https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/547.html South Africa Corporate & Commercial Law news 15 Corporate & Commercial Law news - South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/547.html en-us Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:59:42 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/trade-dress-dispute-hots-up-as-tabasco-takes-stoli-to-court-over-vodka-bottle-design-958554a What do vodka and pepper sauce have in common? Surprisingly, their packaging. 1-267264 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:48:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/pay-first-arbitrate-later-the-reality-of-adjudication-in-sa-construction-conflicts-403069a South African courts enforce adjudicator decisions immediately, even where a party intends to challenge the outcome through arbitration. If your construction contract designates adjudication as binding, compliance is not optional. Disputes about the merits come later — payment and performance come first. 1-267235 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:26:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/court-sets-aside-r86m-border-wall-tender-over-fraud-392368a A fake joint venture used a fake B-BBEE certificate and an expired compliance document to win a KwaZulu-Natal transport department contract. 1-267193 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:10:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/kenya-court-dismisses-bid-to-stop-diageo-23bn-sale-of-east-african-breweries-736722a A Kenyan court on Thursday, 9 April, dismissed a bid to stop Diageo's $2.3bn sale of its local subsidiary East African Breweries Limited (EABL) to Japan's Asahi Holdings. 1-267182 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:19:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/south-african-court-orders-eskom-to-disclose-r70-billion-coal-and-diesel-contracts-why-the-ruling-matters-403429a South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal recently ruled that the country’s state-owned electricity utility Eskom must disclose its contracts with coal and diesel suppliers. This is a major victory for transparency in a sector that has long been marked by secrecy, financial instability and weak public trust. 1-267145 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:49:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/judge-orders-tark-group-directors-to-personally-repay-covid-contract-profits-736772a The Special Tribunal has ruled that R14m in contracts for surgical masks and protective jumpsuits bypassed bid processes. 1-267112 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:49:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/deliberately-avoiding-condition-fulfilment-is-not-a-get-of-contract-free-card-170496a A party cannot deliberately prevent a condition precedent from being fulfilled and then use that failure to escape its contractual obligations. 1-267048 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:33:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/legal-challenges-of-protests-in-south-african-shopping-centres-622461a Public protest is a protected constitutional right in South Africa. However, when protest action moves from traditional public spaces into privately owned commercial environments such as shopping centres, a different set of legal and risk considerations arises. 1-266911 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:53:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/is-the-game-worth-the-candle-ways-to-resolve-disputes-without-breaking-the-bank-400699a There is a moment in most disputes where emotion overtakes economics. Pride digs in. Letters get sharper. Threats of court are made. And yet, by the time a matter reaches trial, the real question lingers: was the game worth the candle? 1-266885 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:05:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/whistleblower-overload-part-1-when-grievances-masquerade-as-whistleblowing-844973a In this two-part series on whistleblowing policies in the workplace, Luway Mongie and Graham Damant of Bowmans, look at the reasons for the current proliferation in whistleblower complaints and how this can be mitigated via the introduction of separate policies and gatekeeping provisions. 1-266779 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:35:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law South Africa