The funding gap for women-owned and informal enterprises in South Africa is a problem of fit before supply
Introduction Small enterprises in South Africa are routinely described as starved of finance, and the usual answer is to put
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Introduction Retail banking in South Africa has moved a long way from the branch queue, though it has not left
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Introduction South Africa had no single trafficking statute until 2015. Before the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act
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Introduction The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 is old enough now to be judged on what it
Read moreThe reasonable prospect test in South African business rescue: who proves it, who abuses it and who pays
Introduction Business rescue came into operation on 1 May 2011 under chapter 6 of the Companies Act 71 of 2008,
Read moreMerger conditions alone cannot deliver transformation under the South African Competition Act
Introduction The Competition Act 89 of 1998 asks the authorities to judge a merger twice. The first question is whether
Read moreState-to-state dispute settlement leaves South Africa’s own trade administration to carry the AfCFTA
Introduction The Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area came into force on 30 May 2019, and trade under
Read moreSection 28 delivers social justice for children only when it is aimed at the systems that fail them
Introduction Section 28 of the Constitution gives children a list of entitlements and one overarching standard, namely that in every
Read moreViolence prevention for South African male students needs mental health at its core, but the evidence is thin
Introduction Most talk about gender-based violence at South African universities turns into talk about women, which is understandable when the
Read moreSouth African labour law met COVID-19 with ordinary tools and left the hard questions to soft law
Introduction The first hard lockdown began on 26 March 2020, and within weeks South African labour law was being asked
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