President Cyril Ramaphosa gave a keynote address at the two-day Human Rights Commission National Conference on Local Government Accountability, Service Delivery and Human Rights. The purpose of the conference was to identify challenges at local...
Given the history of our country, it is no surprise that the constitution determines developmental duties for municipalities by requiring them to structure and manage their administration, budgeting and planning processes to give priority to the...
The International Energy Agency (IEA) – of which South Africa is an association country – recently released a report detailing a way forward for countries looking to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and thus give the world an even chance of...
Businesses experiencing disruption from the recent events in South Africa may be able to invoke force majeure clauses in contracts, or the law of supervening impossibility, depending on the circumstances. By Michael Straeuli and Dominic Harris from...