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The importance of Pride in Practice and exploring the legal landscape of LGBTQIA+ rights in South Africa

Financing South Africa’s rail revolution: opportunities and developments

At the Government’s inaugural transport conference in Johannesburg which kicked off on 16 March 2026, President Ramaphosa set the stage for a major transformation of South Africa’s logistics sector. He highlighted the urgent need to address a critical imbalance in freight transport, noting that nearly 70% of goods currently move by road, resulting in significant strain on infrastructure, compromised road safety and economic losses estimated at almost R1 billion per day.

Compliance crackdown update: From warning to enforcement

Following our alert titled Compliance crackdown: Is your company at risk of being deregistered? [/system/workplace/editors/acacia/Compliance crackdown: Is your company at risk of being deregistered] the Registrar of Companies (Registrar) has implemented enforcement actions against companies that fail to meet statutory compliance obligations. Deregistration of non-compliant companies is no longer a warning but an active outcome.

Chambers Global ranked our Employment Practice in Band 1

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) has once again cemented its position as a pre-eminent law firm in Africa, achieving excellent results in the Chambers Global 2026 rankings. Chambers is widely regarded as one of the most respected independent guides to the legal profession worldwide, ranking leading law firms and practitioners through rigorous, in-depth research and analysis.

A focus on digital markets in COMESA

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Competition and Consumer Commission (CCCC) adopted the COMESA Competition and Consumer Protection Regulations, 2025 and the COMESA Competition and Consumer Protection Rules, 2025 (New Dispensation) in December 2025.

New Year’s resolutions – Does the signing order of financial assistance resolutions actually matter?

Few things unsettle a transaction quite as effectively as discovering, usually at the eleventh hour, that the ‘wrong’ resolution was signed first.