The Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was brokered by the African Union (AU) and adopted by 44 of its 55 member states on 21 March 2018. By February 2019, all AU countries, save for Eritrea, had become signatories to the AfCFTA, which came into force on 30 May 2019...
Robyn Berger, Theunis Claassen and Catherine Robson 30 Jun 2020
Global law firm Baker McKenzie has partnered with organisations including the Centre for International Rights to create the Youth Rights Resource Compass, a website that directs young people, as well as those who advocate for them, to the entities, organisations, governmental and other agencies that are open and available to them during Covid-19...
17 Jun 2020
In the wake of the spread of the Covid-19 global pandemic, the real estate and loan markets in Kenya are bound to be affected...
Loice Erambo 29 Apr 2020
Digital traders would likely have heard of the recent changes to the Income Tax and VAT Acts introduced by the Finance Act, 2019 (the Act)...
John Syekei, Nikhil Hira, Denis Magonga and Angela Mukora 26 Feb 2020
The recent ruling by the United Nations that governments cannot return people to countries where their lives might be threatened by climate change is a potential game-changer...
Yvonne Su 29 Jan 2020
Member States of the African Union (AU) have a combined population of over 1.2 billion people and gross domestic product of more than $3.4 trillion - yet the continent accounts for less than 3% of world trade...
Andrew Skipper 21 Jan 2020
Kenya will start levying new tax on digital markets under a new law signed by the president early in November...
Mercy Muendo 9 Dec 2019
East Africa attracts millions of tourists every year. Over the past 10 years, its earnings from tourism have doubled. Compared to the rest of Africa, the region is experiencing healthy economic growth. This makes it a promising investment destination...
Mercy Muendo 3 Dec 2019
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Act which constitutes the nation's unprecedented statutory recognition of the Khoi-San communities, leaders and structures...
29 Nov 2019
On Monday, 25 November 2019, the Competition Commission published the final report in relation to its Grocery Retail Market Inquiry. The inquiry sought to elucidate features of the grocery retail market that have resulted in reduced competition...
Angelo Tzarevski, Ryan McKerrow and Kirsty Gibson 27 Nov 2019
The Competition Commission has found that there's no compelling justification for major supermarkets to have exclusive lease agreements with shopping malls...
27 Nov 2019
South Africa's regulatory regime for the financial services sector is going through major changes. The question is whether companies can adapt to a principles-based approach...
Andrew Schmulow 19 Nov 2019
Small-scale mining forms an important sector of Ghana's economy, employing one million people directly and supporting the livelihoods of about 4.5-million people...
James Boafo 13 Nov 2019
The Khoi-Khoi and San communities are set to benefit from the commercialisation of Rooibos, following the signing of a historic Access and Benefit-sharing agreement...
4 Nov 2019
The way Ghana produces lawyers is in a confused state. And it's beginning to be felt in the legal profession in general...
Clement Kojo Akapame 29 Oct 2019
The Ecommerce Forum South Africa has launched its Safe.Shop Trustmark. The EFSA provides the Trustmark badge to e-commerce platforms that have been confirmed as being compliant...
24 Oct 2019
On 1 March 2020, an amendment to the foreign employment income exemption comes into operation. There have been misperceptions about those expatriates that will be affected by this change to the tax law...
Graeme Palmer 18 Oct 2019
Support for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement formed part of discussions at the 42nd General Assembly of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), currently underway in Cape Town...
17 Sep 2019
Cova Advisory and Xnovos have announced a new partnership to produce a software system to help companies to cope with the demanding requirements of the new Carbon Tax...
12 Sep 2019
Nigeria has received a legal hiding after a UK court awarded a private company a $9.6bn judgement debt against the West African nation...
Oludara Akanmidu 11 Sep 2019
Employers can play a critical role in stigmatising violence against women and ensuring that perpetrators are ostracised from civilised society. No employer should have any doubt about its ability to dismiss any employee who assaults a female colleague, client or supplier...
Johan Botes 10 Sep 2019
SANParks has lauded the successful conviction and sentencing in Mozambique of two poachers for killing two rhinos in the Limpopo National Park...
3 Sep 2019
African law firm Bowmans is aiming to unlock more opportunities for its clients and contacts on the African continent with its expansion into Mauritius and Ethiopia...
2 Sep 2019
Royalties paid for character licensing is not a direct cost to business - it is a marketing cost to increase sales, help build brands and, more importantly, profit margins...
Alan Radmall 14 Aug 2019
The much anticipated National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill has officially been released by Parliament - paving the way for public participation and engagement on it...
8 Aug 2019
Legal liability for climate change is an emerging risk for lenders in South Africa - a risk that is by no means limited to projects in the fossil fuel industry...
7 Aug 2019
An AI algorithm, or more specifically the written code, encompassing both the source code and object code, would be categorised as a "computer program" under South African laws and is protected by the law of copyright...
Fatima Ameer-Mia and Lee Shacksnovis 5 Aug 2019
A new report by global NGO, World Animal Protection, provides a damning indictment on the captive predator breeding industry.
31 Jul 2019
The Presidential Expert Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture has proposed for the amendment of the Constitution that clarifies that expropriation without compensation may be necessary in limited circumstances...
29 Jul 2019
According to a recent expose, Mauritius (ranked in the top 15 corporate tax havens, with a statutory corporate tax rate of 3%) is another favourite destination of transnational companies (TNCs)...
23 Jul 2019
