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- by Zandile Mthabela
The Consumer Protection Act, 2008 (“CPA”) entitles you, as the consumer, to protect and enforce your rights.
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The Consumer Protection Act, 2008 (“CPA”) entitles you, as the consumer, to protect and enforce your rights.

The year is 2060, and Mark is ready to move into his new house. The house was built (printed) using 3D Printing technology.

We live in extremely exciting yet precarious times. Technological advancements have made it possible for normal objects and gadgets to be equipped with the ability to identify, sense and process information as well as networking and communicating with other devices to achieve some useful objective.

Half of the world’s population regularly uses some sort of social media platform. Just think about that for a second.

Included in the Labour Laws Amendment Act, 2018 (LLA) is the provision for parental, adoption and commissioning parental leave to employees, amendment of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 2001 so as to provide for the right to claim parental and commissioning parental benefits from the Unemployment Insurance Fund and for the application for, and the payment of, parental and commissioning parental benefits from the Unemployment Insurance Fund.

On 21 January 2019, the French Data Protection Authority’s (the “CNIL” ) restricted committee imposed a record fine of 50 million euros to Google LLC (“Google”).

“Any dispute arising from or in connection with this Contract shall be finally resolved in accordance with the Rules of the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa by an arbitrator appointed by the Foundation.”

In 2014 National Treasury issued an instruction prohibition by national and provincial public entities from making payments via the internet due to the risk associated with such transactions.

The African National Congress (“ANC”) has lost a domain dispute it lodged against a former service provider – Unwembi Communications (“Unwembi”).