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SAFM Market Update: Cross Trainer Enters Business Rescue
Dr. Eric Levenstein, Director and Head of our Insolvency & Business Rescue practice area, had a discussion with Jimmy Moyaha of SAFM about the markets reaction to Cross Trainer going under business rescue and the current status of the business rescue mechanism in South Africa.
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Do not call me I’ll call you …… South Africa’s 2026 CPA Amendment Regulations: operationalising the national opt‑out regime for direct marketing and shifting day‑to‑day anti‑spam responsibility to the National Consumer Commission
The Consumer Protection Act Amendment Regulations, 2026 deliver the long‑awaited operational framework for South Africa’s statutory opt‑out regime by establishing [...]
Business Rescue Applications Under Scrutiny: business rescue orders are not there for the taking!
This article considers the recent decision in Trustees, Inkwazi Trust v Skema Holdings (Pty) Ltd and its implications for business [...]
The AI Arms Race and what it means for Competition Law: A new era or new focus
We are not in the habit of writing breathless technology briefings. That is not our role. But the industrial reorganisation [...]
The AI Governance Stack and South Africa’s Draft National AI Policy: An Operational Gap in Search of a Framework
Author's Note I am presently reading Noah M Kenney's Governing Intelligence: Law, Privacy, Security, and Compliance,[1] and it has given [...]
Speak now or forever hold your peace. The draft AI policy has been published and parties have 60 days to comment
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of Regulatory On 10 April 2026, South Africa's Department of Communications and Digital Technologies [...]
Cracking Down or Catching Up? South Africa’s Approach to Crypto Regulation: Part 4 – Exchange Control Update
by Deon Griessel, Director, Armand Swart, Director, Hlonelwa Lutuli, Associate and Khanyisa Tshoba, Associate In our previous article published on [...]
