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South Africa Launches National Action Plan Against Fake Medicines

South Africa has launched Africa's first comprehensive National Action Plan (NAP) to combat substandard and falsified medical products, positioning the country as a continental leader in the fight against substandard and counterfeit medicines. Announced by Health Minister Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, the NAP was developed by the South African Department of Health, South Africa's medical regulatory authority (SAHPRA), and the World Health Organization, and will be presented as a model at an upcoming WHO forum in Ge

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Adams & Adams

Mergers & Acquisitions In The Food Industry: Legal Trends And Considerations

The global food industry has experienced significant transformation in recent years, driven by evolving consumer preferences, technological advancements and economic factors.

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Webber Wentzel

Liquor Amendment Bill Introduced: Proposed Total Ban On The Advertisement And Promotion Of Liquor

On 8 September 2025, the Liquor Amendment Bill (B21-2025) (the Bill) was introduced as a private member's bill by Ms Ntombovuyo Veronica Mente-Nkuna, a member of the EFF, in the National Assembly.

South Africa Healthcare

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Webber Wentzel

Veggie Burgers Are Back On The Menu!

In a first for South Africa, the Government Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) published, on 18 July 2025, R6436/2025, the Regulations Relating to Meat Analogues for Sale in South Africa.

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Pharma Giants Clash Over 'BUCOD' Names As Court Keeps Ban In Place

South Africa IP

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Adams & Adams

Fraud Risks, Prevention And Detection Strategies For The African Beer Brewing Industry

South Africa Commercial

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ENS

The Battle Of The Fast Food Adverts: Chicken Licken vs. KFC

South Africa Media & IT

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ENS

African Development Bank Announces Health Infrastructure, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

A Lifeline For The South African Sugar Industry? Views On The Draft Block Exemptions For The Implementation Of The Sugar Master Plan

South Africa Healthcare

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Fasken

Legal Tussle: Novartis' Entresto Patent Victory

South Africa IP

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ENS

President Ramaphosa Approves Plant Health Bill

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Have You Tried Using A Contingent Value Right?

South Africa Commercial

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Webber Wentzel

NAFDAC Tackles Counterfeit Goods

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

OAPI Championing Initiatives For Food Security In Africa

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Mandatory VAT Apportionment Reporting To SARS

South Africa Tax

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The Unsung Innovators That The World Missed

South Africa IP

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Inventa

Launch Of The OAPILEX Database

South Africa IP

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Adams & Adams

i-Team Podcast (Video)

South Africa Technology

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Women Powering Progress | Sizakele Zindela (Video)

South Africa Technology

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SNG Grant Thornton

Nobel Prize In The Bag – Time To Make Money

There was a fascinating article in the IPKat blog about the AI programme AlphaFold recently. So, what is this all about...

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Arusha Protocol For The Protection Of New Varieties Of Plants Comes Into Force

On 24 November 2024 the Arusha Protocol finally came into force, almost 10 years after it was first adopted in Arusha, Tanzania on 6 July 2015.

Worldwide Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Sustainability From Farm To Fork: Food Waste And Food Loss

South African agribusinesses which export to the European Union (EU) will have been keeping an eye on the increasing suite of laws coming out of the EU that seek...

Worldwide Environment

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ENS

Six Children Die After Consuming Poisoned Snacks: What Packaging Information Are You Entitled To As A Consumer?

As you may have heard in the news, five children were recently reported to have tragically died in Soweto, after allegedly eating poisoned snacks, purchased at a spaza shop.

South Africa IP

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Adams & Adams

Mpox Virus Screening In Some Countries

South Africa Healthcare

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Fragomen

A Step In The Right Direction: SAHPRA Issues Draft B-BBEE Policy For Licences

South Africa Healthcare

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SA Cannabis For Private Purposes Act Signed Into Law

South Africa Cannabis

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Adams & Adams

Weeding Out Insights From The LACs Latest Judgment (Video)

South Africa Employment

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Opinion: How South Africa's Potent Aloe Ferox Is Losing Ground To Foreign Rivals

South Africa Healthcare

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Barnard Inc.

