ENS reports that the period from January 2024 to date has brought a clear acceleration in labour law reform, significantly increasing compliance obligations and enforcement risk for employers.
The most consequential development is the commencement of the Employment Equity Amendment Act 4 of 2022, effective 1 January 2025, together with ...
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Trademark rights are enforced through civil proceedings in the High Court or by arbitration if the parties agree. Spoor & Fisher reports that there are no specialised trademark courts. Trademark infringement is not a criminal offence, except where the conduct amounts to counterfeiting.
Infringement matters are usually brought by way ...
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By Compli-Serve
South Africa’s FAIS levy framework, which has historically depended on annual levies to fund conduct supervision, ombud structures and the Financial Services Tribunal, again highlights the friction between statutory process and operational reality, as the 2025/2026 levies could only be raised once the relevant determinations were formally ...
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By Lee Rossini
After a challenging year for many, 2025 is drawing to a close. Many shifts were felt in the financial services sector as it is being reshaped by technological disruption, regulatory change, economic uncertainty, and evolving client expectations. Businesses that don’t adapt risk losing clients, falling behind their ...
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