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Authors: Peter Leon, Ernst Muller and Natasha Rachwal Negotiators have an opportunity to fashion a regime that supports modern investment policies by promoting sustainable development. With less than three months before the expected conclusion of negotiations on the African Continental Free Trade Area’s (AfCFTA) protocol on investment increasing attention is being paid to the protocol’s … Read more
Authors: Rohan Isaacs and Tatum Govender Less than 2 months after the commencement of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI), South Africa has suffered a massive data breach. Approximately 24 million individuals and 800 000 companies have had their personal information held by the credit bureau Experian hacked. Under POPI, Experian is required to … 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
Authors: Rohan Isaacs and Tatum Govender Although the country is moving to level 3, more and more suppliers had already turned to online or telephonic sales to get their businesses starting up again. This is because these types of sales were largely permitted during level 4, in terms of directions issued on 14 May, and … Read more
Authors: Rohan Isaacs and Tatum Govender Although the country is moving to level 3, more and more suppliers had already turned to online or telephonic sales to get their businesses starting up again. This is because these types of sales were largely permitted during level 4, in terms of directions issued on 14 May, and … Read more
Authors: Rohan Isaacs and Tatum Govender Although the country is moving to level 3, more and more suppliers had already turned to online or telephonic sales to get their businesses starting up again. This is because these types of sales were largely permitted during level 4, in terms of directions issued on 14 May, and … Read more
Author: Ifeoluwa Ogunbufunmi, Banwo & Ighodalo As the world braces for a “new normal” in the face of the global pandemic – COVID-19 – financial technology companies (“FinTechs”) have proved that “digital” is the new look for the financial sector in Nigeria. On March 30, 2020, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari issued a lockdown order directing the … Read more
Author: REBECCA DONOVAN Herbert Smith Freehills is pleased to announce that we have maintained our top tier rankings in five Africa-wide practice areas in the new edition of Chambers Global 2020: Africa-wide: Projects & Energy (for the 12th consecutive year) Africa-wide: Projects & Energy: Mining & Minerals (for the 9th consecutive year) Africa-wide: Dispute Resolution … Read more
Author: Jenna Cavanagh Given ongoing developments surrounding COVID-19 and to ensure the safety of our clients and employees, we regret to announce that the Breakfast Roundtable Discussion has been postponed until further notice. For more information, please contact Jenna Cavagh or your usual Herbert Smith Freehills Contact: Read more
