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[South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) [Dispute Resolution](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/dispute-resolution)

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## [Attachment of Trademarks Registered in South Africa by a Foreign Entity to Found Jurisdiction in South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/attachment-of-trademarks-registered-in-south-africa-by-a-foreign-entity-to-found-jurisdiction-in-south-africa)

Can trademarks that are registered in South Africa and owned by a foreign entity be attached to found or create jurisdiction in South Africa over the foreign entity? This question was considered by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in a judgment that was handed down in Se.. 

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<https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/winding-up-an-external-company-in-south-africa>

[South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) [Insolvency and Restructuring](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/insolvency-and-restructuring)

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

## [Winding up an external company in South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/winding-up-an-external-company-in-south-africa)

Is it possible for creditors to apply for the winding up of a South African branch of a foreign company (“an external company”), even if the foreign holding company remains solvent, since the two entities are legally one and the same entity?

Although the registrati.. 

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[Zambia](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/zambia) [Projects and Procurement](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/projects-and-procurement) [PPP](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ppp)

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## [Public-private partnerships to fund transport infrastructure](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/public-private-partnerships-to-fund-transport-infrastructure-zambia)

The Minister has revealed that Government will aggressively pursue PPPs, as a mechanism to fund and construct transport infrastructure.

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<https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/secondary-strikes-constitutional-court-upholds-judgments-of-the-labour-court-and-labour-appeal-court>

[South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) [Employment and Labor](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/employment-and-labor)

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

## [Secondary strikes: Constitutional Court upholds judgments of the Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/secondary-strikes-constitutional-court-upholds-judgments-of-the-labour-court-and-labour-appeal-court)

On 12 November 2021, the Constitutional Court (CC) held in favour of mining employers in a historic secondary strike judgment\*. Our employment team successfully represented several mining employers from the interdict stage at the Labour Court (LC) to the appeal stage at t.. 

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[Corporate Commercial](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria)

[Pavestones](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/pavestones)

## [The Nigerian Startup Bill](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-nigerian-startup-bill)

The recently introduced Nigerian Startup Bill (“Bill”) is one development that is expected to improve the business environment for Startups in Nigeria when passed into law. It is aimed at creating a favourable environment for Startups by: providing incentives; removing re.. 

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[Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Dispute Resolution](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/dispute-resolution) [Tax disputes](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax-disputes)

[Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/dentons-hamilton-harrison-mathews)

## [Tax disputes end at the Court of Appeal](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tax-disputes-end-at-the-court-of-appeal)

ABSA Bank PLC (ABSA) has been refused leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. This was by the Court of Appeal in a decision given on 5 November 2021. While the highest court in the land is the Supreme Court, Article 163(4) of the Constitution restricts access to that court .. 

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<https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-cybersecurity-and-cybercrime-bill-2021-new-law-not-without-difficulties-and-concerns>

[Mauritius](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mauritius) [ICT](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ict) [Cybersecurity](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/cybersecurity)

[BLC Robert & Associates](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/blc-robert-associates)

## [The Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Bill 2021: New law not without difficulties and concerns](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-cybersecurity-and-cybercrime-bill-2021-new-law-not-without-difficulties-and-concerns)

The Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Bill 2021 (“CC Bill”) replaces the existing cybercrime legislation, the Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act 2003.

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<https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tanzania-legislative-development-trade-and-service-marks>

[Tanzania](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) [Intellectual Property](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/intellectual-property)

[Clyde & Co.](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/clyde-co)

## [Tanzania legislative development: trade and service marks](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tanzania-legislative-development-trade-and-service-marks)

In this article, we analyse the amendments made to the Trade and Service Marks Act (the TSM Act¹) introduced by the 2021 Written Laws Miscellaneous Amendments Act (the Amendment Act²).

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<https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/legal-alert-proposed-approach-to-ppa-renegotiation>

[Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Energy](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/energy) [Projects and Procurement](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/projects-and-procurement) [IPA](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ipa) [PPP](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ppp)

[Anjarwalla & Khanna](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/anjarwalla-khanna)

## [Legal Alert | Proposed Approach to PPA Renegotiation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/legal-alert-proposed-approach-to-ppa-renegotiation)

At the end of September 2021, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta issued a statement on the presidential taskforce appointed to, among other things, review the power purchase agreements (PPAs) entered into between the State-owned offtaker, Kenya Power & Lighting Company (.. 

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