South Africa enters international arbitration stage
This week, the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA) announced the creation of the China Africa Joint Arbitration Centre (CAJAC) Johannesburg
The enforcement of foreign arbitration awards in South Africa
South Africa is party to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. The Convention is given effect to by the Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards Act, 40 of 1977. Foreign arbitration awards are readily enforced in South Africa under the Act (indeed in some cases more readily than foreign […]
South Africa set to enter the international arbitration stage
There is an arbitration groundswell in Africa. Thirty three African States are party to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards and ten African States have adopted the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (“UNCITRAL”) Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration to form the basis of their arbitration […]
