Author: Sarah Burman Reports of threatened class actions by customers, employees or shareholders against organisations in a range of different sectors have been rife since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the variation in the identity of the aggrieved persons, many of the class actions have a central theme: the failure of organisations in … Read more
Authors: Sarah Burman and Thandeka Diremelo It is a common feature of corporate group structures for boards to be replicated throughout different entities within the group. There may be many reasons to do this, but a common reason is to ensure that the policies of the group, which are usually set at the holding company … Read more
Authors: Patrick Leyden and Aobakwe Mametse The term ‘mine dump’ is usually used to refer to waste that is consequential to mining operations and comprises of tailing, slimes, waste rock, sand or other residue that is produced during the course of conducting mining operations. In recent times mine dumps have become more than just the … Read more
Authors: Jonathan Ripley-Evans and Nandile Dube In recent times, we have been led to question whether a bargain struck between two reasonable business people is at risk of being invalidated by the (often) last line of defence, public policy. If the concept was clearly defined, its application would at least be a bit more predictable. … Read more
Authors: Justine Sweet and Amanda Hattingh On Friday, 19 June 2020, under the Carbon Tax Act, 2019, the Minister of Finance (the Minister) published: The Regulations on the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensity Benchmark prescribed for purposes of section 11 of the Carbon Tax Act (the Emission Intensity Benchmark Regulations) (GN697 in GG43452); The Regulations on … Read more
Author: Jonathan Ripley-Evans, Craig Tevendale and Gregory Travaini On Wednesday, 1 July 2020, the Arbitration Foundation of South Africa (AFSA), launched its new International Arbitration Rules for public comment. The international Drafting Committee was chaired by Professor Dr. Maxi Scherer and included other high profile individuals including Ndanga Kamau, Jennifer Kirby, Lise Bosman, Chiann Bao, … Read more
Author: Lesetja Morapi On 24 June 2020, the Constitutional Court (“Court”) issued its decision in the Competition Commission’s appeal from the Competition Appeal Court (“CAC”) in Competition Commission v Pickfords Removals SA (Pty) Ltd (CCT123/19) [2020] ZACC 14. The judgment dealt with: 1.1 the effective date of complaint initiation into a prohibited practice in circumstances … Read more
Authors: Rohan Isaacs and Tatum Govender The President has (finally!) announced that the operative provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 will come into force on 1 July 2020. What is POPI? POPI is South Africa’s data privacy law and it stands for the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013. It is sometimes … Read more
Author: Peter Fabricius, Daily Maverick But the reforms that the IMF would impose as conditions for the loan would save the economy, says Peter Leon. South Africa will probably have to go back to the IMF for a much bigger loan than it has just got and this would come with conditions such as deep … Read more
