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DEMYSTIFYING AI: PRACTICAL TOOLS, PROMPTS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR PROFESSIONALS (9 October 2025) Join the Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa) NPC for the 4th webinar, presented by Mr Carel du Toit from Mint Group, in a series as part of the Assoc... read more
5-DAY ONLINE FOUNDATION MEDIATION COURSE DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, OUR 2025 5-DAY (40-HOUR) ONLINE FOUNDATION MEDIATION COURSES ARE FULLY BOOKED.PLEASE WATCH FOR OUR 2026 COURSE DATES. Join the Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa) NPC[1], in partners... read more
CONSTRUCTION CONUNDRUMS(30 October 2025) Join the Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa) NPC for this popular not-to-be-missed workshop, presented by our KwaZulu-Natal regional committee, in-person or online. 5 Key Topics Consultants’ fee claims ... read more
In the context of the spirit, purport and objects of the Bill of Rights, is an appeal against an arbitral award to the High Court of South Africa permissible? In the judgment of Level Seven Restaurant (Pty) Ltd t/a Level Seven v Signature Restaurant Group... read more
ACCOUNTABILITY AT LAST Introduction The court reports are replete with cases involving unlawful tender awards and concomitant irregular expenditure on the part of government entities. Although not often proven, many of these cases perfume the air with a s... read more
PRIMACY OF ARBITRATION AFFIRMED Introduction The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) recently reaffirmed the binding nature of arbitration clauses in commercial contracts.[1] Background In September 2017 Kalagadi Manganese (Pty) Ltd (Kalagadi) entered into a se... read more
CONTRACTORS AND EMPLOYERS BEWARE – A SYNOPTICAL GUIDE OF THE DO’S AND DONT’S IN ADJUDICATIONS Even though adjudication, as an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process, has been with us in South Africa since 1996 when ESKOM introduced the NEC fo... read more
For Construction Arbitrators and Adjudicators: Will AI Tools Help or Hinder the Decision-Making Process? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer an abstract concept confined to research labs or the preserve of Silicon Valley start-ups. It is here, evolv... read more
The Secret Tender: A Technique in Arbitration Introduction The nature of disputes: There is an inherent risk in all litigation, and for that matter in all forms of Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) too. There is no such thing as a ‘slam dunk’ in disp... read more
SOCIETY OF CONSTRUCTION ARBITRATOR’S CONFERENCE CLIFTON BRISTOL 2-5 MAY 2025 ZANDILE NDLOVU FAArb, PrPM (PMI), PrEng (ECSA) I had the opportunity of attending and presenting at the Society of Construction Arbitrator’s annual conference in Clifton ... read more