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INSIGHTS 🇿🇦| A recent Labour Court decision suggests that contractual provisions prohibiting employees from seeking other employment opportunities during employment, even with competitors, will generally be unenforceable. More from our #EmploymentLaw team: bowmanslaw.com/insights/south…

INSIGHTS | The COMESA Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a practice note to clarify how the new merger control regime under the COMESA Competition and Consumer Protection Regulations will be applied in practice. More: bowmanslaw.com/insights/comes…

Practice Note 1 of 2026 on Merger Control issued by COMESA Competition & Consumer Commission provides guidance on transitional arrangements, derogations, timelines, and the treatment of digital transactions and joint ventures. A modern, suspensory regime, designed for clarity, fairness & certainty #COMESA

COMESA - stop what you are doing and read our Team's excellent update on the recent merger control changes!

EVENT🌍| Our annual #CompetitionLaw conference returns for its 14th instalment with the theme Championing Africa: Opportunity Amidst Uncertainty. We hope that you can join us in discussing the future of competition law on the continent. Register here: linkedin.com/posts/bowmans-…

EVENT🌍| The upcoming Mining Indaba - to be held in Cape Town on 9-12 Feb 2026 - is a chance for key industry players in Africa's #MiningSector to build partnerships and explore new opportunities. Connect with our team in the Mother City next month. More: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

WELCOME🇿🇦| Welcome to Robby Coelho our new partner who specialises in technology and related commercial matters. He has extensive experience across EMEA, where he's held a range of roles from private practice, in-house counsel to entrepreneur. Read more: linkedin.com/posts/bowmans-…

EVENT🌍| At our upcoming 14th Annual Africa #CompetitionLaw Conference, Xolani Nyali will be moderating the panel discussion on navigating #RegulatoryComplexity in #MergerReview. When: 20 February 2026, 08:30 SAST Register here to join the conversation online: lnkd.in/d-TmJ2cH

NEWSFLASH 🇿🇦 | The Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, in consultation with the #CompetitionCommission, has issued the #EnergyUsersBlockExemption Regulations in terms of the #CompetitionAct in response to electricity supply constraints. More: bowmanslaw.com/insights/south…

APPOINTMENT🇿🇦| Please join us in congratulating our head of Corporate/M&A, Tholinhlanhla Gcabashe, on his appointment as a Fellow of the Africa Leadership Initiative Class XVI. #LetIntegrityLead's a highly selective, pan-African leadership fellowship. More: africaleadership.net/fellows/class-…

NEWSFLASH 🇿🇦 | The #MinisterofTradeIndustryandCompetition, in consultation with the Competition Commission, has published proposed revisions to the South African merger notification thresholds and merger filing fees and is inviting public comment. More: bowmanslaw.com/insights/south…

Joburg council (not the DA) voted to appoint a Deputy Executive Mayor, salary of R1.3m. Seriously. Yet another cadre, in a broke city which is literally falling apart.

INSIGHTS🌍|#DidYouKnow that almost every African country enforces #CompetitionLaw, except for 3? Learn more by exploring our interactive heatmap - which shows national regimes, regional authorities, and dual jurisdictions driving AfCFTA integration - here: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

RANKINGS🌍| The latest World Trademark Review 1000 - a comprehensive guide to the world's leading trademark professionals - is out. Please join us in congratulating our #IP and #technology experts on their #WTR1000 2026 rankings as Recommended Lawyers'. linkedin.com/posts/bowmans-…

EVENT🌍| Claire Reidy will moderate the 'Is big bad? The argument for "African Champions" in regional, continental and global markets as a means for pursuing growth' panel at our Africa #CompetitionLaw Conference. When: 20 Feb 2026, 08:30 SAST Join online: lnkd.in/d-TmJ2cH

GUIDE🌍| Our Africa #MergersandAcquisitions Trends and Forecast - containing key market themes and developments shaping #transactions over the next 12-18 months - is designed as an essential guide for multi-jurisdictional clients. Read the full guide here: bowmanslaw.com/wp-content/upl…

This is the beginning of something huge. A Rand stablecoin backed by top institutions. Next step is to build use cases and add more partners.

Chris Yelland and Wayne Duvenage set the record straight. Eskom has threatened fines and cut-offs if solar systems are not registered by 31 March 2026. The facts are simple. Eskom has no lawful authority to fine customers, and failing to register a solar system is not a valid

Eskom should be thanking SA’s residential solar users for investing more n their own infrastructure and assisting it to navigate SA’s power crisis. Consumers would be more inclined to “register” if there was a clear undertaking NOT to tax them.