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 | | While South Africa's courts and regulators often turn to foreign law for guidance, the roles have been reversed for once. In a test case for Covid-19-related business interruption insurance claims in the United Kingdom (UK), its Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is being influenced by a recent court judgment in South Africa... read |
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 | JANET MACKENZIE AND REINHARDT BIERMANN The draft Films and Publications Amendment Regulations 2020 (Regulations) which were recently published for public comment in South Africa, have significant implications for online distributors in their current form. The Regulations apply to the sale, hiring and streaming of content on various digital platforms in South Africa... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Bizcommunity is pleased to announce a regular column by trend consultant, analyst and strategist Bronwyn Williams... Read |
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| Consumer Law |
 | VASHTI NAGEL The rise of counterfeit consumables has increased exponentially over the past few years across the African continent. A cause for major concern as many of these cases end in a fatality... Read |
| Corporate & Commercial Law |
 | GARY SACKS, ERIC CROSBIE AND MELISSA MIALON Diet-related diseases are major public health problems in SA. But many in the food industry strongly oppose globally recommended policies that could address these issues... Read |
 | The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) is studying the judgment of the High Court to review and set aside its decision on Eskom's fourth Multi-Year Price Determination (MYPD4) for the 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 financial years... Read |
| Environmental Law |
 | JOHN YELD A recommendation by department officials on whether to uphold appeals against a massive wind farm project proposed for the West Coast Peninsula was due to have landed on the desk of... Read |
| Labour Law |
 | The Constitutional Court is expected to today deliver a judgment that will settle the long running labour relations dispute between the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) and Tasima... Read |
| Land & Property Law |
 | Parliament has extended the deadline for submission of inputs on Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Amendment Bill to 7 August 2020... Read |
| Legislation |
 | DHEVARSHA RAMJETTAN, SHANE JOHNSON AND MBALI NKOSI On 20 July 2020, the Department of Employment and Labour gazetted the Employment Equity Amendment Bill (EEAB). The EEAB will shortly be formally introduced in the National Assembly. It is still subject to change... Read |
 | Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has called on South Africans and organisations, particularly those involved the fight against gender-based violence, to comment on the Victim Support Services Bill (VSS)... Read |
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 | SAMANTHA VARELA There is overwhelming pride and joy in graduating with a medical degree. There are also many challenges for an aspiring doctor, and one of which is understanding the legal implications of professional negligence... Read |
 | MERLITA KENNEDY, VICTORIA CAMPOS AND JARED ISHMAEL Recent legal actions against practising medical professionals may deter new entrants and cause experienced practitioners to retire, which has dire consequences for effective healthcare delivery in SA... Read |
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 | MUAZU IBRAHIM Most economists see structural transformation as one of the main routes to Africa's sustainable development... Read |
 | MISHECK MUTIZE A debt service relief package has been approved by some of the world's biggest lenders for more than 25 African countries... Read |
 | DPO Group will support the expansion of Network International's presence across Africa, one of the most under-penetrated and fast-growing payments markets in the world... Read |
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 | BRIAN DEESE The past year has seen a marked shift in society's attitudes toward sustainability... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Vollar, an online platform that allows organisations to incentivise and reward members of a community for doing volunteer work to help others in their area. But when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the team then had to go back to the drawing board... Read |
 | STEVE NICHOLLS On a trip to Denmark to discuss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the National Business Initiative's (NBI) counterparts there, the one issue on which we struggled to connect was inequality... Read |
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Pension Fund Law - Online Zoom webinar - 5 Aug 2020, Online Zoom webinar | 26 Aug 2020, Online Zoom webinar | 9 Sep 2020, Online Zoom webinar With new judgments involving pension funds often being handed down, this course will give participants a practical update. This six-hour webinar course will be held over three days. Read more >>
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