The COMESA Competition Commission (CCC) has now been active for almost 10 years and has pioneered the development of regional competition law in Africa. In this podcast, Dr Willard Mwemba, the Acting Director and Chief Executive Officer of the CCC, and Burton Phillips from Webber Wentzel unpack the recent important developments involving the COMESA Competition Commission (CCC). This session will focus on restrictive business practices.

Guest for this podcast series are:

Burton Phillips, Partner, Webber Wentzel; and
Dr Willard Mwemba, Acting Director and Chief Executive Officer of the COMESA Competition Commission.

Executive Producer: Elisha Bhugwandeen

The African Continental Free Trade Area aims to increase intra-African trade and transform the economies on the African continent. With trade comes investment and the first question that investors should be asking when taking the plunge and committing to an investment in a foreign state is how that investment will be treated. In this podcast Webber Wentzel partners Sarah McKenzie, Vlad Movshovich and guests Tunde Fagbohunlu, head of the Litigation, Arbitration and ADR at Aluko & Oyebode and Roland Ziadé, Global Co-Head of International Arbitration at Linklaters, discuss the investment protection regime under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, what we can anticipate in the protocol that is currently being negotiated and the importance of this document for intra-African investments.

Our experts in this podcast are:
Vlad Movshovich, dispute resolution specialist at Webber Wentzel
Tunde Fagbohunlu, commercial litigation and arbitration specialist at Aluko Oyebode
Roland Ziadé, global co-head of International Arbitration, Linklaters Paris

Host: Sarah McKenzie, dispute resolution specialist at Webber Wentzel

Executive Producer: Yael Shafrir

Podcast production: www.volume.africa

With the arrival of South Africa's first consignment of Covid-19 vaccines, many employers are grappling with the possibility of introducing workplace vaccination policies. Over this 6-part series, we will be unpacking various issues from the possibility of mandatory vaccination policies for employees to personal information management of employee vaccination data. Employers, particularly those with large workforces and the relevant infrastructure and capabilities, may be thinking about whether it will be permissible to use the workplace as a site for vaccination? We chat to Kenneth Coster from our health & safety team, in part 5 of this podcast series.

With the arrival of South Africa's first consignment of Covid-19 vaccines, many employers are grappling with the possibility of introducing workplace vaccination policies. Over this 6-part series, we will be unpacking various issues from the possibility of mandatory vaccination policies for employees to personal information management of employee vaccination data. One of the key questions on the minds of employers is whether they can implement mandatory vaccination policies for employees. In part 3 of this series, Mbali Nkosi speaks to Mehnaaz Bux from our employment team and Kenneth Coster from our health & safety team.

With the arrival of South Africa's first consignment of Covid-19 vaccines, many employers are grappling with the possibility of introducing workplace vaccination policies. Over this 6-part series, we will be unpacking various issues from the possibility of mandatory vaccination policies for employees to personal information management of employee vaccination data. In part 1 of this podcast series, Mbali Nkosi will discuss the law on vaccines in South Africa with Shane Johnson from our employment team. In keeping with our aim for this podcast, we are focusing only on the law.

Arbitration​ ​​is increasingly used to resolve complex disputes. Our dispute resolution specialists have extensive experience in advising on domestic and international commercial arbitration matters and investment law disputes. We have acted for claimants and defendants (public and private sector parties) in many complex, high-value arbitrations, with a particular focus on Africa.

In this podcast, Webber Wentzel partners, Priyesh and Sarah, along with their host, discuss the advent of virtual hearings in international arbitrations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, the panel unpacks the extensive developments in virtual international arbitration hearings and Webber Wentzel's unique experiences and expertise in this area.

Guests for this podcast are arbitration experts:
Priyesh Daya – Partner, Webber Wentzel; and
Sarah McKenzie - Partner, Webber Wentzel.
Host: Chandni Gopal, Senior Associate at Webber Wentzel.

Executive Producer: Paula Youens.
Podcast Production Company: www.volume.africa.