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The conundrum of ownership in respect of undersea cables and the landing rights in South Africa: understanding the legal regulatory framework

An often-encountered question in practice is how the law is anyway relevant to the issues pertaining to the telecommunications sector. Even more perplexing perhaps is whether or not a legal discourse on the ownership of underwater cables in South Africa or Africa at large is absolutely essential.

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Main Author: Sindano, John Liwayo
Other Authors: Furgeson, Steve
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Language:English
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Published: Department of Commercial Law 2026
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/43137 The conundrum of ownership in respect of undersea cables and the landing rights in South Africa: understanding the legal regulatory framework Sindano, John Liwayo Furgeson, Steve Commercial Law An often-encountered question in practice is how the law is anyway relevant to the issues pertaining to the telecommunications sector. Even more perplexing perhaps is whether or not a legal discourse on the ownership of underwater cables in South Africa or Africa at large is absolutely essential. 2026-04-28T10:38:11Z 2026-04-28T10:38:11Z 2009 2026-04-28T10:36:00Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43137 en eng application/pdf Department of Commercial Law Faculty of Law University of Cape Town
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The conundrum of ownership in respect of undersea cables and the landing rights in South Africa: understanding the legal regulatory framework
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title The conundrum of ownership in respect of undersea cables and the landing rights in South Africa: understanding the legal regulatory framework
title_full The conundrum of ownership in respect of undersea cables and the landing rights in South Africa: understanding the legal regulatory framework
title_fullStr The conundrum of ownership in respect of undersea cables and the landing rights in South Africa: understanding the legal regulatory framework
title_full_unstemmed The conundrum of ownership in respect of undersea cables and the landing rights in South Africa: understanding the legal regulatory framework
title_short The conundrum of ownership in respect of undersea cables and the landing rights in South Africa: understanding the legal regulatory framework
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