On the 2nd of August 2024 the Department of Transport released amendments to the Merchant Shipping Act (Collision and Distress Signals) Regulations of 2005 (“the Colregs”). In terms of these amendments, Part F (incorporating new Rules 39, 40 and 41 to the annex) was introduced therein. The aim of the ...

On the 23rd of July 2024, the Climate Change Act was assented by the President. This long-awaited Act incorporates the provisions of the Paris Agreement, and specifically aims at developing an effective response to climate change. The Act sets several new concepts that will be affecting various industries in South ...

On the 3rd of June 2024 the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition published a general notice that section 13(4) of the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (“NRCS”) Act is to be amended. The NRCS amendments creates new compulsory specifications for: dried abalone; chilled smoked fish and smoke-flavoured finfish and ...

On the 24th of May the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment, published new amendments to the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (NEMBA). The new Biodiversity bill aims to ensure more effective implementation, increased protection of species through the introduction of new provisions related to listed species and ecosystems, ...

Back in 2022, a High Court in the Eastern Cape heard a matter brough forward by the local community against the exploration rights that had been granted to Shell and Impact Africa. This right allowed for seismic surveying for oil and gas to be conducted along what is known as ...