Christoff Pienaar - SA FM - Draft national policy on data and cloud

Overlaps and oversight: Navigating mineral rights in South Africa

As the global economy begins to embrace the transition to green metals, ensuring certainty of mineral right tenure is crucial for the sustainability of these aspirations. The granting of ostensibly exclusive rights to multiple parties poses a significant challenge to role players in South Africa’s ever-fluctuating mininglandscape.  

Lucinde Rhoodie joined Refilwe Motsie on Jozi FM to unpack the difference between business rescue and liquidation

Business Rescue & Insolvency sector Director Lucinde Rhoodie joined Refilwe Motsie on Jozi FM to discuss The difference between business rescue and liquidation.

Unlocking South Africa’s infrastructure development and investment opportunities: Amendments to the PPP regulations

The reformation of the South African public procurement legislative framework is expected to have a direct impact on construction and infrastructure projects, particularly those that are public-private partnerships (PPPs). PPPs are commonly used by the public sector to benefit from the financial resources, expertise and skills of the private sector to improve its services and develop infrastructure. A PPP is a contract between a public sector institution and a private party, where the private party performs a function usually provided by the public sector. Most of the project risk (technical, financial and operational) is transferred to the private party.

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

Emily sits down with Gretchen to discuss a critical yet often overlooked topic: Estate planning for women-owned businesses in SA

Join Trusts & Estates practice Director, Emily West as she sits down with Practice Head, Gretchen Barkhuizen-Barbosa to discuss a critical yet often overlooked topic: Estate Planning for Women-Owned Businesses in South Africa.

National Small Enterprise Amendment Act: Changes afoot?

On 27 September 2024, the President brought into operation certain sections of the National Small Enterprise Amendment Act 21 of 2024 (Amendment Act), which amends the National Small Enterprise Act 102 of 1996 (Principal Act). The Amendment Act was assented to by the President on 18 July 2024 and aims, inter alia , to enhance support for small and medium businesses as part of broadening participation in the economy for a greater number of South Africans. This is to enable an equitable trading environment for small enterprises, through the provision of affordable and effective access to justice, and to empower the Minister of Small Business Development (Minister) to declare certain practices in relation to small enterprises to be prohibited as unfair trading practices.