The digital economy and digitization in general have long been touted as environmentally sustainable alternatives to physical commercial activity. The truth is more nuanced than that. Nevertheless, a broader framing of sustainable development, as outlined in the UN Sustainable Development Goals,...

From the outset, the proposed COVID-19 TRIPS waiver has captured the public attention, with various civil society organisations urging WTO Members to adopt it and criticising those who opposed it. We explore whether and to what extent the proposed waiver can contribute to addressing the critical...

South Africa's Private Security Industry Regulation Amendment Bill, 2014 is currently awaiting presidential assent before it is passed into law. The bill seeks to, in its regulation of the private security industry, impose a limitation on foreign ownership of private security companies in South...

After almost two decades of sojourning in bilateral investment treaties (BITs), South Africa recently returned to municipal law — with the promulgation of the Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill, 2013 — as its main instrument of protection for foreign investments in south Africa....