Domestic Arbitration

AFSA’s Domestic Administered Arbitration provides a trusted, confidential, and efficient process, ensuring disputes are resolved under clear rules with institutional oversight.

Arbitration Rules

AFSA’s Domestic Arbitration Rules provide a clear and reliable framework that remains flexible to suit specific needs, including expedited rules for urgent disputes and industry-focused rules such as Construction, Business Rescue and CJAC rules.

Code of Conduct

AFSA’s Arbitration Code of Conduct sets out the principles and standards that every arbitrator on AFSA’s Panel commits to uphold when accepting an appointment.

Appointment of Arbitrators Criteria

AFSA’s Appointment of Arbitrators Criteria and Application Form ensures that only qualified and experienced professionals join the panel, with applicants required to demonstrate expertise, independence, fairness, and integrity.

Schedule of Costs

AFSA’s arbitration fees are transparent and predictable, with a clear schedule that reflects the complexity and value of each case while ensuring cost-effective dispute resolution.

Model Clause

AFSA’s Model Arbitration and Model Business Rescue Clauses provide a reliable way to ensure that disputes are referred to arbitration under AFSA’s rules, offering clarity, certainty, and enforceability.

Request for Arbitration Form

The Request for Arbitration Form is the first step in commencing proceedings under AFSA’s Rules, providing parties with a straightforward and structured way to submit their dispute for resolution.

Online Filing

Online filing for Domestic Commercial Arbitration and Domestic Expedited Arbitration.

Panel of Arbitrators

AFSA’s diverse panel of arbitrators and mediators includes retired judges, senior and junior counsel, adjudicators, offering a wide range of expertise for effective dispute resolution.

AFSA’s Domestic Administered Arbitration provides a trusted, confidential, and efficient process, ensuring disputes are resolved under clear rules with institutional oversight.”

About us

AFSA administers trusted, confidential dispute resolution across Southern Africa and beyond, managing domestic and international disputes through world-class mediation, arbitration, and related processes with integrity and efficiency.

The Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA) is a non-profit dispute resolution authority that administers and manages the confidential resolution of a wide range of domestic and international disputes through administered mediation, arbitration, and related processes. AFSA’s head office is in Sandton, Johannesburg, with branch offices in Cape Town, Pretoria, Durban, and the Garden Route.