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Are FMD regulatory errors costing SA's milk market?

Are FMD regulatory errors costing SA's milk market?

23 Feb 2026

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Plain packaging vs branding rights: A legal battle over cigarette pack regulations

Sajidha Gamieldien, Nicole Haworth, and Aimee Du Plessis 19 Feb 2026

Hormone-disrupting chemicals found in popular South African sanitary pads and pantyliners

Hormone-disrupting chemicals found in popular South African sanitary pads and pantyliners

17 Feb 2026

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Are your algorithms secretly colluding? The hidden risks of digital price signalling

Nicholas De Decker 16 Feb 2026

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Why the UK Supreme Court ruling on post-sale confusion matters to global brands

Merlene Engelbrecht 16 Jan 2026

SA's beer industry warns against above-inflation excise hikes threatening growth

SA's beer industry warns against above-inflation excise hikes threatening growth

Charlene Louw 16 Jan 2026

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South African caregivers urged to stop use of recalled Nestlé NAN

13 Jan 2026

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SAHPRA demands recall of children’s immune boosters with zinc picolinate

12 Jan 2026

An employee inspects bottles of beer on a conveyor belt along a production line at the East African Breweries' microbrewery as the company released its half-year results in Ruaraka, Nairobi Kenya, 26 January 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo/File Photo

Kenyan court postpones case seeking to halt Diageo's $2.3bn sale of EABL

Duncan Miriri and Emma Rumney 9 Jan 2026

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Adoption of latest Nice Classification: What this means for SA trade marks

Marcelle Samons and Alicia van der Walt 8 Jan 2026

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Registered design rights: Valuable but overlooked form of IP protection

Patrick O’Brien 9 Dec 2025

Illicit Economy Task Forces launched to fight against counterfeit goods in SA

Illicit Economy Task Forces launched to fight against counterfeit goods in SA

3 Dec 2025

alcohol advertising is more regulated than people think, says Angela Russel, CEO of the Drinks Federation of South Africa (Image source: © 123rf )

Alcohol advertising: Accountability not aspirational, but actionable

Angela Russel 21 Nov 2025

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SAHPRA issues warning over illegal marketing and sale of GLP-1s

20 Nov 2025

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