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 | A disciplinary committee of the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) has found one of its registered home builders, Woodglaze Trading (Pty) Ltd, trading as Ladybrick, guilty of 96 counts of contravention of section 14(1) of the Housing Consumers Protection Measures Act,1998 (Act No. 95 of 1998). The NHBRC has imposed a penalty of R1.4m on Woodglaze Trading. Read more >>
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 | Thabiso Mochiko Vodacom is taking industry regulator the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) to court in a bid to stop it from implementing new mobile termination rates. Read more >>
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 | Donvay Wegierski Presently the Chinese trademark system has a reputation for being slow, expensive and complex. It is therefore anticipated that the third amendment to the trademark law of the People's Republic of China, which introduces significant changes, effective 1 May 2014, will be welcomed. Read more >>
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 | Grey, sleek, bristling with massive cannon and an assortment of machine guns, the French navy's Commandant Birot is well-equipped to patrol Africa's most dangerous stretches of ocean. Read more >>
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 | Judge Dunstan Mlambo has ruled today that Paralympian Oscar Pistorius's murder trial will be televised, in part and with conditions, at the North Gauteng High Court. Read more >>
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 | How do the rules of POPI apply to companies making use of Twitter, Facebook and other platforms as part of their business operations? Read more >>
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 | The National Council of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty against Animals (NSPCA) once again finds itself embroiled in legal action involving elephant calves taken from the wild to be placed in lifelong captivity. Read more >>
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 | While the issue of legalising trade and exporting rhino horn is frequently debated in the conservation corridors of Washington, Nairobi and Brussels, Outraged South African Citizens Against Poaching (OSCAP) has decided to bring the debate to SA's doorstep. Read more >>
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 | Jacques van Wyk, Andre van Heerden and Unesu Moyo Is it lawful for employees to challenge health and safety measures set in place by the employer, and are health and safety measures taken by an employer "matters of mutual interest" over which employees can collectively bargain and have the right to strike? Read more >>
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 | For the second year in a row, law firm Adams & Adams has been named the Best Intellectual Property (IP) Law Practice in South Africa at the recently held PMR Arrow Awards ceremony. Read more >>
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 | Business law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr has been voted as the number one law firm in Africa in the recent Legal Week Client Satisfaction Survey. The firm, which is a member of the DLA Piper Africa Group, has to date been involved in many significant transactions in a range of sectors on the continent. Read more >>
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 | TEHRAN, IRAN: Iran will not be able to keep up its ban on legal access to Internet hubs such as Facebook, which has four million Iranian users, Culture Minister Ali Janati admitted. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Google has urged a US appeals court to let it repost an anti-Islamic movie on YouTube, pending a re-hearing of the copyright case that got it removed. Read more >>
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 | BEIJING - US technology company Apple has asked a Beijing court to strike down a patent ruling by state authorities, as it fights an intellectual property battle with a Chinese firm. Read more >>
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 | TOKYO, JAPAN: Japanese authorities were on Wednesday, 26 February, probing the troubled MtGox bitcoin exchange after claims of a multi-million dollar theft from its digital vaults, as US prosecutors reportedly served a subpoena on the company. Read more >>
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 | Einat Mazafi There comes a point when many of those who love to travel - especially those who travel frequently to the same beloved spot - begin to daydream about carving out a little piece of paradise for their very own. Read more >>
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 | Amanda Visser Credit providers will from June this year have to change risk models as the credit amnesty by government will mean that credit histories have been wiped out, say lawyers. Read more >>
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 | Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has urged communities, particularly those adjacent to the Kruger National Park, to be vigilant and report any suspicious activities that may be linked to rhino poaching. Read more >>
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 | Controversial Department of Fisheries acting deputy director-general Desmond Stevens has been removed from his position following the bungled allocation of fishing rights. Read more >>
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 | KwaZulu-Natal has joined Gauteng and the Western Cape in allowing liquor to be sold on Sundays, only a few months after the central government's Department of Health said it would intensify its efforts to curb alcohol abuse by banning advertising. Read more >>
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 | A total of 146 rhinos have been poached in South Africa since the beginning of the year, the Department of Environmental Affairs said on Wednesday, 26 February. Read more >>
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