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Challenges faced by Ports Regulator of South Africa
The Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group's Cape Town office recently held an Exporters Club seminar, which highlighted the role and challenges of the Ports Regulator of South Africa (PRSA)... read


Competition Law
Getty Images goes up against Google to protect photographers' rights
Getty Images has filed a competition law complaint to the European Commission against Google Inc, focusing specifically on changes made in 2013 to Google Images, the image search functionality of Google... read
Labour Law
Determining when new employers substitute for old employers

Jacques van Wyk and Andre Van Heerden

Deciding at what point a new employer is substituted for an the old employer, in terms of a transfer in terms of section 197 of the Labour Relations Act is unclear from the legislation and must be determined on a case-by-case basis... read
Legislation
Does government have duty to provide free basic electricity?

Chantelle Gladwin and Musa Mathebula

Considering the current energy crisis and frequent power cuts in the form of 'load shedding', is there a duty on the South African government to provide free basic electricity to the people?... read
Debt collectors have to abide by Code of Conduct

Chantelle Gladwin and Gary Boruchowitz

Debt collectors' conduct is regulated by the Debt Collector's Act, as well as by common law relating to harassment, intimidation and other criminal acts of a similar nature... read
Medical Law
Learnings from Zika and reproductive rights in Africa
The outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in South America is a good example of the abortion dilemma faced by under-resourced countries... read
Business
Industry 4.0: SA gets digital

Danette Breitenbach

In South Africa, a surge is expected in digital in five years' time, with the current level of digitisation and integration expected to rise from 27% to 64%... read
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