The Data Protection Act 2018 (the “DPA”) was assented to by the Parliament on 3rd August 2018 and is currently on notice. As the first local statutory enactment focused solely on protection of personal data it is without doubt a critical piece of legislation. Read more “Data Protection Act 101 – What you need to know”
The newly introduced Trust Property Control Act has been a long-awaited development in our jurisdiction. Before the Act, Trusts were governed by common law principles, with the popular trust instrument being the Notarial Trust Deed. Read more “Trust Property Control Act”
Minchin & Kelly (Botswana), (“M&K”), hosted its second WIN Africa event on 31st August 2018 at the Peermont Grand Palm Hotel, Gaborone, Botswana, at which the entire M&K team of attorneys was in attendance. Read more “WIN Africa”
Corporate governance is a set of rules and practices by which a governing board is supposed to ensure accountability, fairness and transparency in an organisation’s relationship with its stakeholders. Corporate Botswana developed its own corporate governance code in order to address perceived gaps in the existing governance structures. This was mostly an adoption of the King III. Read more “Corporate Botswana is ready for Corporate Governance”