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South Africa's e-commerce landscape is booming, fuelled by a growing appetite for online shopping. This presents exciting opportunities for foreign companies seeking to expand their reach into the South African market.

While we are not experts on beauty products, this counterfeit pop-up saga is a fascinating case involving trade marks, counterfeit goods, and parallel imports – all under the lens of intellectual property law.

The limitation on t.he powers of the courts and arbitrators has led to a great deal of dissatisfaction in the fuel industry

Before the introduction of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2008 ("POPIA"), direct marketing was already regulated under the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002, ...

A ‘latent defect' is a material defect, which was not visible after ‘reasonable' inspection.

Oasis supplies bottled, filtered and purified water and other beverages in South Africa. It has been in operation for over twenty years and is the fourth...

Whenever the governor of the South African Reserve Bank ("SARB"), Lesetja Kganyago, announces a hike in the repurchase ("repo") rate, the first thing that comes to mind, or we see in the headlines...

The Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition has published the Consumer Protection Act Amendment Regulations, 2026 (“2026 Amendments”) in terms of section 120(1)(a) read with section 11(6)...

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), with 21 member states, is the largest regional economic organization in Africa. Furthermore, COMESA comprises a comparatively far integrated regulatory regime.

The recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) decision in Platinum Wheels (Pty) Ltd v The National Consumer Commission & Another shows just how quickly a business can skid off track...

ENSafrica recently hosted a webinar on a legal perspective on emerging technologies, in case you missed it, here's our roundup.

Have you ever browsed one of your favourite online retail platforms and noticed an entirely new clothing collection launched by the brand for your metaverse avatar?

On 16 March 2022, CEMAC published Regulation No. 00087 to supplement and amend Articles 1 and 6 of Regulation No. 00035 of September 2020. The new Regulation contains provisions relating...

Be that as it may, many contracts nonetheless include cancellation clauses. They dictate the process to be followed should any of the parties to an agreement wish to cancel the contract due to breach or various other reasons.

With no vaccine, and social distancing here to stay, businesses are having to adapt in order to survive and operate during the Covid-19 pandemic.

In recent times November has become the favorite month for South African consumers with the adoption of sale specials like Black Friday and...

Consumer trust is key to the success of Open Banking initiatives.