South Africa and the Port of Durban happen to feature in what is arguably one of the most fascinating cases of maritime fraud in history.
Continue readingSouth Africa: Auction sales grow in popularity as an M&A tool
For mid-cap companies and above, auction sales have become a settled part of the international mergers & acquisitions (M&A) landscape.
Continue readingSouth Africa: Black economic empowerment in the petroleum and liquid fuels industry – alignment with the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act and Code
The Department of Energy has been engaging with the fuel industry, trade unions and other stakeholders to draw up a scorecard.
Continue readingSouth Africa: Constitution comes to the fore in North African cargo dispute
The Constitution proved to be the compass that guided the Eastern Cape Local Division of the High Court in ruling on just such a matter.
Continue readingSouth Africa: Seismic testing and the effect on our marine environment
The Oceana website reports that blasts from seismic air-guns, towed behind ships, are repeated every ten seconds, 24 hours a day.
Continue readingSouth Africa: Increase in merger notification thresholds and filing fees
The combined annual turnover in, into or from South Africa of the acquiring firms and the target firms is valued at ZAR 600 million.
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