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Zero Tolerance Hangover – When Energy Drinks Leave Employers With A Headache

An employee drinks an energy drink before work. A breathalyser test returns a positive alcohol reading. The employer applies its zero-tolerance policy and dismisses. Months later, the employee is reinstated with back pay.

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Food And Product Recalls: The Legal Framework, Recent Cases And Improved Methods For Addressing Related Issues

In recent years, several food and product recalls have been announced in the media by suppliers, producers and the National Consumer Commission ("the NCC").

South Africa Healthcare

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Patents, Innovation & Where The Law Draws The Line

Patents often get blamed when medicine prices make headlines - but without patents, many of the treatments we rely on simply wouldn't exist. A recent lawsuit involving Novo Nordisk and its diabetes drug Victoza...

South Africa IP

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South Africa Implements The 13th Edition Of The Nice Classification

South Africa has officially adopted the 13th Edition of the Nice Classification (NCL 13-26) with effect from 1 January 2026, following its implementation by the World Intellectual Property Office on the same date.

South Africa IP

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Adams & Adams

Cigarette Packaging, A Marketing Tool Or A Regulatory Instrument?

Worldwide Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Turning Food Waste Into Opportunity: How South Africa's Food Loss Strategy Compares To The EU

South Africa Environment

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ENSign: A Fresh Lens On Food Waste (Video)

South Africa Environment

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Interdict, Appeal, Review: Dissecting The Limits Of Interim Relief In HPCSA Matters

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Navigating Health Claims On Food Labels In South Africa

South Africa Healthcare

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Johannesburg High Court Exercises Discretion To Admit Affidavits That Are "Virtually Commissioned"

South Africa Healthcare

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The Latest Proposed Ban Relating To The Advertising Of Alcohol

South Africa Media & IT

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Adams & Adams

Veggie Burgers Are Back In The Game!

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

The Latest Developments Relating To The Tobacco Products And Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill [B 33-2022]

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

South Africa Launches National Action Plan Against Fake Medicines

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Updates On COMESA Competition And Consumer Protection Antitrust Enforcement

South Africa Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

COMESA's Competition Regime Overhaul: Key Insights From The ENS Webinar

South Africa Anti-trust

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AI, Cybersecurity And Operational Resilience In Mining

South Africa Technology

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King V: The Plot Twist Your Board Didn't See Coming

South Africa Commercial

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Barnard Inc.

The Dealmakers' Moment: Six M&A Trends Shaping 2026

Worldwide Commercial

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Andersen in South Africa

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.

South Africa Commercial

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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

Aspen wins round two in trade mark battle, forcing rival Adcock to stay off shelves during appeal.

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

South Africa Media & IT

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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

Nobel Prize In The Bag – Time To Make Money

South Africa IP

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Have You Tried Using A Contingent Value Right?

A contingent value right (CVR) is a type of instrument or arrangement that creates an obligation on a purchaser to pay a seller additional consideration on the occurrence of a pre-agreed future event – the instrument can be structured as tradeable or non-tradeable.

South Africa Commercial

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Webber Wentzel

NAFDAC Tackles Counterfeit Goods

Between July and December 2024, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) stepped up efforts to combat counterfeit products, seizing and destroying goods worth N120 billion...

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

OAPI Championing Initiatives For Food Security In Africa

OAPI brought together over thirty national decision makers and key role players from the agricultural sector at a national workshop held from 4 to 6 November 2024 in N'Djamena, Chad. Aimed at establishing guidelines.

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

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...

South Africa IP

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

Worldwide Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

SA Cannabis For Private Purposes Act Signed Into Law

On 28 May 2024, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law the Cannabis for Private Purposes Act (CfPPA). The Act regulates the cultivation, possession and use of cannabis by adults in a private setting.

South Africa Cannabis

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Adams & Adams

Weeding Out Insights From The LACs Latest Judgment (Video)

Explore the LAC's groundbreaking ruling on workplace drug testing. Our experts dissect its impact on testing protocols and employment law in South Africa.

South Africa Employment

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

While South Africa harvests a mere 200 tons of Aloe Ferox annually, our global competitors, like Mexico, churn out a staggering 400,000 tons of Aloe Vera.

South Africa Healthcare

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Barnard Inc.

'Tis The Season To Be Responsible

With the festive season soon approaching, many employees are counting down the days until they can close their business doors for 2023...

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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Push vs. Pull: Patents And Access To Medicines

South Africa IP

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Dennemeyer S.A.

Agriculture Under The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

South Africa International

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Anjarwalla & Khanna

Cooking With Oral Agreements? Spur Corporation Faces Massive Damages Claim

South Africa Healthcare

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Barnard Inc.

Discussion Paper: Taxation Of Electronic Nicotine And Non-Nicotine Delivery Systems

South Africa Tax

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SNG Grant Thornton

Podcast | The Money Show | The Beer Industry Appeals For Excise Relief On Low-Alcohol Products

South Africa Healthcare

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ENS

Food Loss And Food Waste: ESG And Sustainability Enquiry

South Africa Environment

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

South Africa Healthcare

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Webber Wentzel

Legalisation Of Private Use Of Cannabis In South Africa

South Africa Cannabis

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Smit & Van Wyk

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

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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

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ENSign: A Fresh Lens On Food Waste (Video)

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The 2021 Beverage Sector Report EP3: Spend Patterns In Ghana's Beverage Market (Video)

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Firmus Advisory

The 2021 Beverage Sector Report: Marketing And Distribution Of Beverages In Ghana (VIdeo)

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Firmus Advisory

Podcast | The Money Show | The Beer Industry Appeals For Excise Relief On Low-Alcohol Products

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Brand Bans Don't Change Behaviour But Do Destroy Jobs, Assets (Video)

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KISCH IP

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