Resource Library

AFSA’s Resource Library provides easy access to a wide range of materials, including newsletters, articles, publications, reports, conventions, and Acts, as well as recordings of AFSA-hosted webinars and workshops.

Newsletters & Articles

AFSA@Work Newsletter 2024

AFSA@Work Newsletter 2022

AFSA@Work Newsletter 2021

AFSA@Work Newsletter 2020

AFSA@Work Newsletter 2019

Newsletters & Articles

Remote Hearing Protocol

Perspectives I The New York Convention

Perspectives II Brics

AFSA Alliance Charter 2024

Developing and Strengthening Arbitration in SADC

Mastering Written and Oral Advocacy Workshop 26 September 2024

Webinars

Webinar #1:

The Future in the Making

AFSA International Rules and the AFSA International Court

Webinar #2:

The Future in the Making

Third party funding for international arbitration using AFSA Rules

Webinar #3:

The Future in the Making

Speed and costs. Three key AFSA rules: Expedited Procedure • Emergency Arbitrators • Early Dismissals

Webinar #4:

The Future in the Making

Multiple Contracts, Joinder and Consolidation (Articles 28 - 30)

Webinar #5:

The Future in the Making

Pleadings and the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration

Webinar #1:

The Cutting Edge

The Ethical Conundrum in International Arbitration

Webinar #2:

The Cutting Edge

Arbitration in the Modern World

Webinar #3:

The Cutting Edge

Good Faith in International Arbitration

Webinar#4:

The Cutting Edge

Drafting Effective Arbitration Clauses

AFSA SARIPA Business Rescue Division

AFSA & SARIPA are jointly launching a dispute resolution process to quickly and effectively resolve disputes arising in connection with business rescue.

Hosted by AFSA International in collaboration with the Indonesian Dispute Board.

Navigating AFSA's International Arbitration Rules for Effective Dispute Resolution.

Session #1

Mastering Mediation, from the Ground Up: Mediation 101

Presented by Duncan Turner SC

Session #2

Mastering Mediation, from the Ground Up: Building Bridges: Mediation in Construction and Mining Disputes

Presented by Chris Loxton SC

Session #3

Mastering Mediation, from the Ground Up: Mediation in Action

Presented by Patrick Deale and Belinda Scriba

AFSA/SARIPA Business Rescue Forum

Facilitator: Adv Lizelle Acker with the distinguished Adv Azhar Bham SC, Colin Strime and Adv Duncan Turner SC as her panellists.

Young AFSA & Young ICCA WORKSHOP

Mastering Written and Oral Advocacy in International Arbitration: Johannesburg Edition

AFSA INTERNATIONAL, CIARB AND HKA WORKSHOP

Getting Effective Evidence from your Independent Expert

Young AFSA & Young AfAA WEBINAR

How to enforce arbitral awards? All you need to know if you are practicing in South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and the United Arab Emirates

Young AFSA & BriefCo WEBINAR

Dealing with Costs in Arbitration

Young AFSA WEBINAR

on drafting arbitration agreements

AFSA ARBITRATION TRAINING SESSION 1

Efficiency in Arbitration: Balancing Procedural Fairness with Time and Cost

Young AFSA WEBINAR

Research in Arbitration

Young AFSA WEBINAR

Arbitration 101 - A Practical Introduction to Arbitration

Panel Discussion

How can AI-based evidence be effectively deployed in arbitration?

Convensions

The Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. Also known as:

New York Convention

United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation. Also know as:

The Singapore Convention on Mediation

Acts

International Arbitration Act 15 of 2017

South African Arbitration Act 42 of 1965

“AFSA delivers efficient dispute resolution across commercial, domestic, and international matters, backed by a reputation built over decades.”

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.