The executive members of the SABC should be appointed solely by the board without any requirement of approval by the minister of communications, the High Court in Johannesburg ruled on Tuesday, 17 October 2017.
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Discovery Bank has become the second new bank to obtain a licence from SA's banking regulators as the market is opened to new competitors for the first time in almost two decades.
Hilary Joffe 1 day ago
Uber drivers in the United Kingdom are just one example of how the digitisation of services, globalisation and the rise of independent contractors are changing the way we differentiate between ‘employees', ‘service providers' and ‘contractors'.
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Often when people think about pursuing law as a profession, they tend to assume that their only options would to be to become a lawyer or a judge. However, this is not the case. The law field compromises various career options for a student passionate about law. Paralegal studies is one such field.
Nana Zuke, Intec College 1 day ago
With property fraud on the rise, buyers and sellers need to be ultra-vigilant, says Chris Tyson, chief executive of Tyson Properties. “In tough economic times, people turn to crime. In the property industry, it is no different,” he says.
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Disciplinary proceedings against suspended acting Eskom CEO Matshela Koko had a second false start on Monday when it emerged that the state-owned company's new chairman would not be available for most of this week.
Kyle Cowan 1 day ago
A total of 30kg of cocaine estimated at almost R9 million was seized by South African Revenue Service (SARS) customs officials in two separate incidents at OR Tambo International Airport on Friday.
2 days ago
Section 36 of the Income Tax Act, No 58 of 1962 (Act) contains unique provisions which are only applicable to mining operations, and which set out the manner in which redemption allowances and unredeemed capital expenditure are calculated. The definition of “capital expenditure”, as provided for in s36, contains a list of expenditure regarded as capital expenditure for purposes of mining operations, such as expenditure relating to shaft sinking, mine equipment, development and management, amongst others.
Candice Gibson 2 days ago
An environmental organisation is taking the government and Kropz to court in a bid to stop the phosphate mine using water from the ancient Elandsfontein aquifer on the West Coast.
Melanie Gosling 2 days ago
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will today publish the Draft Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill in the Government Gazette, for public comment.
13 Oct 2017
The new National Minimum Wage (NMW) has finally been tabled and it is causing consternation across country and company. Pressing questions remain around the still low amount, and its viability in the current economy, the history of oppression that surrounds the current wage structure, and the hackles of industry rising around the impact of the cost to bottom lines.
13 Oct 2017
A draft Gas Amendment Bill will be tabled in Cabinet as South Africa powers on to enter the global gas market, Energy Minister Mamoloko Kubayi said on Tuesday, 10 October 2017.
11 Oct 2017
Consultancy firm McKinsey has made a major concession: it is prepared to "pay back the money" Eskom is claiming from it "in full."
Sikonathi Mantshantsha 11 Oct 2017
