Football fixture lists are subject to copyright protection in South Africa
In a recent landmark judgment the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Local Division, Johannesburg declared that the fixture lists compiled by the Premier Soccer League (PSL) for its annual and weekly fixtures are subject to copyright protection as afforded by the South African Copyright Act. The defendants, Gidani (Proprietary) Limited, South Africa’s licensed national lottery […]
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 […]