https://www.bizcommunity.com/416/717.html Southern Africa Legislation & Regulation news 15 Legislation & Regulation news - Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/416/717.html en-us Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:41:38 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/impact-of-malawis-new-competition-law-on-mergers-part-1-361728a Malawi’s Competition and Fair Trading Act, 2024 (Act), came into effect on 1 July 2024 and repeals the Competition and Fair Trading Act 1998 (Repealed Act) in its entirety. The Act marks a significant shift from the previous regime. Amongst other things, the Act introduces a mandatory and suspensory merger notification procedure. 1-250673 Wed, 07 Aug 2024 11:59:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.co.zw/article/zimbabwe-scraps-colonial-era-death-penalty-law-789952a Zimbabwe's cabinet on Tuesday agreed to abolish the death penalty following months of debate in parliament, choosing instead to impose lengthy prison sentences for the worst offences. 1-245842 Wed, 07 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/740/233165.html It has never been easier to generate income simply by expressing who you are. Social media platforms have given people from all corners of the globe the opportunity to connect and broadcast their lives, interests and content in exchange for monetary rewards. However, with this (influencer) power comes great responsibility. 1-233165 Thu, 03 Nov 2022 11:45:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com.gh/Article/83/828/222108.html Supporters and opponents of Ghana's new anti-LGBT bill faced off in parliament on Wednesday, 10 November 2021, in the first public hearings into the proposed legislation that would make it a crime to be gay, bisexual or transgender. 1-222108 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 11:45:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/307/217147.html Discarded single-use plastic shopping bags (SUPBs) are a growing environmental menace. Dubbed the 'white flower' in South Africa, the negative effects of SUPBs include reducing the aesthetic value of landscapes, clogging waterways, depleting petroleum reserves through their production, and endangering marine life through entanglement and ingestion. 1-217147 Wed, 23 Jun 2021 08:47:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.co.ke/Article/111/717/216051.html The regulatory net is closing on Kenya's fintech industry. 1-216051 Thu, 20 May 2021 15:14:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/120/549/215700.html Lesotho's Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has started a process to recruit seven judges of the High Court through a merit-based process. In February 2021, the commission issued a public advertisement announcing the vacancies and spelling out the competencies required. The vacancies follow a slew of deaths and retirements of judges. 1-215700 Wed, 12 May 2021 08:06:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/727/211852.html In the midst of the planetary emergency of climate change, Covid-19 is testing modern civilisation's preparedness for shocks, across the spheres of finance, economics and technology; global, national and regional governance; global and population health; social cohesion and food security. This is according to Baker McKenzie's new report, Unprecedented: Converging Crises, which notes that while the vast majority of businesses around the world are now in the throes of the immediate impacts of the pandemic, the consequences of this abrupt global change will reverberate for decades to come. With the acute phase of the Covid-19 response mostly complete, business leaders have begun to look at how to position themselves to succeed in a turbulent world, with organisations in different sectors having to adapt to specific industry challenges brought about by the pandemic. 1-211852 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:11:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/11/196216.html New expectations of transparency and authenticity in business means things like organisational purpose, brand stories, how your company does things, what it believes in and what it stands for, can all play a part in how your company sees itself and how it is seen by others. 1-196216 Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:07:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/11/193350.html "In an age of radical transparency, your internal culture is your brand. Time to take action!" proclaims the headline from Trendwatching.com. 1-193350 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:18:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Legislation & Regulation Southern Africa