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Entries are open for the SPAR Daily Dispatch Virtual Fun Run for Disability! For the first time, the event will be virtual, which means you choose the route, distance, and start time for your run. This virtual run will be done in aid of Canaan Care Centre, an organisation focussed on supporting individuals with disabilities.

The Board of Directors of Absa Bank Botswana Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Sethunya Makepe-Garebatho as an

The final day of London International Disputes Week discussed rising global nationalism and its impact on London’s influence in African arbitrations, as Africa establishes more arbitration centres and experiences a technology boom.

First published in the Witness In October 2016, the department signed a deal with two NGOs, Heifer Project South Africa (HPSA) and the Mdukatshani Rural Development Project, to launch a five-year plan to change the face of livestock farming. So promising is this initiative that international donors, from the EU, Germany and the US, have also committed more than R30-million to its realisation. Among the objectives of this goat master plan were to: Generate an extra R100-million in livestock herd...

Many legitimate businesses have been affected by an increasing number of abusive or offensive domain-name registrations. The abusive activities and offensive practices of domain-name scammers can damage a brand’s identity and reputation. Domain-name scammers are constantly registering domain names aimed at misleading the public. In most cases, the intent is to defraud a potential customer. In South Africa, an ongoing trend is one where fraudsters impersonate well-known brands by registering a...

Getty Images New data shows that long-standing Eskom supplier Econ Oil’s alleged over-charging may be substantially more than R1.2 billion, the amount the power utility initially claimed. In a written response to questions from News24, Eskom confirmed that it had referred the R1.2 billion claim for overcharging to the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA). There’s more to this story Subscribe to News24 and get access to our exclusive...

On 10 March 2021, we held the first webinar in our series on regional perspectives in international arbitration.