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A Constitutional Court Recalibration of South Africa’s GAAR

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Sarah Simson
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Government Steps Up Action on Illegal Immigration and Border Corruption: President Ramaphosa’s SONA

During the 2026 State of the Nation Address, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the issue of foreign nationals, undocumented migration, and the government’s plans to strengthen immigration enforcement.

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SARB issues consultation paper on Prime Rate demise

The South African Reserve Bank (“SARB”) published a consultation paper on 16 February 2026 with proposals to demise the prime lending rate (“Prime Rate”) and designating the Repurchase Rate (“Repo Rate”) (to be called the SARB policy rate or SPR) as its replacement.

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Disclaimers under Scrutiny

Many South African businesses use disclaimers and indemnities as a routine feature of customer-facing operations.

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Are your Affidavits correctly commissioned?

There have been numerous court decisions dealing with electronically commissioning affidavits.

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When AI Becomes Expensive Legal Advice

Artificial intelligence has quickly become part of everyday life. People use it to draft emails, summarise documents, generate ideas and answer questions in seconds.

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South Africa proposes major uplift in Merger Thresholds to ease M&A regulatory burden

On 27 January 2026 the Department of Trade, Industry & Competition (“ DTIC”) published for comment proposed draft amendments of the Determination of Merger Thresholds, in terms of section 11 of the Competition Act, No. 89 of 1998. The deadline for comments is 10 March 2026.

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