Businesses experiencing disruption from the recent events in South Africa may be able to invoke force majeure clauses in contracts, or the law of supervening impossibility, depending on the circumstances, write Webber Wentzel's Michael Straeuli and Dominic Harris. The...

The civil unrest has resulted in numerous telecommunications and broadcasting infrastructure being destroyed. By Peter Grealy and Nozipho Mngomezulu from Webber Wentzel South Africa's telecommunications and broadcasting Regulator, the Independent Communications...

Key power sector stakeholders say best practice in procurement, deal structuring and financing models have a crucial role to play in ensuring a sustainable power sector across Africa. This emerged at a meeting of the advisory boards of Power-Gen Africa and...

Market commentators have described the ongoing NERSA (National Energy Regulator of South Africa) as disappointing, and urge Eskom to change its business model rather than raise tariffs again. Ted Blom, energy analyst and advisor to the energy and mining industries and...

A strong holiday quarter boosted worldwide smartphone volumes to new record levels thanks to robust product offerings at numerous price points in both mature and emerging markets. According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...

Namibia was the country most targeted by cybercriminals during December 2015, after being second-most attacked in November. Check Point Software Technologies reveals that seven African countries appeared among the top 20 most-attacked nations (out of 142). These...

There has been a massive increase in distributed denial of services (DDoS) attacks, according to the Imperva Incapsula Global DDoS Landscapre Threat Report released yesterday, reviewing the changes in DDoS attack patterns in Q4 2015. The report was compiled using data...

Yesterday's meeting of the South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) came at a time of volatility on global markets, together with a deep pessimism over South Africa's economic prospects and concerns over the direction of economic policy. According...

Computer prices, including laptops and tablets, have increased 20% over a one month period since November 2015, throwing the technology market into disarray - creating fears that some technology companies may go bust, or have to retrench staff. This is the worst price...

Exports of South African thermal coal through the Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) hit a record 75,4-million tonnes (mt) in 2015, an increase of approximately 4 mt above 2014 levels.  However, this will not translate into an equivalent rise in the country's total...