Blockchain technology is set to improve trust in international trade transactions
The age old problem of low levels of trust between importer and exporter when it comes to payment looks set to be alleviated by...
Scrapping the Road Accident Fund to save R2.25 on petrol is a mistake –...
OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage recently spoke in an interview on 702 about the growing calls to scrap the RAF, a state-owned entity that has...
When legal turns on legal, justice is denied
When advocates sue attorneys, something deeper than a fee dispute is at play. It signals that the professional bond designed to serve justice has...
Passion Is Not a Governance Strategy: Why Community Schemes Need Competent Boards, Not Just...
In our complex, the monthly levy was R1,092 in 2019. By 2025 it had risen to R1,311. Yet according to our former managing agent’s...
The pitfalls of over-regulation: Incentives, schemes, and unintended consequences
Regulations and rules are not necessarily bad things; it all depends on what they do and how they are enforced. The problem is the...
SA needs less regulation, not more
Domestic workers are not formal, permanent employees of households. Trying to force this fiction onto South African households threatens to wipe out all the...
Constitutional Court decides in State Information Technology Agency SOC Limited/Gijima Holdings case
The Constitutional Court this week handed down judgment in a matter that will be of interest to parties who contract with state owned companies. On 27...
Proposed Protocol to be Adopted by the Branch: Master to Address the National Disaster...
From the OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MASTER (dated 2nd May 2020)
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. The Master is a creature of statute and therefore has an obligation...
Some people are making guns with 3D printers. A new law seeks to cancel...
A first-of-its-kind law in New York could force 3D printers sold for homes and business to come equipped with technology blocking them from making...
Facing the music: Whose song is it anyway?
In 2015, the 9th Circuit Court ruled that Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke’s song, “Blurred Lines” , infringed on Marvin Gaye’s 1977 “Got to...
Robust crypto asset regulations in the pipeline
South African Regulators have issued a consultation paper that proposes firm regulations for crypto assets, to mitigate the risks associated with crypto trading. A consultation...
Herbert Smith Freehills Guide on Disputes Resolution in Africa Finds disputes increasingly handled ‘onshore’
Increasingly, disputes involving African parties are being resolved in Africa, through regional African arbitral institutions or local courts, rather than through foreign litigation or...
