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Draft Opt-out Registry Guidelines For Direct Marketing In South Africa
The National Consumer Commission has published draft guidelines on compliance with opt-out requirements, with important implications for all businesses that conduct direct marketing in South Africa. On 2 October 2026, the Acting Commissioner of the National Consumer Commission (“the Commission”) published draft Guidelines for Compliance with the Opt-Out Registry Regulations (“the Guidelines”) in terms of the Consumer Protection Act, No. 68 of 2008 (“the CPA”).
NATASHA RACHWAL | SA’s AI policy moment has arrived
South Africa’s draft national policy on AI is expected to be published later this month. The draft policy is an opportunity to articulate a coherent national position on the governance of AI as adoption accelerates across sectors and typical usage of AI increasingly shifts from discrete tools that assist with narrow tasks to end‑to‑end systems in which AI is embedded throughout workflows and decision‑making.
Beware Pitfalls Of Resource Nationalism: Lessons From Indonesia
As countries and companies compete for critical minerals in the green energy transition, in which battery metals — cobalt, graphite, lithium, nickel and manganese — are crucial, host states in Southern Africa are resorting to export controls on unprocessed critical minerals. These are principally intended to bolster the host state's control over its mineral patrimony, compelling mining companies to engage in domestic beneficiation.
PETER LEON AND NATASHA RACHWAL: Beware pitfalls of resource nationalism: lessons from Indonesia
While the circumstances motivating the adoption of export controls vary, these interventions are frequently driven by the relative increase in demand and pricing of specific minerals, coupled with funding constraints in the host state, and/or host states capitalising on the siren call of resource nationalism.
AfCFTA protocol must provide a fair regulatory environment and protection for investors
With less than three months before the expected conclusion of negotiations on the African Continental Free Trade Area’s (AfCFTA) protocol on investment increasing attention is being paid to the protocol’s likely investment protections and rights of recourse for investors in Africa.
Can AfCFTA deliver on what it promises?
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) secretary-general Wamkele Mene has described the agreement as sending “a strong signal to the international investor community that Africa is open for business, based on a single rule-book for trade and investment.” Unfortunately, like much else, the July 1 commencement for trading under the AfCFTA has been postponed to January 2021 owing to the global Covid-19 pandemic.
The African continental Free Trade Agreement: a new pathway for Africa? | Lexology
Evolution of the AfCFTA A significant milestone has been reached in the economic integration of Africa, with the creation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (“AfCFTA”).
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement: a new pathway for Africa?
By Peter Leon, Ernst Muller and Natasha Rachwal, Herbert Smith Freehills Evolution of the AfCFTA A significant milestone has been reached in the economic integration of Africa, with the creation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (“AfCFTA”).
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