South Africa's President, Cyril Ramaphosa, announced on Monday 23 March 2020, that the country will be in lockdown for 21 days (as presently advised) as from midnight on Thursday 26 March 2020

*Coronavirus (COVID-19) regulatory measures

The Presidential Decree amends Presidential Decree No. 207/21 of 31 August, updating the measures to prevent and control the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19...

According to the Institute of Directors of Southern Africa ("IODSA"), the King lV Report on Corporate Governance ("King IV") recognises Companies as integral parts of the broader society.

Now that South Africa is under lockdown for the next 21 days, as part of an organisation's business continuity efforts, businesses will, to the extent possible, continue to run remotely. Two common legal issues that arise...

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the South African economy with several enterprises struggling to remain profitable. Their continued operation remains threatened ...

It is crunch time for many South African employers as retrenchments and other cost-cutting measures become sore realities for numerous businesses navigating the devastating impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the nationwide lockdown.

In the United Kingdom, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") representing policy holders, brought a test case under the United Kingdom High Court's Financial Markets Test Case Scheme.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it something of an IP truce, with major pharmaceutical companies seemingly happy to co-exist.

Donald Nyakairu provides his comments on these new guidelines, which were introduced by the Bank of Uganda on 14 April 2020.

Uganda's response to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been impressive given the results that have been achieved.

It seems like an eternity ago since the World Health Organisation declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Governments around the world have responded to the pandemic in different ways...

The much-anticipated Alert Level 3 Lockdown Regulations, issued in terms of section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 were gazetted yesterday, Thursday, 28 May 2020.

ENSafrica's Banking and Finance team summarises some of the latest COVID-19 related regulatory amendments and updates pertaining to financial services.

It has been widely reported in the National Law Journal that hundreds of applications have been filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...

Directions pertaining to the communications sector were issued on 26 March 2020 by the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies (the "Minister"), to ensure the smooth operations of the electronic communications sector...

After every storm, there is a rainbow – Cabinet has decided to ease lockdown restrictions under Adjusted Level 3, in efforts to encouraged increased economic activity.

A restraint of trade is an agreement usually between an employer and an employee, and in certain instances, may be contained in shareholder agreements and be binding on shareholders.

In Geneva, on June 17, ministers, and delegates at the World Trade Organisation's (WTO's) Twelfth Ministerial Conference (MC12) reached an agreement on a series of key trade initiatives.

The devastating impact of COVID-19 is being felt across the globe. The pandemic will highlight the inequality amongst the different classes of South Africans.