On 2 November 2020, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) handed down its judgment in three related appeals that were all heard on 21 August 2020.

As the world slowly returns to normalcy and businesses start opening their doors again, the risk of COVID-19 spreading is greater now than during earlier containment periods that we experienced at the beginning of the year.

Further details have just been released regarding the revised anti-dividend stripping tax avoidance provisions, which were announced by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on 20 February 2019.

Government has proposed to reduce the corporate income tax (CIT) rate on income earned by hotels and lodges on accommodation and food coaches, to 15% from 35%.

On 12 June 2019 the Tax Court in Cape Town upheld the application of the most favoured nation clause in the double taxation agreement (DTA) concluded between South Africa and the Netherlands

The Bank of Tanzania recently published the Microfinance (Non-Deposit Taking Microfinance Service Providers) Regulations (Regulations) issued under the Microfinance Act, 2018 (MFA).

The majority of the substantive provisions of POPIA came into effect on 1 July 2020. Organisations were, however, afforded a 12-month grace period to ensure compliance with POPIA by 30 June 2021.

We'll be sending regular snippets to our clients highlighting various areas of the Data Protection Act that we feel you should know about.

South Africa's tax system has arguably reached the tipping point where higher tax rates may well translate into lower tax collections.

In a decision that highlights the ever increasing power struggle between the two Houses of Parliament, on 29th October 2020, a 3 Judge Bench of the High Court in Petition No. 284 of 2019...

The Western Cape Division of the High Court in Cape Town (Court) delivered its judgment relating to a business interruption arising from the COVID-19 pandemic (COVID-19)...

On 4 February 2021, the Constitutional Court upheld a finding of constitutional invalidity of the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of...

The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendment Act) 2019 (SMAA) amended the Companies Act (No. 17 of 2015), Laws of Kenya (the Companies Act) to require all companies to introduce a register of beneficial owners.

How does POPIA impact employers? POPIA regulates the processing of personal information of data subjects by responsible parties.

Finance Minister Mboweni gave his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on 30 October 2019. "Rather than giving taxpayers the comfort that was sought

The correct VAT treatment of vouchers for digital services has been a grey area for many years. Towards the end of 2020, Mobile Telephone Network (Pty) Ltd (MTN)

To stop the spread of COVID-19, South Africa has been on ‘lockdown' since late March. The country moved to the second-least restrictive lockdown level on 17 August because the number of reported...

Bowmans partner, William Kasozi, and associates Brian Manyire, Edline Murungi and Joanitta Bogere wrote the Ugandan chapter of the Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guide on Insolvency 2019.

The Zambian Government (Government) has proposed to entrench the Subcontracting Policy of 2015 (Policy) into the country's procurement laws.

The Senate on 14 September 2020 proposed the Start-up Bill (the Bill) for introduction to the Senate that is sure to pique the interest of Kenyan entrepreneurs and investors who have an eye...