THE PROPOSED SOUTH AFRICAN STARTUP ACT
On 16 September 2021, a collective consisting of investors, incubators, accelerators and founders, representing the South African entrepreneurship ecosystem, revealed their plans and latest findings towards the creation of the proposed South African Startup Act (the...
SOUTH AFRICA – THE FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO REGISTER A PATENT FOR AN INVENTION MADE BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is a highly controversial topic which is the subject of many conversations worldwide. One such example of AI which has recently become the topic of conversation is the Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience...
MANDATORY VACCINATION POLICIES
The controversial topic of mandatory vaccination policies has increasingly become a topic of conversation in recent weeks. As the national vaccine rollout gathers momentum, more businesses are starting to employ mandatory vaccine policies for their employees. This...
THE COMMERCIAL COURT – WHEN AND HOW TO MAKE USE OF IT
On 3 October of 2018 a commercial court practice directive was published by the judge president of the Gauteng divisions of the high court of South Africa (“High Court”) which created a commercial court as part of the High Court (“Directive”) The commercial court is...