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ANDREW SKIPPER
Member States of the African Union (AU) have a combined population of over 1.2 billion people and gross domestic product of more than $3.4 trillion - yet the continent accounts for less than 3% of world trade... Read
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PATRICK BRACHER
If you are a director of a company engaged publicly you need to examine your role, responsibilities and potential liability as you go into 2020 because director's liability is expected to increase. This expectation is confirmed by the fact that claims against directors and officers liability insurers increased in 2019 and the trend is expected to continue markedly. Read
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Afro-disruption and Afro-centrism will be trending when Bizcommunity, in association with Ster-Kinekor and Kantar, brings you BizTrendsLIVE!2020, on Thursday, 30 January 2020... Read
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ODETTE VAN DER HAAR
The business world is highly competitive and this applies to the largest of corporations all the way to the smallest of entrepreneurs. The economy has been merciless and no-one in business has been unaffected. In order to stay in business, one needs to stay abreast with technology and remain up to date with the latest innovations... Read
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Corporate & Commercial Law
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Entrepreneurs who are starting new businesses are urged to carefully consider the legal status and type of business being registered... Read
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Environmental Law
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GARYN RAPSON, GILLIAN NIVEN AND PAULA-ANN NOVOTNY
On 17 January 2020, the long-awaited notice extending the transitional timeframe for compliance with the Financial Provisioning Regulations, 2015 (FP Regulations) was published by Minister Creecy (Extension Notice)... Read
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Human Rights Law
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JOLEEN STEYN KOTZE
A high court in South Africa has passed a landmark ruling with far-reaching implications for municipalities that fail to carry out their constitutional duty to citizens... Read
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Intellectual Property Law
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LEANNE MOSTERT
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers prospecting and mining operations a greater ability to target likely mineral deposits, plan new mine developments in difficult terrain, control autonomous vehicles and improve recovery rates from diamond sorting or other minerals processing... Read
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Labour Law
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REHANA CASSIM
A legal battle between Old Mutual, the South African-based pan-African investment, savings and insurance group, and its chief executive officer Peter Moyo has dominated news headlines in the country for the past eight months... Read
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BRADLEY WORKMAN-DAVIES
A recent case decided by the South African High Court has examined the curious interplay of an employee's rights as they arise from both the written contract of employment and, at the same time, labour legislation. Although the judgment may at first seem confusing, a careful analysis of its outcome sheds light on how these parallel sources of the parties' rights and obligations operate in conjunction. Read
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JOSEPHINE WAWIRA
In a continent where over 60% of the adult population is unbanked and the financial sector is considerably underdeveloped, fintech has been a welcomed revolution that is seen to be boosting Africa's financial infrastructure... Read
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IAN SCOONES
There has been much about a major Africa investment summit being hosted by the UK. Attended by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and an array of royals, a great deal of hopeful win-win-win rhetoric abounded linked to forging new partnerships for a post-Brexit future... Read
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There is a $197bn opportunity for private-sector investors in five high-growth markets in Africa to help achieve the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals... Read
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CHRISTOPHER MICHAELSON
We live in a world threatened by numerous existential risks that no country or organisation can resolve alone, such as climate change, extreme weather and the coronavirus... Read
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PRABASHNI NAIDOO
Cybersecurity professionals see some threat actors or outside-parties as the enemy. However, challenging this mindset is important; you can better protect your organisation against outside-parties if you understand how they think and operate... Read
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With only 10 years to go to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is a great deal of work to be done if business is to contribute meaningfully to national efforts... Read
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2019 was a tough year for South Africans, but challenges often build resilience and confidence, particularly for business entrepreneurs, believes David Seinker, CEO and founder of co-working space company, The Business Exchange (TBE)... Read
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CATHERINE BLACK
Artificial intelligence is our shiny new toy. We're dazzled by its potential to help us make our lives more efficient, more productive... just... better... Read
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