Companies Act Developments Seminar

Njeri talks Risper Genga Ohaga, Group CFO of East African Breweries Ltd

Every month, CDH Kenya Partner Njeri Wagacha publishes a podcast 'Njeri Talks Law'. In this month’s podcast she talked to Risper Genga Ohaga, Group Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director at East African Breweries Ltd about her career.

In possession of a blocked identity document or card? Home Affairs gives affected parties an opportunity to avoid cancellation

As a way to combat the decades-old issue of fraudulent identity documents being in circulation in South Africa, Tommy Livhuwhani Makhode, the Director-General of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) published the following notice in the Government Gazette: “Notice in terms of Section 3 of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act: Intention to cancel identity documents or cards of persons whose identity numbers are blocked and call representations from affected persons (GG) 5135 (16/08/2024)” on 16 August 2024 .

The impact of AI and the power of streaming platforms in the South African context

Solar is dead, long live solar

Renewable energy in South Africa is a hot topic. Not only because South Africa has an energy crisis and climate change needs to be averted, but also because the South African Government is assisting in the transition to a greener, cleaner, and more stable energy supply by, amongst other things, offering favourable tax incentives in this space.

Cross-Border Complexity: Negotiating International Arbitration Agreements with a State

Veronica Connolly, Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution practice, joined Refiloe Motsei and Vee Mthembu on Jozi FM to discuss “Cross-Border Complexity: Negotiating International Arbitration Agreements with a State.”

The aftermath of Crowdstrike: Re-evaluating the importance of severity classifications

The recent fault in a Crowdstrike update on 19 July 2024 resulted in one of the most widespread IT outages in recent history and has continued to dominate newsfeeds globally. This undetected fault caused over 8,5 million Microsoft Windows operating systems to crash and financial damage from this outage is estimated to be more than $10 billion. The disruption affected countless sectors including aviation, banking, hospitality, manufacturing, retail and manyothers.