Game monetization is a tricky business. In the modern market, where casual games have become simpler than ever to produce and distribute over the internet, control over the monetization of your casual game is an exciting power to have. But [...]
Earlier in the year we blogged about the new R&D tax break available for Software Developers. In terms of the Tax Laws Amendment Act people would be able to start applying for the tax deduction from 1 April 2012, unless [...]
From 1 April 2012 Software Developers will be able to get a tax break of up to 150% on their income tax for "Research and Development". This new tax break comes from an amendment to the Income Tax Act 58 [...]
If you sell defective goods or products, you may be responsible for the harm anyone suffers. This is called product liability. You might have to pay for all of it, even if it was not your fault. You cannot limit this [...]
"Grey" goods or parallel imports are goods that have been imported into a country through unofficial or unauthorized distribution channels. Grey goods are not illegal. But because they have not been imported through official channels, if the good breaks, the [...]
The Consumer Protection Act (CPA) is designed to protect consumers from suppliers, who will usually have more power, and be in a better position to enforce their legal rights. However, a 'consumer' is not limited to the final person in [...]
The Consumer Protection Act will not apply to transactions where the "consumer" is a juristic person (company or a CC) where that juristic person has annual turnover OR asset value over a 'certain value'. The Department of Trade and Industry have [...]
On 23 September 2010, the Minister of Trade and Industry officially postponed the general effective date (the date that the Act will come into effect) of the Consumer Protection Act from 24 October 2010 to 31 March 2011. This was [...]
It is an all too familiar sight to see emails ended with a lengthy disclaimer, often in tiny text, and if the email thread is very long, it could be repeated multiple times making the thread incredibly (and unnecessarily) long. [...]
There has been a lot of confusion (understandably) about the Protection of Information Bill (POI) and the Protection of Personal Information Bill (POPI), though that extra 'P' makes all the difference. First of all, they are different bills, dealing with [...]
On 21 May 2010 and again on 4 June 2010 the sub-committee for Justice and Constitutional Development met to discuss further the Protection of Personal Information Bill. While most of the discussion was about minor amendments to the Bill, the [...]
EDIT: This post is now out of date, to get the latest details on the companies act see this post As many readers may know the Companies Act no. 71 of 2008 (a.k.a. The New Companies Act), was signed [...]
