Africa Business In Brief
issue 399 | 09 May 2021
issue 399
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Is it time to relook water governance in South Africa?
07 May 2021
BY James Brand
The number of rivers in South Africa deemed to be in a poor ecological state has increased alarmingly in recent times.
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Africa regulatory ENSight
issue 4 of 2021 | 05 May 2021
issue 4 of 2021
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Trendy climate change leaves the fashion industry hot under the collar
04 May 2021
BY Carlyn Frittelli Davies AND Njabulo Mchunu
South Africans’ recent celebration of Freedom Day signalled 27 years of democracy. Through democracy, our Constitution further brought us rights and obligations to guide our rainbow nation.
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Public invited to comment on amendments to Financial Provisioning Regulations
04 May 2021
Public invited to comment on amendments to Financial Provisioning Regulations
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Draft PAIA Regulations: impracticalities to be faced by foreign entities
04 May 2021
BY Era Gunning AND Jessica Steele
In terms of section 51 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (as amended by the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013, all private bodies must have a PAIA manual.
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The need of PMO approval enlarged under the Non-Citizens (Property Restriction) Act and the Foundations Act
04 May 2021
BY Celine Bellouard AND Audrey Ah Keng
The Non-Citizens (Property Restriction) Act 1975 and the Foundations Act 2012 have recently been amended through an emergency procedure on 27 April 2021.
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Telecoms and media in brief | Issue 23
04 May 2021
Below, please find issue 23 of the ENSafrica telecoms and media in brief, a snapshot of the latest tax developments in South Africa.
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Outstanding 2021 Legal 500 rankings for ENSafrica’s IP team
03 May 2021
We are pleased to report that ENSafrica’s IP team and its members have received outstanding results in the prestigious 2021 Legal 500 rankings.
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Africa Business In Brief
issue 398 | 02 May 2021
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NFTs: a gentle introduction
30 Apr 2021
BY Ilse du Plessis
These days you can barely open your device without seeing material about NFTs.
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Nivea Men and Connie Men
30 Apr 2021
BY Delene Bertasso
The South African Supreme Court of Appeal recently considered the claim of passing off in Koni Multinational Brands v Beiersdorf AG.
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SCA: we’ll have no truck with this patent
30 Apr 2021
As so often happens, a claim of patent infringement was met with an attack on the validity of the patent.
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Product design – a corporate arm’s race?
30 Apr 2021
A recent article in the Guardian highlight’s one of IP lawyers’ more difficult sells: the registered design.
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Google has good reason to be API
30 Apr 2021
The US Supreme Court has ruled that Google was entitled to use elements of Oracle’s Java application programming interface code when building Android
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