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Unpacking the Significant Proposed Changes to the “Generic” Codes of Good Practice (“Codes”) on Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (“BBBEE”)
by Pieter Steyn - Director The Codes set out the methodology for calculating a firm's BBBEE rating. Significant changes have been proposed to cater for [...]
Nowhere to Hide: Regulator Orders JSE to Lift the Veil on Trading Records
by Armand Swart - Director, Hlonelwa Lutuli - Associate, Hanán Jeppie - Candidate Attorney On 5 January 2026, the Information Regulator ("IR") issued an enforcement notice [...]
Navigating the Distressed Horizon – Restructuring South African Businesses in 2026
by Dr Eric Levenstein Director and Head of Insolvency and Business Rescue Looking ahead to 2026, restructuring of businesses are set to increase as continued pressures [...]
Intention to deem all performers in advertising, artistic and cultural activities as employees
by Andre van Heerden, Director, Jacques van Wyk, Director, Hannah Fowler, Candidate Attorney and Mikayla Ehrenreich, Candidate Attorney On 23 January 2026, the Minister of Employment [...]
Publicly available information and your privacy: How South African law really works
Download Article By Ahmore Burger-Smidt – Director and Head of Regulatory 'Instagram' is great if you want to share photos, but you're not that technical. [...]
A Catalyst for Economic Growth – Proposed Amendments to South Africa’s Merger Thresholds
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of Regulatory On 27 January 2026, Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Mr Parks Tau, published a draft amendment to [...]
Privacy Day 2026: Moving beyond the consent myth under POPIA
DOWNLOAD PDF South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 ("POPIA") provides multiple lawful bases for processing personal information, and one ought to be [...]
Back to the Future – Amendment of Rule 18 of the Ethical Rules leaves practitioners in uncertain territory
By Neil Kirby - Director and Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences, Slade van Rooyen - Associate and Farah Yassin - Candidate Attorney On 21 November [...]
Code Red to Code Regulated: South Africa’s Data, AI and Cybersecurity Shift in 2025, and What’s to Come in 2026?
by Armand Swart, Director, Hlonelwa Lutuli, Associate and Hanán Jeppie, Candidate Attorney South Africa's data protection, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence ("AI") landscape matured significantly in 2025. [...]
The Gauteng school placements crisis (2026) – Why children are still waiting and what the law says
By Naledi Motsiri - Director and Nothando Nyoni - Associate As the 2026 school year begins, many parents in Gauteng are not celebrating. They are anxious, [...]
The Introduction of a Dedicated Insolvency Court in Pretoria
by Eric Levenstein - Director and Head of Insolvency & Business Rescue and Amy Mackechnie - Senior Associate Following the great success of the pilot dedicated [...]
Regulatory Snapshot: Financial Services and AML
by Hilah Laskov, Director In this article, we lay out the main regulatory and legal developments in 2025 that impacted the financial services sector and [...]
The Need to Plead Properly – Patel vs South African Securitisation Programme (RF) LTD & Others (790/2024) [2025] SASCA 186
by Jennifer Smit, Director On 8 December 2025, the SCA handed down a decision in the above matter which draws into sharp focus the need [...]
The union doth protest too much: NUMSA v BMW and the limits of court intervention in disciplinary proceedings
by Bradley Workman-Davies, Director The Labour Court’s judgment in NUMSA on behalf of Members v BMW (SA) (Pty) Ltd is a timely reaffirmation of an [...]
Evaluating the public interest effects of a merger: The Competition Appeal Court charts the course
by Paul Coetser, Director and Head of Competition and Kwanele Diniso, Associate When evaluating a merger, the Competition Act 89 of 1998 ("the Act") mandates that [...]
What makes the “Best” mobile network? A South African perspective
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of Regulatory Choosing the “best” mobile network depends on multiple factors. In practice, it is rarely defined by a single [...]
South African Competition Commission’s Draft Guidelines on Minority Shareholder Protections: what businesses need to know
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of Regulatory The Competition Commission has published Draft Guidelines on Minority Shareholder Protections for public comment in December 2025. The [...]
COMESA publishes important new Competition Regulations
by Paul Coetser, Director and Head of Competition and Raisah Mahomed, Associate The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has recently issued far‑reaching new [...]
Supreme Court of Appeal clarifies boundaries between casino and bookmaker licences in the Gauteng province
by Wendy Rosenberg - Director, Tebogo Sibidla - Director and Nothando Madondo - Associate In recent years, the number of online bookmakers offering fixed odds bets [...]
Financial sector evolution: a snapshot of what’s to come
by Natalie Scott - Director and Justin Duarte - Candidate Attorney The horizon of the financial sector is one coloured by significant regulatory reform. Extensive reviews [...]
Delivering notices to shareholders: it’s time for companies to consider more efficient and cheaper methods
Download Article by Brendan Olivier - Director Company secretaries and corporate legal advisors will know the difficulties, time and costs involved, when engaging in the [...]
Cracking Down or Catching Up? South Africa’s Approach to Crypto Regulation: Part 3 – Exchange Control
by Armand Swart - Director - Deon Griessel, Hilah Laskov - Director and Hlonelwa Lutuli - Associate Introduction Crypto assets ("crypto") exist in a unique regulatory [...]
Defamation in Labour Law – Manqele V Baloyi Masango Inc Attorneys and Others (896/2023) [2025] Zampmbhc 75 (12 August 2025)
by Bankey Sono, Director and Neo Sewela, Senior Associate It is not unusual for employers to appoint a law firm to conduct investigations into allegations of [...]
Voluntary liquidations: A cost effective and efficient method of conducting a corporate clean-up, and for ending the existence of dormant companies
by Brendan Olivier Quite understandably, the word 'liquidation' can send shivers down the spine, and cause a company director to run for cover. The negative connotation [...]
Substance dependence in the workplace- misconduct or incapacity?
by Bradley Workman-Davies - Director, Nasheetah Smith - Senior Associate & Isabella Keeves - Candidate Attorney One of the challenges faced by most employers today is [...]
