The latest draft of the Cybercrimes Bill is better but still concerning for a few reasons. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development tabled a new version of the Cybercrimes Bill in the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on [...]
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services has called for comments and public participation on the latest version of the Cybercrimes Bill. The deadline to submit your comments has been extended to Thursday 10 August 2017. Your participation and comment are [...]
The Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill is in the process of being enacted. We have summarised the 2017 version to help you understand what the current position is. This article is a summary of the 2015 Cybercrimes Bill. Offences The 2015 Cybercrimes Bill created many [...]
Today, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has released a new version of the Cybercrimes Bill. This long-awaited bill was first released for public comment in August 2015. Since then, the Cybercrimes Bill has undergone significant changes with consultations from [...]
The Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill or Hate Bill is a new draft Bill from Parliament. The Hate Bill criminalises hates crimes and hate speech. We all need to take notice of Hate Crimes and [...]
The electronic signature of credit agreements is problematic! Electronic signatures are taking off across all kinds of industries in South Africa. The credit industry is often an early adopter of emerging technologies - and electronic signatures are no exception. Credit [...]
On 9 April 2013 the Law Society of the Northern Provinces issued a ruling on keyword advertising by attorneys practicing in its jurisdiction. Â The ruling is aimed at preventing attorneys from using the names of other attorneys to attract clients. [...]
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 [...]
The Companies Regulations (or Companies Act Regulations or Company Regulations), after being signed and approved, came into effect on 1 May 2011, together with the Companies Act.  You can download a copy by clicking here. They are crucial to understanding and implementing [...]
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 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 [...]
