ReCreate South Africa

Competition Regulation in Healthcare in South Africa

Posted by ReCreate South Africa | Mar 12, 2021 | Access to Medicine

[Hardin Ratshisusu] South Africa’s nascent competition regulatory regime is coming of age and has potential to address historical market concentration challenges previously enabled by the apartheid regime, prior to its dismantling in the 1990s. Many sectors of the economy are highly concentrated, including the private healthcare sector, with market outcomes that breed market failures, lack of competitiveness and high cost of care. Looking through competition in the healthcare sector it becomes evident that the market structure challenges do not only require domestic interventions, but also a global response to address some policy and regulatory gaps.

ReCreate Opinion on the Copyright Amendment Bill and the Constitution

Posted by ReCreate South Africa | Oct 14, 2019 | Domestic Legislation, Fair Use, Limitations and Exceptions

The opinion was prepared by advocates Susannah Cowen SC, Jonathan Berger, and Mehluli Nxumalo. Counsel were requested to consider whether there is any impediment to the President signing and assenting to the Bill, in light of various objections that have been raised by third parties. Counsel conclude that the objections that have been raised do not constitute any impediment to the President signing and assenting to the Bill, and unless there are other valid constitutional reservations, he is under a constitutional duty to sign and assent to the bill within a reasonable time.

Statement by ReCreate South Africa on the passing of the Copyright Amendment Bill

Posted by ReCreate South Africa | Dec 10, 2018 | Domestic Legislation, Fair Use

ReCreate South Africa welcomes the passing of the Copyright Amendment Bill by the National Assembly. This historic move provides clear guidelines and balance between the rights of creators and users. ReCreate South Africa notes the lengthy consultative approach adopted by Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry. We applaud the passage of a bill that serves creator interests by respecting three key rights to enable us to create the next generation of South African content for the world

Fair Use in South Africa

Posted by ReCreate South Africa | Oct 28, 2018 | Domestic Legislation, Fair Use

[VIDEO] We don’t own the images of our own history. Educational resources are owned elsewhere. South Africans cannot sample, adapt, recreate. Innovation that is possible in the US is illegal in South Africa and some people want to keep it that way.

Author: ReCreate South Africa

Competition Regulation in Healthcare in South Africa

ReCreate Opinion on the Copyright Amendment Bill and the Constitution

Statement by ReCreate South Africa on the passing of the Copyright Amendment Bill

Fair Use in South Africa

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