Will third party payment providers become accountable institutions under FICA?
02 Aug 2022
BY Angela Itzikowitz AND Era Gunning
The FATF recommends that countries should take measures to ensure that MVTs are subject to effective systems for monitoring and ensuring compliance with the relevant measures called for in the FATF Recommendations.
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NFTs: IP offices are taking note
02 Aug 2022
BY Manisha Bugwandeen-Doorasamy
The point of the investigation is to reach an understanding on “how NFTs fit into the world of intellectual property rights”, including what those rights look like today and how they may evolve in the future.
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tax in brief | issue 88
02 Aug 2022
tax in brief | issue 88
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ENSafrica’s IP department retains its IAM Patent 1000 ranking
02 Aug 2022
ENSafrica’s IP department has once again made it onto IAM 1000’s list of top firms for our outstanding work in the practice of patent law.
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Africa Business In Brief
issue 459 | 31 Jul 2022
issue 459
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ENSafrica’s Swakopmund office is moving from 1 AUG 2022
28 Jul 2022
We are pleased to announce that from 1 AUG 2022, ENSafrica’s Namibia Swakopmund office will be relocating.
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Africa tax in brief
26 Jul 2022
BY Celia Becker
The latest tax news from across Africa
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Uganda in brief
Uganda in brief | 26 Jul 2022
A focus on the latest legal and regulatory updates across Uganda's corporate commercial and banking and finance industries.
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The right procedural response to a notice of bar
26 Jul 2022
BY Aslam Moosajee AND Vishana Mangalparsad
There have been conflicting judgments in regard to whether a notice of intention to except in terms of Rule 23(1) of the High Court Rules is an appropriate response to a notice of bar.
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Dissilio Investments (Pty) Ltd v Nedbank Limited: What does this mean for Breakage Costs and Early Repayment Penalties?
26 Jul 2022
BY Deon Lambert , Jessica Blumenthal AND Talia Cullinan
The recent judgment of the Johannesburg High Court in Dissilio Investments (Pty) Ltd v Nedbank Limited handed down on 22 June 2022 could raise concern in the banking industry if read as preventing banks from recovering breakage costs.
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Dealers in high-value goods may soon be accountable institutions under FICA
26 Jul 2022
BY Annelie Giles AND Era Gunning
The FATF’s mutual evaluation of the country identified significant weaknesses in the country’s anti‐money‐laundering and counter financing of terrorism systems
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CRYPTO ASSETS SOON TO BE REGULATED IN SOUTH AFRICA
25 Jul 2022
BY Angela Itzikowitz AND Era Gunning
It is well-established principle that provisions that give rise to criminal and administrative penalties, must be interpreted restrictively in cases of doubt and ambiguity.
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Africa Business In Brief
issue 458 | 24 Jul 2022
issue 458
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Court grants FNB the right to sever relationship with Talhado
20 Jul 2022
BY Aslam Moosajee AND Shenaaz Munga
This decision will have a positive and significant impact on the country’s banking industry in that it allows banks to take measures in protecting their reputation.
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How procedural flaws in the Namibian appeals system disadvantages appellants
19 Jul 2022
BY Anja Louw AND Camelot Brinkman
Inefficiencies in the Namibian Labour Court’s appeal processes continue to cost appellants thousands of Namibian Dollars in unnecessary legal bills with no end in sight.
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