Trade marks in Africa: Mozambique joins ARIPO
intellectual property (IP)
02 Jun 2020BY Ilse du Plessis
The big news in African IP has been the announcement that Mozambique will be joining the ARIPO system for trade marks.
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Trade marks: don’t register them “purely as a legal weapon”
intellectual property (IP)
02 Jun 2020BY Gerard du Toit
The long-running Skykick saga recently reached its conclusion.
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South Africa: Alert level 3
dispute resolution
02 Jun 2020BY Aslam Moosajee
In this note, we provide an overview of various salient features of the newly issued regulations.
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South Africa: CIS exemption relating to sale and repurchase obligations
banking and finance
02 Jun 2020BY Jessica Blumenthal AND Johan Loubser
On 11 May 2020, issued a broad exemption to managers of collective investment schemes in securities permitting them to suspend the creation, issue, sale and repurchase of participatory interests in certain circumstances.
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South Africa: Employment equity goals and targets as retrenchment selection criteria: fair and objective or a no-go?
employment
02 Jun 2020BY Lauren Salt AND Jessie Moore
In the face of COVID-19, employers must not forget their legal obligations particularly in respect of workplace transformation.
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ENSafrica: Coronavirus (COVID-19) legal update
Coronavirus (COVID-19) issue 7 | 02 Jun 2020
issue 7
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Africa Business In Brief
issue 354 | 31 May 2020
issue 354
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South Africa: Regulation of sport under alert level 3
29 May 2020
new regulations issued under alert level 3 are ambiguous in terms of what sports are permitted
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South Africa:Alert level 3: special arrangements for learners or students at schools or institutions of higher learning
29 May 2020
BY Aslam Moosajee
Students to require a certificate to travel to their institute of learning
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Alert Level 3 Regulations: the key takeaways for employers
29 May 2020
The much-anticipated Alert Level 3 Lockdown Regulations, issued in terms of section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 were gazetted yesterday, Thursday, 28 May 2020.
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South Africa: alert level 4 – back to work with strings attached
employment
26 May 2020BY Nils Braatvedt AND Shivani Moodley
We look at some of the key obligations arising from the Regulations from an employment perspective.
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NCA: a court cannot authorise a debtor’s obligations to remain permanently unsatisfied
dispute resolution
26 May 2020BY Aslam Moosajee AND Joshua Davis
As a result of the McLachlan decision, it is now settled that a debt review order which has the effect that a consumer’s financial obligations remain permanently unsatisfied, is ultra vires the NCA and is therefore null and void.
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A glimpse at South Africa’s future “equivalence” for foreign financial market infrastructures and participants
banking and finance
26 May 2020
South Africa’s financial regulators have taken a step towards further integrating with offshore financial markets.
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telecoms and media in brief | issue 13
26 May 2020
telecoms and media in brief | issue 13
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tax in brief | issue 46
tax
26 May 2020
tax in brief | issue 46
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