2023/2024: Tax Overview
Budget Speech: Tax Overview By: The Werksmans Tax & Exchange Control Team Download PDF INTRODUCTION Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana delivered the second Budget speech of [...]
Chambers Global 2023
Chambers Global released its 2023 rankings. Published annually since 1999, Chambers covers legal markets of 200 jurisdictions by researching firms and conducting interviews with clients and legal [...]
Mining for industries of the future
In his opening address at the Investing in African Mining Indaba 2023, the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mr Gwede Mantashe, said that South Africa [...]
Ahmore Burger-Smidt | Business Day Focus 4.0 | Digital Transformation and Data Privacy for Organisations
Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Head of Regulatory practice speaks to Business Day for their Focus 4.0 Transformation and Data Privacy for Organisations feature and gives [...]
Eric Levenstein | Blackouts, tariff hikes weigh on businesses | Radio702
Eric Levenstein - Head of Insolvency & Business Rescue Eric Levenstein, Head of Insolvency and Business Rescue, joined Bruce Whitfield on Radio702 to [...]
Triumph for liquidators: Courts setting aside and declaring specious transactions void
by Tandiwe Matshebela, Director, Tebello Mosoeu, Associate, and Zoë Austen, Candidate Attorney Added to the liquidators' responsibility and duty to investigate the financial affairs of the [...]
Characterisation: Much ado about nothing
"Characterisation is the biggest problem of our time" according to the Competition Commission's (Commission) Cartels Division Manager's statement at the 16th Annual Competition Law, Economic & [...]
LEX Africa x Werksmans Insolvency and Business Restructuring in Africa Seminar
Eric Levenstein - Head of Insolvency & Business Rescue and Pieter Steyn - Director Members of LEX Africa from South Africa, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius [...]
Eric Levenstein | Kaya FM
Eric Levenstein | Kaya FM Biz with Gugulethu Mfuphi | 11 October 2022 Business liquidations soared 44.8% in the year to August 2022, data [...]
Expropriation bill set to face constitutional challenge | Bulelwa Mabasa | Newzroom Afrika
Bulelwa Mabasa - Head of Land Reform Bulelwa Mabasa, Director and, Head of Land Reform and Tenure, joined Newzroom Afrika to share insights on the [...]
And we dare to ask again – whose right is it to enforce a director’s fiduciary duties?
by Tandiwe Matshebela, Director and, Koketso Rapoo, Candidate Attorney The Companies Act It goes without saying that a director is the mind and sounding board of [...]
Boitumelo Moti – VOW FM
Boitumelo Moti - Director Boitumelo Moti, Senior Associate in our Dispute Resolution practice, recently joined Voice of WITS FM to discuss her professional [...]
Ahmore Burger-Smidt | BusinessDay TV | Competition Law in SA Panel Discussion
Ahmore Burger-Smidt spoke on a panel of Competition Law experts on Business Day TV’s – Business Watch with Michael Avery to discuss and [...]
Ahmore Burger-Smidt – SABC – 25 August 2022
On 25 August 2022, the Competition Commission conducted search and seizure operations at the premises of eight insurance companies operating in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal [...]
Illegal mining, the ‘zama zamas’ and the Law
Illegal mining is a critical challenge in the South African mining and minerals industry. The South African government previously recognised the potential of small scale mining [...]
Ahmore Burger-Smidt | Chai FM – Morning Mayhem | 2 August 2022
Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Head of Data Privacy & Cybercrime, joined Chai FM’s Morning Mayhem show to discuss the professional and recreational use of drones [...]
Werksmans POPIA Training Course | 2022
Werksmans POPIA Training Course Click to register HERE With the full implementation and enforcement of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”) on [...]
Business Rescue Proceedings in South Africa
Business Rescue Proceedings A company should commence business rescue proceedings at the first signs of it being financially distressed, within the meaning of the Act. 1. [...]
Can a Business Rescue Practitioner and a Curator Bonis hold hands?
The recent High Court judgment in National Director of Public Prosecutions v Knoop N.O and others; National Director of Public Prosecutions v Templar Capital Limited and [...]
Junior Mining Indaba 2022
The Junior Indaba took place on 1 and 2 June 2022 at the Johannesburg Country Club for junior miners. The discussions this year include a focus [...]
Business Rescue Practitioner in South Africa
Business Rescue Practitioner 1. What is the role of the business rescue practitioner? The business rescue practitioner is required, as soon as possible after appointment, to [...]
A new reality for illegal miners and the ‘zama zamas’?
Illegal mining challenge Illegal mining is a critical challenge in the South African mining and minerals industry. In response to this challenge and ahead of the [...]
Business Rescue plan South Africa
Business Rescue Plan 1. What is a business rescue plan? A business rescue plan is a plan developed and, if approved, implemented by the business rescue [...]
The hazardous biological agents regulations: COVID-19 in the workplace
Hazardous Biological Agents by Jacques van Wyk, Director, Andre van Heerden, Senior Associate, and Danelle Plaatjies, Candidate Attorney The Minister of Employment and Labour ("The Minister") [...]
