A legal perspective on dealing with employees who refuse to mask up
25 May 2021
BY Lauren Salt
More than a year after the start of the COVID-19 lockdown, many citizens have adopted a lax approach to mask wearing, social distancing and sanitisation.
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POPIA compliance: what schools, colleges and universities need to consider
25 May 2021
BY Era Gunning
Schools, colleges and universities have a greater responsibility than most when it comes to data privacy and compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013
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Tax in brief | Issue 64
25 May 2021
Issue 64 of ENSafrica’s tax in brief, a snapshot of the latest tax developments in South Africa
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Africa Business In Brief
issue 401 | 23 May 2021
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2021 Global Venture Capital Guide - Kenya
20 May 2021
BY Mahesh Acharya AND Faith Chebet
Venture capital funds in Kenya typically invest in a wide range of sectors
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2021 Global Venture Capital Guide - Ghana
20 May 2021
BY Nana Yaa Ahmed
A 2020 report on Africa Venture Capital produced by Partech indicates that the technology sector, particularly FinTech, is currently popular for venture capital investment in Ghana.
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Conduct Standard for Banks: Provisions going live July 2021
19 May 2021
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Kenya’s new National Lands Information Management System – what landowners need to know
18 May 2021
BY Nigel Shaw AND Brenda Matu
The Kenyan Ministry of Lands has launched the National Land Information Management System , also known as “Ardhi Sasa”.
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Long-awaited clarity on broad-based black ownership
18 May 2021
BY Sanjay Kassen AND Witness Makhubele
The Minister of Employment and Labour has given notice that he intends introducing the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Bill, 2020.
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South Africa: Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 – Publication of the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Bill, 2020
18 May 2021
BY Willem le Roux , Pieter Colyn , Celeste Coles , Gerhardt Ehlers , Juanita Broom , Tyla Foster AND Warren Hendricks
On Friday, 14 May 2021, GN. 422 of 2021 was published in Government Gazette No. 44572
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Africa Business In Brief
issue 400 | 16 May 2021
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New safety measures for vessels and crew arriving in South Africa from Indian ports
11 May 2021
BY Jacqui Kaufmann
The ports of Durban and Gqeberha currently each have a vessel in quarantine due to crew having tested positive for COVID-19 in circumstances where their last port of call was in India and Kenya, respectively.
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Does a foreign lender to a Ugandan business require a licence from the Bank of Uganda
11 May 2021
BY Phillip Karugaba , Rachel Musoke AND Sheila Pacuto
The Ugandan Court of Appeal, in Diamond Trust Bank has set aside a previous decision that declared loans made by Diamond Trust Bank to Ugandan businesses to be illegal
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The Draft National Data and Cloud Policy: possible implications for data hosting and cloud IT services
11 May 2021
BY Isaivan Naidoo , Jessica Steele AND Naledi Ramoabi
On 1 April 2021, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies published the Draft National Data and Cloud Policy (GG No. 44389). The vision of the policy is move "towards a data intensive and data driven South Africa".
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Lessons in IT contracts: beware of the cancellation clause
11 May 2021
In Markit Systems (Pty) Limited v Fulcrum Group (Pty) Limited, the Gauteng Local Division of the High Court held that the customer was within its rights to cancel an agreement it had with a service provider
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