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Topic – Part 3: The Cutting Red Tape Project
Proposed amendments to the JSE Listings Requirements On 5 March 2021, the Issuer Regulation Division of the JSE issued a Market Notice on a JSE Consultation [...]
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 [...]
Section 150A LRA intervention in the Sibanye-Stillwater deadlock?
After a lengthy period of striking - nearly 3 (three) months - over wage increases at Sibanye's gold operations, the time is ripe for the type [...]
Technology, Media and Telecommunications Africa Quarterly e‑Bulletin | May 2022
Botswana Broadband Facts and Figures Report, 2021 On 21 January 2022, the Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) published its Broadband Facts and Figures Report for 2021, [...]
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 [...]
The case for South Africa’s business rescue procedure – Commissioner of Sars v Louis Pasteur Investments (Pty) Ltd and others
South Africa's business rescue procedure by Eric Levenstein, Head of Insolvency, Business Rescue & Restructuring and, Brandon Starr, Candidate Attorney In the recently published Deloitte Africa [...]
Treaty residence of mobile South Africans – An interesting UK tax case
Treaty residence of mobile South Africans The tax residence status of a natural person with a mobile lifestyle recently formed the subject matter of a tax [...]
Important notice for Kenya imports
Intellectual Property rights ("IPR") owners who import goods into Kenya Mandatory recordation of Intellectual Property Rights as of 1 July 2022 by Donvay Wegierski, Director, and [...]
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 [...]
FSCA’s draft transformation strategy – A step in the right direction?
FSCA: Draft Transformation Strategy On 28 February 2022, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority ("FSCA") published a draft financial sector transformation strategy ("Draft Transformation Strategy") for public [...]
FAQ | Opportunities for investors arising from the South African business rescue process
The South African business rescue process has created the opportunity for investors (local and foreign) to position themselves in order to take advantage of distressed assets [...]
National Health Act update
National Health Act 61 of 2003 The Minister of Health ("the Minister") published, for public comment various regulations in terms of the National Health Act 61 [...]
The management of COVID-19 in the workplace
COVID-19 in the workplace On 4 April 2022, the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs ("the Minister") terminated the national state of disaster. In doing [...]
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") [...]
FAQ | Opportunities for investors arising from the South African business rescue process
The South African business rescue process has created the opportunity for investors (local and foreign) to position themselves in order to take advantage of distressed assets [...]
Earnings threshold increase for 2022
Annual earnings threshold increase for 2022 The Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997 ("BCEA") empowers the Minister of Employment and Labour to make determinations, [...]
Is a report prepared in terms of S 165(4) of the Companies Act privileged?
by Jones Antunes Director, Danielle Hertz, Associate, and Marisha Krishna, Candidate Attorney This aforesaid is an issue that recently enjoyed the attention of the Supreme Court [...]
Can’t make head or tail of POPIA? Lessons from Sheburi V Rail Safety Regulator
The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 ("POPIA") came into full effect on 1 July [...]
There’s a hazardous biological agent in your workplace
The SARS CoV2 virus ("virus") that causes COVID-19 has been classified as a hazardous biological agent ("HBA"). The virus was added to the list of HBA's [...]
Paint-by-numbers: Competition law litigation against Google and Meta
Online Intermediation Platforms Market Inquiry Is it with bated breath that one should await the outcome of the Online Intermediation Platforms Market Inquiry conducted by the [...]
Is South Africa in a state of procurement limbo? Where to from here, for now?
Public procurement in South Africa by Sarah Moerane, Director, and Koketso Rapoo, Candidate Attorney Public procurement in South Africa is undeniably tied to the country's socio-economic [...]
Putting Directors on Notice! – Section 129(7) of the Companies Act
Section 129(7) of the Companies Act The often "overlooked" Section and its meaning for directors of financially distressed companies by Eric Levenstein, Director, and Head of [...]
Explanatory Note
"No right, including the right to strike, is absolute." (AMCU and Others vs Anglo Gold Ashanti and Others) The right to strike is understood and accepted [...]
National minimum wage increases for 2022
Adjusted national minimum wage Following a mandatory annual review process, the Minister of Employment and Labour announced increases to the national minimum wage for 2022. With [...]
Market Inquiry: South African Fresh Produce Market
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of Data Privacy and Cybercrime Practice and member of the Competition Law Practice and Nyiko Mathebula, Associate The Competition Commission [...]
