By Robin De Backer, Olivia Höll and Holly Joubert A quick refresher for practitioners: The amendments to the Uniform Rules of Court that formalised class action procedure in South Africa took effect on 19 September 2025. Several months on, this piece revisits one of the most monumental key changes made to the Uniform Rules of … Continue reading S. Africa, the 2025 Uniform Rules Amendments on Class Actions: What Changed and What It Means Now
Anti-Corruption Litigation in South Africa: Key Developments & the Road Ahead
By Courtney Kaplan, Olivia Sousa Höll, and Robin De Backer Introduction South Africa’s anti-corruption litigation environment in 2025 continued to evolve from a model that was historically centred on criminal prosecution alone into a blended enforcement ecosystem. That ecosystem now routinely combines criminal prosecution, procurement and legality review litigation, and asset recovery proceedings under the Prevention of … Continue reading Anti-Corruption Litigation in South Africa: Key Developments & the Road Ahead
Crypto Chaos: Regulatory Failures & the Fall of Mirror Trading International
By Astra Christodoulou Introduction Crypto assets have experienced a rapid popularisation since Bitcoin's creation in 2009, being the first crypto asset created. Crypto assets are of a decentralised nature, meaning they operate without a central authority.Which allows for peer-to-peer transactions that are borderless and largely irreversible. While the nature of crypto assets lends itself to providing efficiency and being financially inclusive, it also creates significant fraud risks. Without traditional intermediaries as are found in centralised financial infrastructures, regulatory … Continue reading Crypto Chaos: Regulatory Failures & the Fall of Mirror Trading International
Anti-Fraud & Corruption Law in Africa 