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The Twitter data hack
Data Privacy & Cybercrime by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Head of Regulatory Practice and Chiara Ferri, Candidate Attorney In the first week [...]
Re-inventing the wheel or balancing the scales?
Digitalisation, globalisation and the COVID-19 pandemic have made certain online platforms (along with their products and services) integral to the [...]
The FAFT, trusts and transparency in South Africa
Over the past 10 years, there has been large-scale domestic and international financial fraud in South Africa. Sometimes, trusts and [...]
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 [...]
Increase to BCEA earnings threshold
On 20 February 2023 the Minister of Employment and Labour, Thembelani Waltermade Nxesi, published a Government Gazette providing for the [...]
Chambers Global 2023
Chambers Global released its 2023 rankings. Published annually since 1999, Chambers covers legal markets of 200 jurisdictions by researching firms and [...]
