Employment of Illegal foreigners – what employers need to know

From vision to fruition

When does the proverbial clock begin to tick under section 7(1) of PAJA?

A ruling was made by the Constitutional Court at the end of last year in Sasol Chevron Holdings Limited v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Services ZACC30, confirming that the 180-day period afforded by section 7(1) of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000 (PAJA) starts running from the date that reasons for the decision are provided with sufficient detail to allow the offended party to file an objection against the decision. A party’s request for more detailed reasons does not afford that party room to argue that the 180-day period only starts running once those more detailed reasons are provided.

Key insights into the Public Benefits Organizations Act, 2013

Delay is not denial. This famed phrase could not be truer for Kenyan civil society in light of the Government’s gazetting of 14 May 2024 as the commencement date of the Public Benefit Organization Act, 2013 (PBO Act) after a decades-long wait, court battles, and defiant government administrations. The PBO Act repeals in its entirety the infamous Non-Governmental Organizations Co-ordination Act, 1990 (NGOAct). 

The complexities and opportunities involved in establishing new townships in South Africa

Lutfiyya Kara, Senior Associate in our Real Estate Law practice, joined Nqaba Songezo on SAfm for an insightful discussion on 'The complexities and opportunities involved in establishing new townships in South Africa.'

Request for steel shoulder couplers tariff increase submitted to the International Trade Administration Commission

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition issued Notice 2944 of 2025 in respect of the International Trade Administration Commission’s (ITAC) first customs tariff application for the year 2025, the same having been gazetted on 24 January 2025.

'New Dawn' for Public Procurement in South Africa: The Public Procurement Act becomes law

Following its adoption by the National Assembly on 16 May 2024, President Cyril Ramaphosa on 23 July 2023, assented to signed into law the Public Procurement Act 28 of 2024. The Public Procurement Act seeks to create a single framework that regulates public procurement, including preferential procurement, by all organs of state, with the necessary efficiency, cost-effectiveness and integrity and enhance transparency and integrity, among others, to combat corruption, ensure efficient, effective and economic use of public resources and advance transformation and broadened economic participation.