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The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) of South Africa recently delivered a judgment in a trade mark infringement case between iCollege (Pty) Ltd ("iCollege") and Xpertease Skills Development and Mentoring CC ("Xpertease").

The Consumer Protection Act (CPA), scheduled to become operational in April of this year, is likely to have far-reaching effects.

In the last few years, there has been a push for more regulated industries and better protection of consumers. If consumers lose faith in the products available for purchase...

The recognition and status of private higher education qualifications have remained somewhat of a grey area for legal practitioners and candidate legal practitioners. While the requirements for admission as an...

It may have been 20 years in the making but it is finally here! The President assented to the long-awaited Competition Act, 2023 ("the Act") on 2 February 2024.

Several major companies dominate the beer brewing industry across Africa, with operations spanning multiple regions and consolidating significant market shares.

Following in the footsteps of the Competition Act, the National Credit Bill is a new piece of legislation that aims to set up a similar regulatory framework and infrastructure to regulate the granting of credit to consumers.

"Open banking" involves the use of an application programming interface ("API") and open-source technology to allow third-party developers, such as fintechs...

The Millennium Development Goals or MDGs were identified by the World Health Organisation in terms of the Millennium Declaration signed by 189 countries in 2000.

In the recent judgment in Els v Venter and Another, the Supreme Court of Appeal ("SCA") had to decide whether a residential lease agreement of a family home falls within the ambit...

"In a product business model, firms create value by developing differentiated products for specific customer needs, and they capture value by charging money...

Breaking stories in the news over the past week have placed the auctioning business under a spotlight.

A recent judgment in the Western Cape High Court deals with the limitation on collection costs that a debtor can be charged in terms of a credit agreement under the National Credit Act.

In lending transactions, the placement of the interest rate clause within loan and security documents is an important decision that affects legal clarity, enforceability, borrower protections, and market practice

It is a truism that the political setting is of central importance with regard to health care.

The Supreme Court of Appeal has resolved a critical jurisdictional question affecting credit providers nationwide by clarifying whether the High Court retains authority to adjudicate shortfall claims after repossession and sale of goods under credit agreements.

South Africa's National Consumer Commission has published draft guidelines requiring businesses engaged in direct marketing to register on the Opt-Out Registry system and implement monthly database cleansing processes. The guidelines establish comprehensive operational requirements including fee structures, suppression-list integration, and granular blocking mechanisms that transform legal obligations into concrete data-flow and systems requirements.