by Dianne Bayley | Nov 16, 2021 | Sustainability
The disastrous impact of the Covid pandemic on lives, the economy and jobs is undeniable. But it has also forced us to reinvent the way we work and go about our daily business – and not all of this is bad, writes HB Marais, SC Innovation Legal. The pandemic has made...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 21, 2021 | Security and Legal
Constituting a world first in a field that has traditionally been hostile to “artificially intelligent” inventors, South Africa’s patent office granted a patent in July 2021 to an invention created by an AI system[1][1]. by Spoor & Fisher digs into the...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 14, 2021 | Security and Legal
South Africa’s Department of Transport announced the implementation of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act, which will introduce a new licence points demerit system geared towards imposing stricter penalties for road rule...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 20, 2020 | Sustainability
More than 700 million Africans lack access to a bank or mobile money account and only 41% of Africans are financially included. This is due to the high cost of providing financial services in Africa which forces many financial services providers to remain focused on...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 4, 2019 | Security and Legal
African countries are increasingly recognising competition regulation as an important policy tool to realise inclusive growth and sustainable development. As a result, the number of both domestic and supranational competition regimes on the continent has grown rapidly...
