--- title: Afriwise Blog | South Africa (3) description: South Africa | (3) --- [![Afriwise](https://insights.afriwise.com/hubfs/Logos/Afriwise/Afriwise%20logo.svg)](https://afriwise.com/) - [Products](https://afriwise.com/law-products-africa/) - [Countries](https://afriwise.com/countries-covered/) - [About Afriwise](https://afriwise.com/about-afriwise/) - [Contact](https://afriwise.com/contact/) - [News](https://news.afriwise.com/) - [Insights](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog) [Schedule a demo](https://afriwise.com/contact/) [Log in](https://afriwise.com/login/) - [Products](https://afriwise.com/law-products-africa/) - [Countries](https://afriwise.com/countries-covered/) - [Solutions](https://afriwise.com/solutions/) - [About Afriwise](https://afriwise.com/about-afriwise/) - Insights - [Contact](https://afriwise.com/contact/) - [News](https://news.afriwise.com/) [Schedule a demo](https://afriwise.com/contact/) [Log in](https://afriwise.com/login/) # Welcome to Africa’s legal blog Never miss a beat on Africa's legal and regulatory landscape. - [Legislation (287)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) - [South Africa (227)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) - [Nigeria (157)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) - [Kenya (151)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) - [Financial Services (128)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/financial-services) - [ICT (106)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ict) - [Tanzania (102)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) - [Regulation (87)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/regulation) - [Corporate Commercial (84)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) - [Tax (84)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax) - [Case discussion (78)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/case-discussion) - [Uganda (66)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/uganda) - [Intellectual Property (58)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/intellectual-property) - [Energy & Natural Resources (57)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/energy-natural-resources) - [Ghana (55)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ghana) - [Employment and labour (52)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/employment-and-labour) - [Data Protection (49)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/data-protection) - [Mozambique (49)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mozambique) - [Commercial Crime (48)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/commercial-crime) - [Competition/Antitrust (48)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/competition-antitrust) - [Dispute Resolution (47)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/dispute-resolution) - [Mauritius (46)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mauritius) - [Environment (44)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/environment) - [Zambia (38)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/zambia) - [Projects and Procurement (26)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/projects-and-procurement) [South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) [Competition/Antitrust](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/competition-antitrust) [Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/cliffe-dekker-hofmeyr) ## [Price Personalisation or Price Discrimination: Can Your Computer Tell the Difference](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/price-personalisation-or-price-discrimination-can-your-computer-tell-the-difference) From booking accommodation and transport to purchasing products online, data analytics has given firms the ability to use automated pricing algorithms to charge personalised prices to every customer based on their data profile. Does this personalised pricing contravene co.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/price-personalisation-or-price-discrimination-can-your-computer-tell-the-difference) [South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) [Rules](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/rules) [Labour courts](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/labour-courts) [Norton Rose Fulbright](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/norton-rose-fulbright) ## [Commencement of new Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court rules](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/commencement-of-new-labour-court-and-labour-appeal-court-rules) New Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court rules come into operation on 17 July 2024.  The new rules will replace the existing rules as well as the Practice Manual of the Labour Court. The changes include amongst them provisions aimed at streamlining the court process. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/commencement-of-new-labour-court-and-labour-appeal-court-rules) [South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) [ICT](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ict) [Cloud Computing](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/cloud-computing) [Data](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/data) [Policy Documents](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/policy-documents) [Bowmans](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/bowmans) ## [South Africa: Data protection considerations in the National Policy on Data and Cloud, 2024](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/south-africa-data-protection-considerations-in-the-national-policy-on-data-and-cloud-2024) The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies has published the National Policy on Data and Cloud. The Policy aims to manage and utilise data efficiently, using cloud computing technologies. The objectives of the Policy are to improve government service delive.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/south-africa-data-protection-considerations-in-the-national-policy-on-data-and-cloud-2024) [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) [Baker McKenzie](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/baker-mckenzie) ## [South Africa: Lifeline for ports and rail industry: Draft block exemption regulations for ports and rail 2024](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/south-africa-lifeline-for-ports-and-rail-industry-draft-block-exemption-regulations-for-ports-and-rail-2024) The draft block exemption for ports and rail ("Regulations") was published for public comment on 18 June 2024. The Regulations relax the competition law rules that typically regulate market conduct. This applies in limited circumstances and when the sole purpose of the ag.. 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[Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/latest-draft-guidance-for-accountable-institutions) [South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) [Employment and Labor](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/employment-and-labor) [Case discussion](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/case-discussion) [Trade Unions](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/trade-unions) [Bowmans](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/bowmans) ## [South Africa: Constitutional Court shatters NUMSA’s hopes of extended membership](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/south-africa-constitutional-court-shatters-numsas-hopes-of-extended-membership) In AFGRI Animal Feeds (A Division of PhilAfrica Foods (Pty) Ltd) v National Union of Metalworkers South Africa and Others, the Constitutional Court considered NUMSA’s attempts to extend its membership beyond its registered scope. In line with its previous decision in NUMS.. 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[Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/financing-south-africas-grid-expansion-on-a-public-private-partnership-basis-a-viable-solution) [South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) [Employment and Labor](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/employment-and-labor) [Cannabis](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/cannabis) [Case discussion](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/case-discussion) [Webber Wentzel](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/webber-wentzel) ## [Regulating cannabis in the workplace in the wake of the agricultural watershed of cannabis cultivation in South Africa](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/regulating-cannabis-in-the-workplace-in-the-wake-of-the-agricultural-watershed-of-cannabis-cultivation-in-south-africa) Considering the growing cannabis industry and the Government's active investment in cannabis production in South Africa, particularly in the Eastern Cape (donned as South Africa's primary cannabis production hub), it is apparent that cannabis has economic value to South A.. 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