Webber Wentzel
Total Blackout: Force Majeure and Supervening Impossibility in a Grid Collapse
15th August 2023 If South Africa were to experience a total grid collapse, parties to a contract may be able to invoke force majeure clauses, or if no such clauses... →
Prudential Authority publishes highly anticipated draft guidance notes for banks and insurers on climate-related risks and disclosures
15th August 2023 Mirroring other leading financial sector regulators across the globe, South Africa's Prudential Authority (PA) has signaled to banks and insurers... →
“Cough Cough” (are you really on sick leave?)
10th August 2023 Two recent cases brought to the Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court have highlighted that the courts will ultimately uphold the dismissal of an... →
Inaccurate fine print on packaging can spell trouble for food producers
7th August 2023 Recent regulatory developments have tended to regulate food packaging more strictly, following international trends to hold producers, advertisers... →
Webber Wentzel's IP experts recognised by IAM Patent 1000
7th August 2023 IAM Patent 1000 has recognised Webber Wentzel partners, Leanne Mostert, Bernadette Versfeld, and Tim Ball as leading patent professionals. This... →
Agoa access to the US: a “nice to have”, but look to other markets as well
27th July 2023 Next month’s African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) Forum in South Africa will discuss renewals, exports, new memberships and exits, with input... →
A snapshot of the Public Procurement Bill, 2023
26th July 2023 The Public Procurement Bill, which was introduced in the National Assembly on 30 June 2023, aims to create a single framework to regulate public... →
Blockchain makes crypto asset transactions transparent and traceable
26th July 2023 At the 2023 Digital Assets and Sanctions Compliance Conference, Lerato-Lamola Oguntoye participated in a panel discussion on the regulation of... →
