Will you instruct your executor to memorialise or close your Facebook account or will you sign up to DeadSocial to post goodbye messages posthumously? The US government has created guidelines for dealing with your digital afterlife. It also provides a template social media will. The US government’s first guideline is to read the terms and
August 2014
Limited powers to set aside arbitrator’s decision

The appeal court has again reminded us that when the parties choose to submit their dispute to arbitration and the arbitrator’s decision is final without a right to appeal in an appeal tribunal, the grounds for setting aside the arbitrator’s award are very limited.
Objections to the jurisdiction of the arbitrator or allegations of bias…
Employment of expatriates in terms of Mozambican laws

As a general rule, the hiring of expatriates for petroleum and mining operations may follow one of the following regimes:
Communication (or Quota) regime
With reference to the total number of employees hired for fixed term or an indeterminate period (with reference to the previous calendar year), the following percentage of foreigners may be hired…
Acquiring land rights in Mozambique

Direito do Uso e Aproveitamento da Terra (DUAT)
There is no private ownership of land in Mozambique. Land and its associated resources are the property of the State. The Land Law, however, grants private persons the right to use and benefit from the land known as Direito do Uso e Aproveitamento da Terra (DUAT). Although…
What is the DoE doing to reduce costs for developers of small projects?


The DoE recently made sweeping amendments to the RFP under the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) to make the bid submission process cheaper and less onerous for developers. Will the DoE make the same changes to the RFP under the Small Project Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (SPIPPPP)?
The intention is to
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Happy 100th blog post


This is our 100th blog article since kicking off in February 2014.
We have enjoyed bringing you quickreads about developments in the law of financial institutions including banks and insurers.
We hope you have appreciated quick access to all the news affecting you without contributing too much to your information overload.
Your centurions have…
NRFSA assists the Loan Market Association in settling its African loan documents


The Loan Market Association (LMA) has prepared a suite of agreements for use in Africa which forms part of the suite of recommended documentation made available to LMA members on the LMA website. The agreements, prepared by Norton Rose Fulbright in conjunction with a documentation committee consisting of representatives from local and…
Protection of Personal Information Act: Ten things to know

We have published a handy ten things to know about the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI). We look briefly at issues such as how POPI applies to your organisation, direct marketing, cross-border transfers, notification of data breaches and enforcement.
Once the act and regulations are brought into force you will have a year to…
Insurance Council of Australia code in plain language

The Insurance Council of Australia has published a revised General Insurance Code of Practice.
It contains nothing unique or startling but it will give insurers some good ideas, written in plain language, about things you might want to incorporate in your own Treating Customers Fairly philosophy.
Interpretation of clumsy laws

Clumsy laws must be constructively dealt with. Even where laws are clumsily and inelegantly drafted, the courts should be slow to alter the words actually used.
In Kalil v Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality the court said that it must guard against the temptation to substitute what the court regards as reasonable, sensible or businesslike for the…