On Friday, 14 September 2018, the Minister of Mineral Resources (the "minister") published a notice amending Chapter 4 of the regulations relating to explosives, binding in terms of the Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996.

On Friday, 28 July 2023, respective Notices 3739 and 3740 were published in Government Gazette No. 49059, in terms of which the Chief Inspector of Mines for the Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate...

Technology is not new to the mining industry. Companies old and new have been successfully leveraging technology for quite some time.

On 1 September 2023, President William Ruto assented to the Climate Change (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill number 42 of 2023), which amends the Climate Change Act, Number 11 of 2016.

Africa Regulatory ENSight - Issue 9 Of 2019

Ensuring the safety and security of funds is a top priority for financial institutions worldwide. To this end, the South African Government has put in place various regulations to guide...

On 22 April 2016, the Financial Services Board ("FSB") released a set of proposed amendments to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange ("JSE") Derivatives Rules in Board Notice 49 of 2016.

To address the beneficial-ownership information deficiencies identified by the Financial Action Task Force in its Mutual Evaluation Report adopted in 2021, the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering...

In 2024, the passing of Vannessa Ford, a former female equity partner at Pinsent Masons, sparked global concerns about mental health within the legal fraternity.

On 24 November, Cabinet decided that it would not be renewing the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit ("ZEP").

7-Eleven has initiated legal action against Nike over a new Air Max 95 sneaker design, claiming the shoe's distinctive orange, green and red colour scheme infringes on the retailer's well-known trade mark branding.

Mark Phillips, mathematics textbooks author, entered into an agreement with Allcopy Publishers (Pty) Ltd, along with co-authors Jurgens Basson and Jaco Odendaal...

We are thrilled to report that ENSafrica was named South African Trademark Firm of the Year at the annual Global IP Awards, presented by prestigious IP publications World Trademark Review (WTR)

South African companies with international operations face a unique challenge in the management and structuring of the ownership and use of intellectual property in their international operations.

On 1 November 2019, ICASA published the much anticipated Information Memorandum for the high-demand spectrum licensing process for comment

A lot is written about structuring robust intellectual property licensing programs, whether from the perspective of licensors or licensees of intellectual property rights.

The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services issued directions to address, prevent and combat the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in all courts, court precincts and justice service points in South Africa during alert level 3.

The effects load-shedding are dealing a blow to the delivery of justice. The Johannesburg High Court currently has no reliable generator to allow the work of the High Court to continue during prolonged outages.

It's rare to see equestrian metaphors in judgments from the Labour Court, but in Samancor Chrome Ltd t/a Eastern Chrome Mines v NUM obo NE Matshebele...

On 6 August 2020, the South African Minister of Tourism published updated directions for the local tourism industry.