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 | Sinal Govender* Assuming that what you have created is original and a few other requirements are met, copyright will vest automatically in your masterpiece. However... Read more >>
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 | Justine Krige One of the purposes of the Consumer Protection Act, No 68 of 2008 (CPA), is to "promote and advance the social and economic welfare of consumers" by "improving consumer awareness and information, and encouraging responsible and informed consumer choice and behaviour". Read more >>
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 | Paul Vecchiatto Mobile network operator Cell C's acting chief executive‚ Jose dos Santos said rival MTN's court action to stop the communications regulator from implementing new rates was an attempt to avoid losing customers. Read more >>
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 | Linda Ensor The government is to embark on the second phase of its land audit, aimed at identifying who owns the 79% of privately owned land in SA. The audit will include their nationality and their demographic profile. Read more >>
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 | The Tongaat Mall employed unqualified foremen, used sub-standard beams and had to contend with a sagging slab, an inquiry heard on Wednesday (11 Febuary). Read more >>
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 | Centralising government's tender system will go a long way in rooting out corruption in the public service, President Jacob Zuma said yesterday. Read more >>
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 | Residents of Johannesburg should not be surprised to see metro police and other city officials frequenting their areas. Read more >>
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 | Government has noted with concern a trend of using children as human shields during protests. Read more >>
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 | African safari operators and conservation groups said they plan to move up to 100 South African rhinos to neighbouring Botswana for safekeeping, as poaching levels spike to new highs. Read more >>
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 | BERLIN, GERMANY: The elderly German son of a Nazi-era art dealer has launched a website with information about an art trove discovered at his home, suspected to contain Nazi-looted works. Read more >>
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 | Rod Baker Public Protector Thuli Madonsela released her report on the SABC yesterday. The report - 'When Governance and Ethics Fail' - paints a damning picture of abuse of power, mismanagement, waste and corruption, and outright dishonesty at the public broadcaster. Read more >>
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 | Several hospital officials have been suspended for allegedly selling jobs to prospective employees. Read more >>
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 | Johan Botes The latest Adcorp Employment Index (January 2014) indicates that the South African economy lost 36,290 jobs during January 2014. Unemployment, according to StatsSA, sits at 24.1% (or 4.8m people actively looking for work being unable to find jobs). Read more >>
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 | Being in business means that at some time or the other you are going to need legal assistance, if only from a governance and compliance point of view. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Children's advocacy groups rejected a US$20m deal from Facebook to settle charges that the social network violated privacy by using "likes" as endorsements for advertisements. Read more >>
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 | BEIJING, CHINA: Microsoft's search engine Bing appears to be heavily censoring its Chinese-language search results across the globe as well as inside China, a cyber-monitoring group said on Wednesday, 12 February. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Google joined Internet rights activists on Tuesday, 11 February, in a virtual protest aimed at getting US law makers to reign in online snooping. Read more >>
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 | Julian Jones & Tobie Jordaan On 10 February 2014, the North Gauteng division of the High Court granted a provisional sequestration order against the estate of the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, Julius Malema... Read more >>
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