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APPEAL OR REVIEW: A TAXPAYER’S REMEDIES UNDER THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE ACT, 1964

The country’s apex court has recently sought to provide legal certainty as to whether review and/or appeal proceedings are competent when attacking determinations made by the Commissioner in terms of the Customs and Excise Act, 91 of 1964 (“CEA”)[1].


07 Apr 2025

OFFSHORE BUNKERING OPERATIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA


05 Feb 2025

CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS SAAFF EXEMPTION CLAUSE EXCLUDING LIABILITY FOR EMPLOYEE'S THEFT


06 Jul 2023

RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH A HOUSE BILL OF LADING


27 Feb 2023

Mossel Bay and Saldanha now formal ports of entry for cruise ships


03 Nov 2022

Transnet Port Terminals lifts force majeure due on all terminals


01 Nov 2022

Cape Town Terminal clears its backlogs with fruit export season around the corner


28 Oct 2022

Industrial action at Transnet ends: Transnet takes steps to pick up the pieces


20 Oct 2022

Transnet reaches wage agreement with its majority union


18 Oct 2022

Transnet Port Terminals declares force majeure due to strike action


06 Oct 2022

Continued support for iron ore industry with VUKA Marine’s registration of CAPE JASMINE on the South African ship register


09 Sep 2022

Facilitation of registration of excise warehouses in South Africa


06 Jul 2022

Vigilance by taxpayers when engaging in disputes with SARS


12 May 2022

Transnet Port Terminals updated conditions of trade and operating procedures published


08 Apr 2022

Cybercrime – the call for a stable logistics & supply chain in an era of geopolitical conflict


02 Mar 2022

Long Awaited Incorporation of National Ports Authority in South Africa Confirmed

The Minister of Public Enterprises has formally published in the Government Notice the intention, in accordance with the Act, for the incorporation of the company under the name “National Ports Authority SOC Limited”.


02 Aug 2021

Cyber attack on Transnet causes further disruption and backlog to port operations in South Africa

National logistics and port operator Transnet was hit with an apparent cyber-attack on Thursday, prompting concerns whether the reported hack was linked to the unrest in South Africa.


23 Jul 2021

Continued Port Delays in Cape Town Lead DAL to Temporarily Discontinue its Direct Service


18 Jun 2020

Cape Town Container Terminal Hit by Go-Slow Industrial Action

Today’s Africa Ports & Ships has reported that the industrial strike action which has been affecting our ports, most notably Durban and Ngqura, has now been extended to the Port of Cape Town.


05 Dec 2019

South Africa as member state of the Indian Ocean Memorandum of Understanding and MARPOL Annex VI

Port State Control or “PSC” directs the way in which a port state exercises authority over foreign ships when those ships are in waters subject to its jurisdiction. Their authority to do so emanates from both domestic and international law.


23 Aug 2019

MSC Commits to Equipping 50,000 of its Containers with Smart Tracking Devices

It is anticipated that the technology afforded by such smart devices will also facilitate easier and quicker pre-customs clearance.


24 Oct 2018

Shipping Lines Urge Transnet to Overhaul Cape Town's Aging Fleet

Local online publication Freight & Trading Weekly has in its 1 June 2018 publication reported that shipping lines have urged Transnet to consider redeploying some of its tugs currently operating in the Eastern Cape to the port of Cape Town.


30 May 2018

An Old Chestnut Revisited – Incorporation of Standard Trading Conditions

The reality is that proper incorporation of well drafted STCs remains critical to the protection of a business, particularly where a claim arising from negligence or some other contractual obligation has occurred.


25 Apr 2018

Protective Writs in South Africa Revisited: Application of the ‘Monica S’ Principle in South Africa

In July 2017 we published a note on a judgment handed down in the Western Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa, which addressed the common practice in South Africa of issuing so-called ‘protective writs’.


27 Feb 2018

Is this the end of the road for protective writs in South Africa?

Overview of the Hanjin Judgment.


24 Jul 2017

Cross-Border Insolvency and Hanjin Shipping Co Limited: A South African Perspective

Although South Africa is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on Cross Border Insolvency, the provisions of that convention have not been given effect to in South Africa, with the result that there is no automatic recognition of Hanjin Shipping Co Limited bankruptcy proceedings.


06 Sep 2016

Renewed Impetus to Promote a Policy of Cargo Reservation to South African Registered Ships

The launch of 'Operation Phakisa' in October 2014 which saw the government unveiling its stated policy to unlock the economic potential of South Africa's oceans has led to many interesting developments over the past year.


23 Sep 2015
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