Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments imposed restrictions on individual travel. This resulted in many companies changing their work model to...

Having gone through a number of substitutions and amendments, the debt reduction rules contained in section 19 of the South African Income Tax Act, 1962 (the "Act")

The recently delivered judgment in Standard Bank v South African Reserve Bank, which concluded that cryptocurrencies do not constitute "capital" for purposes of Regulation...

The implementation of cybercrime legislation is a pressing issue given that South Africa has one of the highest numbers of cybercrime victims in the world.

Traditional confidentiality clauses and non-disclosure agreements ("NDAs") were designed for human-to-human...

In South Sudan, the legislative deadlock of the Intellectual Property Bill of 2015 continues, awaiting enactment by parliament. This means it is not yet possible to register...

The Petroleum Supply (Amendment) Act, 2023 ("the Act") has received Presidential assent in a record-breaking ten days from the date that it was passed by Parliament.

On 31 August 2023, the Parliament of Uganda reconsidered and passed the Competition Act 2023.

Uganda has published rules to secure the enforceability of close-out netting under ISDA Master Agreement, GMRA and GMSLA contracts with financial institutions.

The Industrial Property Bill that was passed on the 22nd August 2013 was accepted into Ugandan law on the 6th January 2014.

The recent Court of Appeal decision in Simba Properties v Vantage Mezzanine has drawn attention for appearing to depart from the established principle that Ugandan courts...

In today's digital age, business email compromise ("BEC") has become a threat to businesses and individuals. BEC is defined as "a criminal act where criminals illegally access...

This newsletter includes summaries of recent media releases, reports and cases relating to immigration in Australia.

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.

On 4 June 2020, Notice R.639 was published in Government Gazette No. 43400, in terms of which the Minister of Employment and Labour issued a Consolidated COVID-19 Direction.

Following the amendments to the Employment Equity Act, 1998 ("EEA") enacted in April 2023, and an extremely contentious first round of public comment on the proposed sectoral targets...

In a world where inequality continues to grow and human dignity is often overlooked, the importance of fostering a culture that values and respects each individual cannot be overstated.

Cabinet have, during their meeting of 10 December 2014 approved the tabling in Parliament of the Plant Breeders’ Rights Amendment Bill and Plant Improvement Amendment Bill.

In Kahn v Stetter, Brian Kahn Inc., a firm of attorneys, instituted an application in the High Court for an order directing its' client to pay for outstanding fees in respect...

A landlord may not, without a court order, terminate the supply of electricity to premises leased to a tenant who is in arrears with monthly electricity payments.