The Western Cape Government is in the process of developing a provincial legislative framework that will govern the use of CCTV cameras both on private properties and in public areas.

This is the first in a four-part series of articles discussing data breaches, privacy and protection.

The Cape Town Tax Court recently upheld the application of the so-called ‘most favoured nation clause' contained within the double tax agreement between South Africa and the Netherlands ("the SA-NL DTA").

This is misleading and mostly incorrect.

On 19 February 2020, the Competition Commission released its reports on the provisional findings of the Land Based Public Passenger Transport Market Inquiry. Of the two reports published

Part 2 of a legal analysis of the COVID-19 outbreak. In this article we consider the legal issues faced by businesses as result of possible supply chain disruptions

In a first for cross-border merger regulation in Africa, a fine has been issued by the COMESA Competition Commission (Commission) for the failure to notify a merger within the prescribed timelines.

The Constitutional Court found that provisions of RICA were unconstitutional and did not fully comply with the rights to privacy, freedom of expression, legal privilege and the rights of access...

In this article, we look at a recent judgment from the High Court which dealt with an employer's obligation to pay its employees' salaries in circumstances where the employer had closed its business because of the lockdown

The Consumer Protection Act ("the CPA") contains several mechanisms that consumers can use to enforce their rights against suppliers in relation to defective products or substandard services.

The opposition Democratic Alliance introduced the Ease of Doing Business Bill in Parliament in late February this year. The most significant objects of the cryptically titled bill are to...

A recent judgment by the Supreme Court of Appeal, Timasani (Pty) Ltd (in business rescue) and Another v Afrimat Iron Ore (Pty) Ltd [SCA case number 91/2020] has given some much needed guidance...

A share repurchase is often mistakenly (and automatically) assumed to be a scheme of arrangement since section 114(1) of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 ("the Act")...

On 17 June 2020 the Constitutional Court handed down a judgment in an application for leave to appeal against a judgement of the Supreme Court of Appeal.

A recent judgment by the Supreme Court of Appeal, Timasani (Pty) Ltd (in business rescue) and Another v Afrimat Iron Ore (Pty) Ltd [SCA case number 91/2020] has given some much needed guidance...

The Supreme Court of Appeal ("SCA") recently dealt with the tension between the right to privacy and the right to freedom of expression in the matter of Bool Smuts and another v Herman Botha.

POPIA gives a broad definition of ‘responsible party' but ultimately this is any person who determines the purpose of and means for the processing of the personal information of data subjects,...

The substantive provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA), which spell out the rights and obligations of persons and companies collecting and using the personal information of others, are to come into effect from 1 July 2020.

A new judgement was delivered by a full bench of the Western Cape Division of the High Court on 1 September 2020 in the matter of Ma-Afrika Hotels (Proprietary) Limited v Santam Limited...

GDPR and POPIA regulation has made it imperative for companies and product developers to think about restructuring their data protection systems.