The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPI”) was signed into law on 19 November 2013. Since then, POPI has consistently attracted media attention. And this shows no sign of abating now that it is expected that POPI will finally come fully into effect early in 2018. This means that most businesses can no longer delay in preparing themselves to meet the demands of POPI.

Daily Maverick has published a touching behind-the-scenes portrayal of the hardships some of this year's Siyandisa Foundation Scholarship recipients have had to overcome to excel academically and dream as big as they do.

The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Amendment Act of 2013 (“BEE Act”) introduced the crime of fronting. How it is defined herein, has lead to a lot of confusion as to how fronting will be interpreted in practice. Luckily our courts recently provided more transparency on the matter.

A new draft Defence Sector BEE Charter has been published for comment in August this year. This Defence Charter will apply to all entities operating within the South African defence industry.

Emmanuel Mofammere, a recipient of a Siyandisa Foundation Scholarship, has shared the story of his remarkable plan to help elevate the marks of his fellow pupils at the Lenyora la Thuto school in Botshabelo, with Volksblad's Elsje du Toit.

Daily Sun's coverage of the Siyandisa Foundation Scholarship Awards highlighted the fact that the bursaries awarded does much to smooth the path to academic excellence.

Bloemnuus' coverage of the Siyandisa Foundation Scholarship awards carried a strong message of how these bursaries empower the 25 black learners from across the Free State in their final matric examinations and further studies.

The amended Property Sector Code for Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment was gazetted on 9 June 2017.