16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence - Sexual harassment in the workplace

November 2024 deadline for foreign nationals in possession of a Zimbabwean or Lesotho Exemption Permit

On 1 December 2023, the former Minister of Home Affairs (Minister), Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, announced his decision to grant an exemption to foreign nationals in possession of either a Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) or a Lesotho Exemption Permit(LEP). 

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

Two new renewables bid windows signal revised hope for solving South Africa’s energy crisis

On 14 December 2023, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) released a request for qualification and proposals (RFP) under the seventh bid submission phase (Bid Window 7) of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP), and the DMRE also launched the second bid window (Bid Window 2) for the Battery Energy Storage Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme(BESIPPPP).  

The ball is in our courts: How section 20(9) of the Companies Act empowers courts to unmask corporate identity

Lucinde Rhoodie, Director in the Dispute Resolution practice joined Simon Brown on Moneyweb and was also featured on Daily Maverick discussing The ball is in our courts: How section 20(9) of the Companies Act empowers courts to unmask corporateidentity. 

Provisional sentence proceedings: A special procedure that can be used to immediately enforce a foreign judgment

International contracts are contracts concluded between two parties situated in different countries. A jurisdictional clause in an international contract typically states which country’s court will hear a dispute if one arises between the parties. The country’s court that hears the matter and hands down judgment may not be where the adverse party is situated. The principle of national sovereignty means a state has supreme authority within its territory and, based on this principle, a judgment obtained in one country is not automatically enforceable in another.

Making sense of beneficial ownership thresholds: The FIC Act versus the Companies Act

Both the Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001 (FIC Act) and the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (Companies Act) create legal regimes relating to the uncovering of beneficial ownership of an entity. The former requires accountable institutions (as defined) to verify the beneficial owners of their clients, and the latter requires certain types of companies (namely, non-affected companies 1 ) to keep record of and disclose their beneficial owners to the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC).