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Draft Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Return-to-Work Regulations (COIDA): what does this mean for incapacity management?

On 15 June 2023, the Department of Employment and Labour published the Draft Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Return-to-Work Regulations in terms of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, 1993 ("Draft Regulations") for public comment. The Draft Regu..

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Webber Wentzel

The Financial Intelligence Centre Publishes Final Guidance for Crypto Asset Services Providers

The FIC has published final guidance for crypto asset services providers, which are listed as accountable institutions as of 19 December 2022.

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Bowmans

The Electronic Communications Draft Amendment Bill and the changes it proposes to introduce

On 23 June 2023, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies published the Draft Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, 2023 (Draft Amendment Bill), which is intended to amend certain aspects of the Electronic Communications Act 36 of 2005 (ECA).

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Webber Wentzel

Regulations on food labelling and advertising

On 21 April 2023, the Minister of Health published the draft regulations relating to the Labelling and Advertising of Foodstuffs (GN R 3337 GG 48460) in terms of the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (the draft regulations). Comments on the regulatio..

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Bowmans

South Africa: ‘Ground-breaking’ settlement agreement on employment equity signed

On 28 June 2023, what the Minister of Employment and Labour (Minister) has called a ‘ground-breaking’ settlement agreement on employment equity, was signed by the South African government and trade union, Solidarity.

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Werksmans Attorneys

National Health Insurance: What benefit; for whom, where and how?

As has widely been reported in the media, the National Health Insurance Bill or the Bill has been passed by Parliament. However, such a process has left a number of crucial questions about the scope, ambit and application of the Bill largely unanswered. One of those quest..

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ENSafrica

New judgment shows that electronic contracts are becoming more acceptable in SA law

On 1 June 2023, the Johannesburg High Court published its judgment in the matter of FirstRand Bank Limited t/a Wesbank v Leon Gregory Govendor (we note that the spelling of “Govendor” in the neutral citation is different to that used in the ci..

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Fasken

Unmasking trust ownership: The introduction of beneficial ownership registers in South Africa

Between April 2019 and June 2021, South Africa underwent a mutual evaluation of its anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism controls, which culminated in the publication of the Mutual Evaluation Report (“MER”) by t..

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Adams & Adams

Back to College at the Supreme Court of Appeal

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) of South Africa recently delivered a judgment in a trade mark infringement case between iCollege (Pty) Ltd (“iCollege”) and Xpertease Skills Development and Mentoring CC (“Xpertease”). The Court found that Xpertease’s use of a mark that c..

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