ArticleRestriction On The Granting Of South African Oil And Gas RightsThe designated areas for restriction are depicted in a diagram attached to the notice, which depicts all of South Africa's onshore and offshore petroleum acreage.South AfricaEnergy and Natural ResourcesENS
ArticleCourt Grants FNB The Right To Sever Relationship With TalhadoThis decision will have a positive and significant impact on the country's banking industry in that it allows banks to take measures in protecting their reputation.South AfricaFinance and BankingENS
ArticleInsureTalk 2020 | WebinarWatch the InsureTalk 2020 webinar where ENSafrica's insurance experts, Rob Scott and Matthew Morrison discuss pandemics, business interruption and the law. South AfricaInsuranceENS
ArticleTwo Recent Decisions On Policy Interpretation: The Interpretative Process Is A Unitary ProcessThe interpretation of insurance policies is one of the most often litigated aspects of insurance law.South AfricaInsuranceENS
ArticleNew Plant Breeders' Rights Act Now In ForceThe long-awaited Plant Breeders' Rights Act, 2018 has officially replaced the outdated 1976 Act, ushering in a modernised regime aligned with international standards (UPOV 1991).South AfricaIntellectual PropertyENS
ArticlePuck It: Fanatics Wins Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over Hockey Puck-Shaped MemorabiliaFanatics, Inc., a global digital sports platform, recently triumphed in a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by William Grondin, the creator of "Slice of the Ice", a hockey memorabilia product.South AfricaIntellectual PropertyENS
VideoPodcast | The Future Of Trade In AfricaIn the latest edition of Business Law Focus, Editor Evan Pickworth interviews ENSafrica's Executive: Africa Regulatory and Business Intelligence, Celia Becker on the future of trade in Africa.South AfricaInternational LawENS
ArticleAppeal Courts Deal Double Blow For Sekunjalo Group Of CompaniesA year ago, the Eastern Cape High Court dismissed an urgent application in which Talhado Fishing Enterprises Proprietary Limited, an entity linked to the Sekunjalo Group...South AfricaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationENS
ArticleCompensation For Occupational Injuries And Diseases Act, 1993 ("COIDA") – Notice On Further Extensions Of Letters Of Good Standing Validity For The 2024 Return Of Earnings SeasonOn Monday, 19 May 2025, Notice 3200 was published in Government Gazette No. 52699, in terms of which the Acting Commissioner for the Compensation Fund ("the Acting Commissioner")...South AfricaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationENS
ArticlePhysical Hearings Resume At The Johannesburg High CourtThe Office of the Chief Justice and the Department of Public Works have resolved the power supply interruptions that have been causing delays in the delivery of justice...South AfricaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationENS
ArticlePOPIA 101: The Journey To CompliancePOPI, South Africa's legislation dealing specifically and exclusively with data protection, will largely come into force on 1 July 2020. A responsible partySouth AfricaPrivacyENS
ArticleAfrica Regulatory ENSight - 8 Of 2019Law no. 13/19, 23 May - Legal Framework applicable to Foreign Nationals in the Republic of Angola South AfricaStrategyENS
Article#SABudget2025: Announcement "Withdraws" VAT Rate IncreaseThe Minister of Finance released a media statement in the early hours of today, 24 April 2025, announcing that the VAT rate would be maintained at 15%.South AfricaTaxENS
ArticleHolding IP Assets Offshore - IP, Tax And Exchange Control ConsiderationsTax series | holding IP assets offshore- IP, Tax, and exchange control considerations.South AfricaTaxENS
ArticleRwanda Revenue Authority Opens For Application For Quitus FiscalAccording to the announcement issued by the Rwanda Revenue Authority ("RRA") on December 13, 2019, the applications for quitus fiscal in relation to the fiscal year 2020 are open from today (December 16, 2019).South AfricaTaxENS
ArticleTax In Brief | Issue 47Below, please find issue 47 of ENSafrica's tax in brief, a snapshot of the latest tax developments in South Africa. South AfricaTaxENS
ArticleVAT Implications Of Intra-Group Finance TransactionsRecently, we have been asked to consider an often overlooked VAT exposure, namely, the potential taxable supplies involved in low or nil cost intra-group financing and security transactions.South AfricaTaxENS
ArticleBank Of Uganda Exempted From Blanket Statutory ImmunityThe Minister of Finance has issued an instrument lifting the blanket immunity from execution against the assets of the Central Bank of Uganda. The exemption was given in the Public Finance Management...UgandaFinance and BankingENS
ArticleUganda Insurance Regulatory Authority Clarifies New Bancassurance GuidelinesThe Ugandan Insurance Regulatory Authority ("IRA") has released clarification on its recently published bancassurance guidelines.UgandaInsuranceENS
ArticleThe Obesity Drug Wars: Now It's About The AdvertisingNovo Nordisk has taken Eli Lilly to court in the United States, alleging that Lilly's weight-loss drug advertisements misleadingly compare the highest doses of its own medicines against lower doses of Novo's products...United StatesIntellectual PropertyENS