On 27 February 2026, the Minister of Employment and Labour published the Labour Law Amendment Bill, 2025 together with the Labour Relations Amendment Bill, 2025 for public comment (Bill).
DLA Piper South Africa was named as the third most active South African General Corporate Finance legal advisors at the annual Ansarada DealMakers Awards, held on 19 February 2026. DealMakers tracks and records M&A activity across Africa, and are based transactions involving JSE-listed entities and unlisted South African entities.
DLA Piper has advised Kleoss Fund II, on its investment into the Hirt & Carter Group (“H&C Group”), a leading retail marketing and technology firm that provides integrated solutions to help brands and retailers manage, produce, and deploy marketing materials across digital and physical channels.
The COMESA Competition and Consumer Protection Regulations, 2025 (2025 Regulations) read together with the COMESA Competition and Consumer Protection Rules, 2025 (2025 Rules) significantly recalibrate the regional merger control framework with immediate impact on dealmaking in COMESA Member States1.