Posts by Alastair Tempest
The WTO’s Thematic Session on Regulatory Cooperation between Members on Cybersecurity, 20 June
The DTIC approached EFSA for assistance to find a South African expert to represent SA at this session, which provided member states with an opportunity to explore the role of…
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Microsoft is being investigated in an European Union antitrust investigation over the bundling of its chat and video app Teams with its Office product. It is understood that the European…
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The US’s ‘Integrity, Notification and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers’ Act (the “INFORM Consumers Act”) Comes into Force As the preamble says, in an effort to “combat the…
Read MoreSkills Module for Ecommerce Almost Ready
As we have reported previously, EFSA has been actively engaged in preparing as skills module for Services SETA at level 6 (equivalent to second year at University). The module is…
Read MoreThe Continuing Saga of the South African Post Office (SAPO)
SAPO enjoyed 2 good bits of news in June: first it managed to escape being placed under liquidation, and second, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) has introduced…
Read MoreThe SA Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) Developing a 30-Year Review Report
As part of the celebrations planned for April 2024 which will mark 30 years since the advent of democracy in SA, and 12 years since the adoption of the National…
Read MoreThe African Union Prepares a Strategy for Ecommerce in Africa
The AU Commission invited EFA to a meeting in Kigali in mid-June to discuss a draft Ecommerce Strategy prepared by Dr Karishma Banga, a UK-based consultant. The other attendees represented…
Read MoreThe Competition Commission of SA (CCSA) Releases its Online Intermediation Platforms (OIPMI) Report and Recognises Foreign Competition Too Late
The CCSA released its long awaited Market Inquiry on 31 July. This calls on a number of ‘intermediation platforms’ to take action to remove practices which the Commission has found…
Read MoreWishing all Readers a great Women’s Month!
Many apologies for the delay in getting our Monthly out. As you will see, EFSA and EFA have both been very busy over the last 2 months, and the news…
Read MoreNEWSLETTER – SPECIAL EDITION
Dear Readers, As you know we almost never send out emails between the monthly Newsletter, however, this month we have a number of important meetings coming up, which we felt…
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