'Tis The Season To Be Responsible

South Africa Employment

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Consolidated Employers Organisation

Spinning Plates: Navigating New Food Label Requirements In South Africa (Podcast)

South Africa IP

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Adams & Adams

Food Delivery Scooters And Road Accidents – Can You Claim From The RAF?

South Africa Transport

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Adams & Adams

Boosting Brainpower Or Risky Business? The Dark Side Of Workplace Doping With ADHD Drugs

South Africa Employment

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Can You Be Fired For Testing Positive For Cannabis In The Workplace?

South Africa Cannabis

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Spinning Plates: Navigating New Food Label Requirements In South Africa (Podcast)

Spinning Plates: Navigating New Food Label Requirements In South Africa...

South Africa IP

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Adams & Adams

Food Delivery Scooters And Road Accidents – Can You Claim From The RAF?

Road accidents involving food delivery drivers are far more common than you can imagine, with most cases reported to have resulted in serious injuries and death. Following the COVID-19 pandemic...

South Africa Transport

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Adams & Adams

Boosting Brainpower Or Risky Business? The Dark Side Of Workplace Doping With ADHD Drugs

Globally, there is a rising trend in the misuse of prescription drugs, including those used for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ("ADHD"), such as Ritalin and Adderall.

South Africa Employment

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Can You Be Fired For Testing Positive For Cannabis In The Workplace?

The Constitutional Court's decision in Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others v Prince and Others (the "Constitutional Court decision") ...

South Africa Cannabis

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Push vs. Pull: Patents And Access To Medicines

South Africa IP

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Dennemeyer S.A.

Food Loss And Food Waste: ESG And Sustainability Enquiry

About 30% of local agricultural production in South Africa is wasted each year, which is equivalent to an estimated R60bn a year or about 2% of GDP.

South Africa Environment

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ENS

Food Safety In South Africa And The Need For An Appointed Regulator

Plans to create a food safety regulatory authority would benefit both consumers and the food and beverage industry, by reducing costs of compliance and strengthening confidence in food products.

South Africa Healthcare

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Webber Wentzel

Legalisation Of Private Use Of Cannabis In South Africa

In September 2018, a landmark decision by the Constitutional Court in South Africa legalised certain acts in relation to cannabis.

South Africa Cannabis

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Smit & Van Wyk

Compulsory Licenses In The Access Of The Vaccine Of Covid-19 By African Countries

By the end of 2019, humanity was confronted by a new infectious disease caused by a new coronavirus, the covid-19 that led, on March 11th, 2020 the Word Health Organization to declare the state of a global pandemic.

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Inventa

Unrest And Looting Disaster: Crucial To Recover Medicines And Vaccines

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Eat Your Way To Beautiful?

South Africa Media & IT

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Adams & Adams

Food For The Future: A Roadmap For Africa's Evolving Agri-Landscape

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Africa's Top 10 Stories: January 2021

South Africa Strategy

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Adams & Adams

Food Systems In Africa: Bringing Covid-19 Response In Line With Africa's Unique Food Challenges

South Africa Coronavirus

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Bowmans

Beating The Virus – Prevention, Testing And Treatment – The Development Of A Vaccine And Treatments For Covid-19

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

São Tomé Ratifies The Arusha Protocol On The Protection Of New Varieties Of Plants

South Africa IP

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Adams & Adams

A Patent Is Filed For The COVID-19 Vaccine...what Now?

South Africa IP

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KISCH IP

South Africa Healthcare

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KISCH IP

Pretoria High Court: The Tobacco Ban Is Rational

South Africa Healthcare

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ENS

The Challenge To Tobacco Control Goes Up In Smoke

South Africa IP

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Adams & Adams

The Taboo In Tobacco

South Africa Healthcare

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SWVG Inc.

COVID-19, Amazon And The Changing Face Of Brand Enforcement

South Africa Coronavirus

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ENS

Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (Bcg) Vaccine And Covid-19

South Africa Coronavirus

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KISCH IP

Counterfeiters Make "Cure" For Covid-19

South Africa Healthcare

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KISCH IP

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