Increase in the National Minimum Wage and the knock on effect on the Agricultural Sector

Residential development loans

Developers may have many obstacles to overcome when launching a new development, but dealing with the process of obtaining Residential Development Loans shouldn’t be one.

Emily sits down with Gretchen to discuss a critical yet often overlooked topic: Estate planning for women-owned businesses in SA

Join Trusts & Estates practice Director, Emily West as she sits down with Practice Head, Gretchen Barkhuizen-Barbosa to discuss a critical yet often overlooked topic: Estate Planning for Women-Owned Businesses in South Africa.

Positive disruptors in African mining: Technology, AI and critical minerals for Africa's industrialisation

New legislative developments under the Movable Property Security Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2024

The Movable Property Security Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2024 (Bill) proposes to make amendments to various statutes to harmonise laws relating to security over movable property, including the Movable Property Security Rights Act, Cap 499A Laws of Kenya (MPSRA) and the Companies Act, Cap 486 Laws of Kenya (Companies Act).The Bill also proposes to repeal the Hire Purchase Act, Cap 507 Laws of Kenya (HPA). In this alert, we consider some of the proposed amendments under the Bill.

Eskom clarifies the issue of “curtailment” for IPPs

In January 2024 Eskom published the much-anticipated addendum to the Generation Connection Capacity Assessment (GCCA) (Addendum). The Addendum was first mooted in the GCCA 2025 published in October 2023 (GCCA 2025). It is intended to provide clarity in respect of Eskom’s proposal in the GCCA 2025 to use “ curtailment ” to address the challenges of limited available grid capacity faced by independent power producer (IPP) projects in the Eastern, Western and Northern Cape (the provinces). 

The construction mafia: The not-so-new normal

South Africa’s construction industry continues to be held to ransom in what began as isolated incidents of extortion on construction projects in early 2015, has now evolved into a nationwide threat, costing the country billions of rand in revenue and jeopardizing vital infrastructure development.   The perpetrators of these criminal activities, who disrupt and extort construction projects in all aspects of the project value chain, are known as the “ construction mafia ”.