ENSafrica | Mauritius 200 years young
25 Aug 2020
200-year presence in Mauritius
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telecoms and media in brief | issue 16
technology, media and telecommunications (TMT)
25 Aug 2020
telecoms and media in brief | issue 16
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Bioprospecting in South Africa: unique opportunities in the cannabis sector and the biodiversity economy
environment
25 Aug 2020BY Lloyd Christie AND Sabelo Ngubeni
While there is still no commercial framework for cannabis in the country, South Africa has a bioprospecting regulatory framework that supports commercialisation of the entire cannabis value chain.
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Uganda Revenue Authority issues public notice on voluntary disclosure under the Tax Procedures Code Act
tax
25 Aug 2020BY Celia Becker , Phillip Karugaba AND Anita Kenyangi
The notice highlights the TPCA provisions that a taxpayer who voluntarily discloses any tax that should have been declared, may enter into an agreement to pay the outstanding unpaid tax and will not be required to pay any interest or fine due.
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Data breach management 101: why prioritising your incident response plan matters
data privacy and protection
25 Aug 2020BY Rakhee Dullabh , Shenaaz Munga AND Nicole Gabryk
Data breaches and cyber-attacks are a common, and increasingly frequent, threat faced by every organisation.
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Data protection and the direct marketing dilemma: complying with POPIA and mitigating liability
data privacy and protection
25 Aug 2020BY Era Gunning AND Nicole Gabryk
We set out some of the key considerations for direct marketing under POPIA that organisations should be aware of.
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“Promotions” in the context of retrenchment proceedings
employment
25 Aug 2020BY Naa’ilah Abader AND Themba Maduna
The Labour Court had to determine whether a failure by Telkom to appoint an employee into a more senior position within the context of a restructuring process amounted to an unfair labour practice concerning promotion in terms of the LRA.
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Africa Business In Brief
issue 366 | 23 Aug 2020
issue 366
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Distressed M&A: no need to sell cheaply, but do move fast
mine and occupational health and safety
20 Aug 2020BY Justin Balkin AND Tony Lee
While it is too early to know the full impact of Covid 19 on the economy, we are seeing that lockdown restrictions in SA are starting to have a significant impact on the bottom line of a number of companies.
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Fate of trademarks in failure
intellectual property (IP)
18 Aug 2020BY Ilse du Plessis
The SA publishing industry has been hit by two bomb shells, leading to speculation about the future of many much loved magazine titles.
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Clarity on law of contract
18 Aug 2020
BY Aslam Moosajee AND Joshua Davis
0n June 17 2020, the Constitutional Court handed down an important judgment, Beadica 231 CC and Others v Trustees
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Placing holds on accounts
18 Aug 2020
BY Aslam Moosajee AND Shenaaz Munga
0n June 8 2020, the high court in Pretoria handed down judgment in Moyo v The Standard Bank of SA Ltd
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General rules regarding interest deductibility
18 Aug 2020
BY Peter Dachs
In the current environment where there is a huge amount of debt being incurred by taxpayers it is useful to remind ourselves in what general circumstances interest is deductible for income tax purposes by taxpayers.
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Further amendments to the directions regulating sport
dispute resolution
18 Aug 2020BY Aslam Moosajee AND Joshua Davis
We outline below how sport will be regulated under alert level two.
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Further amendments to the directions regulating sport
dispute resolution
18 Aug 2020BY Aslam Moosajee AND Joshua Davis
We outline below how sport will be regulated under alert level 2.
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