The landscape for women in law

Mentorship and Sponsorship: How men can support women in tax careers

Opt in or out: Unilateral option clauses in international arbitration

The 2024 edition of the Clifford Chance Unilateral Option Clauses Survey considers the validity of unilateral option clauses in 120 jurisdictions around the world, including 28 countries in Africa. The full survey, including CDH’s contribution for South Africa, is available here .

In pursuit of a circular economy: Kenya enacts Extended Producer Responsibility regulations

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is increasingly being adopted by countries to address waste management challenges. EPR holds producers accountable for their product’s life cycle and is based on the polluter pays and zero waste principles of environmental law.  

Workplace harassment

One may be forgiven for thinking that this has become a worn-out topic with so much written and spoken about the subject since the #MeToo movement began. The topic was reignited in South Africa around March 2022 when the Code of Good Practice on the Prevention and Elimination of Harassment in the Workplace (Code) came into effect, and the subject remains relevant.

The conundrum of unsolicited bids

Municipalities regularly receive unsolicited bids, which are offers by third parties on their own initiative and without an invitation from a municipality to provide the municipality with goods or services. The general principle is that municipalities are not obliged to consider unsolicited bids as they fall outside the normal bidding process. In the circumstances, when a municipality does choose to consider an unsolicited bid it must do so within the prescribed legislative framework.

The critical need for greater accountability in South Africa's public service

Imraan Mahomed and Phetheni Nkuna, Directors in the Employment Law Practice, were recently featured in the Business Day Public Sector supplement, discussing the critical need for greater accountability in South Africa's public service.