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Fasken's South Africa Product Liability team provides valuable insights on consumer rights and the necessary steps for filing complaints in terms of the Consumer Protection Act.

Following the declaration of the National State of Disaster, on 28 May 2020, Minister Dlamini Zuma, after consultation with relevant cabinet members, determined that alert level 3 will apply nationally from 1 June 2020 and further regulations particularly relevant to alert level 3 were issued.

South African authorities have escalated their fight against counterfeit trade with a major enforcement operation in Bloemfontein that resulted in the seizure of over R5 million worth of fake goods. The coordinated action, involving multiple government agencies, confiscated thousands of items ranging from clothing and accessories to pharmaceuticals, underscoring the commercial and health threats posed by illicit trade networks.

The Department of Trade and Industry has proposed new direct marketing requirements under the Consumer Protection Act.

Fasken Product Liability specialists in the Life Sciences Industry Group from the South African office share valuable insights in this introductory podcast on the lay of the land of product liability and product recalls.

Fasken Product Liability specialists in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group from the South African office share valuable insights in this next episode focusing on product recalls and recourses.

The rapid advancements in the mobile phone and ease of access to vast amounts of mobile applications ("Apps") has made it seem that there is an App for everything and anything.

It sometimes happens that a seller in a property transaction enters into a conditional agreement of sale with a purchaser and before the fulfilment of those conditions the seller wishes to accept

ENSafrica's latest legal bulletin examines critical regulatory shifts across Africa, from South Africa's mandatory monthly opt-out cleansing under amended CPA rules to Rwanda's new VAT framework for cross-border digital services. The collection addresses constitutional interpretation in Ghana, AI policy governance failures, merger threshold updates, and emerging challenges in crypto regulation and prediction markets.

The considerable diversion of consumers from shopping malls to online trading platforms, further driven by the Covid-19 pandemic, presents huge challenges to authorities in stopping unlawful goods from being distributed.

It is no secret that E-commerce is growing at a rapid pace in South Africa, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The whole world continues to battle with the Covid-19 pandemic and there still is no end in sight.

2020 has commenced on a negative note for the Gauteng Department of Education. 18 scholars have died under various circumstances since the beginning of this year.

The Minister of Health intends to amend the regulations* relating to soft drinks, specifically those categorised as "formulated caffeinated beverage or cola beverage"; in other words "energy drinks".

Mr A (debtor) and Mr B (creditor) enter into a credit agreement but Mr A defaults on his payments in terms of the agreement and he receives a letter of demand for immediate payment of the full amount outstanding.

Thousands of consumers make use of the services of a broker, to procure insurance from an insurance company. In such instances, two separate agreements come into existence.

Private education in South Africa is increasingly viewed as a potentially lucrative industry, with some private schools flourishing into substantial business entities, amassing millions of Rand in profit.