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Taxpayer MPT v CSARS | Mineral royalties: Tax Court rejects linear method of “deeming up”

In the news | 01 Oct 2025
BY Simon Weber, Andries Myburgh
In a significant judgment handed down on 5 September 2025 and published by SARS today, the Tax Court upheld an appeal by Taxpayer MPT against additional royalty assessments imposed by SARS for the 20…
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Information Regulator cracks down on outdated PAIA request forms – What every information officer needs to know

02 Sep 2025
BY Era Gunning
The Information Regulator has issued a sector-wide warning on PAIA compliance, this article details what the latest Notice of Non-Compliance means for your organisation.
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Delhi High Court spreads a thick layer of protection: Nutella declared a well-known trade mark and counterfeit operation shut down

IP | 02 Sep 2025
BY Manisha Bugwandeen-Doorasamy
This article highlights Nutella’s strong brand recognition and describes a recent Delhi High Court case where Ferrero Spa & Ors, successfully stopped a large-scale counterfeiting operation by an enti…
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Long wait ahead - Lead times for dates of hearing from the Johannesburg High Court as at 31 August 2024

03 Sep 2024
BY Aslam Moosajee, Shenaaz Munga
The Deputy Judge President (“DJP”) of the Johannesburg High Court published a further bulletin of lead times for the set down of matters for hearing by the Johannesburg High Court as at 31 August 202…
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Litigants in Johannesburg High Court could face 4 ½ year wait for civil trials

26 Jul 2024
BY Shenaaz Munga, Aslam Moosajee
The Deputy Judge President of the Johannesburg High Court should again be commended for transparency in publishing a bulletin on 26 July 2024 of lead times for the set down of matters for hearing. 
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SA’s Constitutional Court hands down landmark judgment on foreign business establishment exemption

21 Jun 2024
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On 21 June 2024, South Africa’s Constitutional Court upheld Coronation Investment Management SA’s appeal, confirming Coronation Global Fund Managers (Ireland) Limited’s eligibility for the "foreign b…
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Litigants in the Johannesburg High Court could wait up to 3½ years for a civil trial to be set down

04 Jun 2024
BY Shenaaz Munga, Aslam Moosajee
The Deputy Judge President of the Johannesburg High Court has published a bulletin of lead times for the set down of matters for hearing by the Johannesburg High Court. 
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Cracking down on privacy: are you prepared for a data privacy audit?

technology, media and telecommunications | 11 Mar 2024
BY Wilmari Strachan, Naledi Ramoabi
In the last few months, the Information Regulator has intensified efforts to investigate and enforce compliance with data privacy and protection laws among responsible parties
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Johannesburg High Court laments lead times for allocation of hearing dates

13 Feb 2024
BY Aslam Moosajee
The Deputy Judge President of the Johannesburg High Court has issued a circular urging legal practitioners to carefully consider their approach when seeking hearing dates.
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Don’t have an “app”cident: SA and UK authorities crack down on employers for personal information breaches through apps

25 Apr 2023
BY Kerry-Anne do Couto, Suemeya Hanif
The need to protect personal information is becoming increasingly prevalent worldwide, and the consequences for failing to do so are becoming more stringent.
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Don’t be caught with your PAIA manual down

12 Jul 2022
BY Era Gunning
In terms of PAIA, a head or information officer who wilfully or in a grossly negligent manner fails to comply with these provisions commits an offence and is liable, on conviction to a fine, or impri…
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Rwandan Court hands down important decision on double taxation treaty with Mauritius

22 Feb 2022
BY Dieudonné Nzafashwanayo
The decision gives clarity on the right to tax business profits and interaction between MAP and domestic law remedies under various DTTs signed and ratified by Rwanda.
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Mandatory vaccinations in the workplace: SA’s CCMA hands down an important decision

26 Jan 2022
BY Irvin Lawrence
South Africa’s primary dispute resolution body, the CCMA has issued its first award in respect of an employee refusing to vaccinate in the face of the employer’s mandatory vaccination policy.
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Labour Court hands down new judgment on business rescue

employment | 09 Feb 2021
BY Shivani Moodley, Brian Patterson
The South African Airways (“SAA”) saga continues, with another Labour Court judgment handed down on 8 February 2021.
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South Africa: Commentary on Pretoria High Court judgment declaring the lock-down regulations invalid

03 Jun 2020
BY Aslam Moosajee
On 2 June 2020, Judge Norman Davis handed down judgment declaring the regulations promulgated in terms of section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 unconstitutional and invalid.
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