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[Dispute Resolution](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/dispute-resolution) [Subrogation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/subrogation) [Lesotho](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/lesotho)

[Webber Newd](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/webber-newd)

## [Principles of Subrogation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/principles-of-subrogation)

## **What is subrogation**

Every day unfortunate events occur. From a building that burns down to the ground, a motor vehicle accident and a customer who slips on a wet floor in a retail store. Behind these misfortunes is a negligent party wh.. 

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[South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) [Energy & Natural Resources](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/energy-natural-resources) [Wheeling](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/wheeling)

[Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/cliffe-dekker-hofmeyr)

## [Virtual wheeling agreements: A new frontier in renewable energy supply solutions](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/virtual-wheeling-agreements-a-new-frontier-in-renewable-energy-supply-solutions)

It is trite that the amendment of the Electricity Regulation Act 4 of 2006 (ERA) in August 2021 was the first fundamental step to “*unlocking*” the private electricity generation and procurement market in South Africa. In addition to dispensing with the need for a .. 

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[Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [ICT](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ict) [Namibia](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/namibia) [Access to Information](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/access-to-information)

[Koep](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/koep)

## [The right of access to information vs the right to privacy?](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-right-of-access-to-information-vs-the-right-to-privacy)

The Access to Information Act 8 of 2022 (hereinafter “the Act”), was passed by Parliament and signed by the President of the Republic of Namibia on 29 November 2022, but has however, not yet been brought into force. Although not having taken effect in Namibia, the concept.. 

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[South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [ICT](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ict) [Interception of Communications](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/interception-of-communications)

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## [Long-awaited amendments to RICA published to address unconstitutional aspects](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/long-awaited-amendments-to-rica-published-to-address-unconstitutional-aspects)

On 25 August 2023, the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services published the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-related Information Amendment Bill 2023 (the “Bill”). The Bill aims to amend the Reg.. 

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<https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/development-of-carbon-project-and-trading-legal-framework-enactment-of-the-climate-change-amendment-act-2023>

[Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Environment](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/environment) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Carbon trading](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/carbon-trading)

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## [Development of Carbon Project and Trading Legal Framework: Enactment of the Climate Change (Amendment) Act, 2023](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/development-of-carbon-project-and-trading-legal-framework-enactment-of-the-climate-change-amendment-act-2023)

The Climate Change (Amendment) Act, 2023 (the Act) was enacted on 1 September 2023 and came into force on 15 September 2023. It is worth mentioning that both Houses of Parliament passed the Act with minimal amendments and the enacted law .. 

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[Fintech](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/fintech)

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## [How Africa’s Big 4 are leading the way in FinTech regulations](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/how-africas-big-4-are-leading-the-way-in-fintech-regulations)

FinTech businesses have quite some complexities, both technical and financial. Not all African countries have the legal infrastructure and jurisprudential tradition to deal with that, but there's a pack of countries that are leading the way.

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[Fintech](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/fintech)

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## [Navigating Crossroads: The Interplay of International Trends in African Fintech](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/navigating-crossroads-the-interplay-of-international-trends-in-african-fintech)

The world of Fintech is a dynamic ecosystem, perpetually shaped by a nexus of global forces and regional peculiarities. 

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[South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) [Enforcement](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/enforcement) [ICT](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ict) [Data Privacy](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/data-privacy)

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## [Enforcement notice issued to Dis-Chem due to contravention of POPIA](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/enforcement-notice-issued-to-dis-chem-due-to-contravention-of-popia)

The importance of compliance has once again been highlighted as the Information Regulator issued an Enforcement Notice to Dis-Chem Pharmacies Ltd (“Dis-Chem“) on 1 September 2023 for non-compliance with the Protection of Personal In.. 

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<https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-climate-change-amendment-bill-is-now-law>

[Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Environment](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/environment) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Climate change](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/climate-change)

[ENSafrica](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/ensafrica)

## [The Climate Change Amendment Bill is now law](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-climate-change-amendment-bill-is-now-law)

On 1 September 2023, President William Ruto assented to the Climate Change (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill number 42 of 2023), which amends the Climate Change Act, Number 11 of 2016.

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