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# Welcome to Africa’s legal blog
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## [The Department of Water and Sanitation calls upon the public to comment on the Draft National Water Amendment Bill (B – 2023)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/https/hsfnotes.com/africa/2023/11/27/the-department-of-water-and-sanitation-calls-upon-the-public-to-comment-on-the-draft-national-water-amendment-bill-b-2023/)
On 17 November 2023 the Department of Water and Sanitation published the long overdue suite of proposed amendments to the National Water Act, 1998 (the Act). If the draft National Water Amendment Bill (B – 2023) (the Bill) is adopted..
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[South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) [Competition/Antitrust](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/competition-antitrust) [Exemptions](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/exemptions)
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## [Competition law block exemptions published for the South African energy sector](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/competition-law-block-exemptions-published-for-the-south-african-energy-sector)
The Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (MTIC) on Wednesday 24 May 2023 published the Energy Users Block Exemption and Energy Supplier Block Exemption.
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## [The new Mozambican Electricity Law](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-new-mozambican-electricity-law)
The long-awaited reform of Mozambique’s electricity law has reached the statute books this winter in Maputo (summer if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere), with the enactment of Law 12/2022 of 11 July (the New Electricity Law). It is..
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