How times have changed. Social media marketing has evolved from being a bit of fun on the side to an absolute must-have for all businesses that want to remain relevant. Social media isn't just fun and games, though: it gives you access to personal information like never before. The big question is how the rules of PoPI apply when using social media for marketing and client service platforms...
linda graham 11 Feb 2019
The South African financial sector has been waiting with bated breath for South Africa's financial regulators to map the way forward and we expect this guidance to be forthcoming early in 2019...
David Geral 9 Jan 2019
Large corporates and multinationals are keeping a close eye on developments from the Department of Home Affairs. 2019 promises a number of changes in the Immigration Act which will impact the way business can attract and retain expat resources...
Marisa Jacobs 8 Jan 2019
As we head into the holiday season, any number of retail and hospitality employees will be expected to work overtime during this period. So what should they, as well as HR, know about their legal rights in this regard...?
Shan Radcliffe 23 Nov 2018
Should marijuana use be legalised, there are a number of concerns and questions around regulation and control that need to be addressed to ensure the safety of both users and non-users...
Rhys Evans 5 Jul 2018
Global and local legislation imposes severe penalties for firms that fail to protect their networks from DDoS attacks...
Bryan Hamman 7 Jun 2018
The General Data Protection Regulation legislation is the most important change in data privacy regulation in 20 years. As the international resident's compliance deadline was 25 May 2018, there is more emphasis than ever on using and storing data responsibly...
Gary Meyer 5 Jun 2018
After a tumultuous ride, the world economy pendulum is starting to swing in favour of commodities, but it's the current regulatory environment that is the real trial facing the South African mining industry...
Nicci Botha 9 Feb 2018
These days there really is an app for almost everything and everyone - including an array about and for the legal industry. Here's a quick look at trending legal apps for the year...
Shan Radcliffe 31 Jan 2018
Contrary to other jurisdictions, the International Arbitration Bill of South Africa 2017 specifically contains a provision that excludes public bodies from the more usual confidentiality clause ie the case must be heard in public...
Jackwell Feris 19 Jun 2017
The worst fears of a cross-section of mining industry stakeholders were realised when the latest iteration of the Mining Charter was released last week...
Nicci Botha 19 Jun 2017
Of course we all know that the advertising bans of alcohol products is getting closer and closer...
Chris Brewer 8 May 2017
When I saw the headlines on Friday stating the Western Cape High Court had declared the use of marijuana at home legal, I believed someone had shot off an early April Fool's joke...
Shan Radcliffe 31 Mar 2017
Rights activist group, Fix the patent laws, is taking a stand to get the South African law on medicine patents changed...
Nicci Botha 2 Feb 2017
Coca-Cola's claims that their SSBs are not linked to obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease will be tested in a lawsuit...
Sharon Snell 9 Jan 2017
The competition authorities of Botswana, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zambia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), an important step in the direction of more effective cross border enforcement of competition laws in SADC...
Pieter Steyn 5 Jul 2016
South Africa (similar to other countries endowed with mineral resources) has recognised that, except for encouraging downstream value-addition (beneficiation) in the minerals sector, policy tools and regulatory frameworks must be implemented to ensure that the extractive industry provides broader benefits to society...
Jackwell Feris 28 Jun 2016
Overly strict regulatory policy can inhibit investment in internet companies, with governments in emerging markets needing to ensure policy does not put off tech investors...
Tom Jackson 11 May 2016
As of 1 May 2016, the Competition Amendment Act (2009) comes into effect and one of its provisions makes cartel conduct a criminal offence...
Albert Aukema 26 Apr 2016
The Basic Conditions of Employment Act sets out some clear, realistic laws governing overtime that all employers must heed. This legislation does a good job of balancing the rights of employees and the needs of businesses to avoid contention between employers and employees...
Madelein Taljaard (van der Watt) 21 Apr 2016
On 12 April 2016, the National Treasury released a media statement in which the public is requested to make formal submissions on draft legislation that sets out the legal framework of the special voluntary disclosure programme (VDP) by 29 April 2016...
Heinrich Louw 18 Apr 2016
The SA healthcare industry is in a state of flux, especially around NHI and the Competition Commission probe into private healthcare costs...
Nicci Botha 30 Mar 2016
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan did an admirable job of balancing South Africa's books in his 2016 Budget, by providing a sound framework for the next year...
Rob Cooper 29 Feb 2016
Payroll administrators need to start preparing their business systems, processes and workforces for the implementation of the National Treasury's long-awaited retirement reforms...
Rob Cooper 2 Feb 2016
The President has not yet signed the Taxation Laws Amendment Act, 2015 and the Tax Administration Laws Amendment Act, 2015, both passed by Parliament, but the number and scope of the changes to the various fiscal Acts (mainly the Income Tax Act, 1962 [the Act] and the Value-Added Tax Act, 1991) are relatively limited...
Ernest Mazansky 17 Dec 2015
The Treasury has published the Draft Carbon Tax Bill for public comment by 15 December 2015...
Graeme Palmer 9 Dec 2015
The importance of data management has increased considerably in recent years due to the advances in big data mining and the benefits it offers businesses. The nature of data management is again undergoing substantial changes, due to the introduction of the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act...
Lyndy van den Barselaar 9 Nov 2015
