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 | Nicky Smith South African Airways (SAA) Chief Executive Monwabisi Kalawe, who made headlines over allegations of irregularities relating to the purchase of fuel worth billions and a bid to buy an insolvent airline without the knowledge of the board, says he expected this type of sabotage when he took the job. Read more >>
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 | Andries le Grange and Llewellyn Angus The panel overseeing the Competition Commission's healthcare inquiry has issued a timetable for the commencement of that inquiry. On 31 May 2014 it is expected to release a statement of issues and administrative guidelines for public comment. Read more >>
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 | Ernest Mabuza Netcare's plan from the outset was to bar KPMG from participating in the Competition Commission's high-stakes market inquiry into the private healthcare sector‚ according to KPMG's counsel‚ Wim Trengove SC. Read more >>
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 | Saul Aryeh Shoot Does the Advertising Standards Authority flout the Consumer Protection Act, which prohibits false, misleading or deceptive misrepresentations? Read more >>
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 | Penelope Mashego Attacks on Johannesburg's Rea Vaya buses have forced metro police to provide armed escorts for bus drivers. Read more >>
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 | Stellenbosch University students will soon put on uniforms and wield batons as they claim back their campus following a recent spate of abductions. Read more >>
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 | Eleven people were arrested in Pretoria on Tuesday, 20 May 2014, on charges relating to an international financial fraud scam. Read more >>
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 | Sandra Gore and Gareth Howard Persons who proceed without the required atmospheric emissions licences (AELs) will now be required to apply for retrospective authorisation of their activities and could be liable for a maximum administrative fine of up to R5m. Read more >>
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 | Richard Marcus In a recent as yet unreported judgment of the Labour Court of South Africa, NUMSA on behalf of four members v Motheo Steel Engineering CC (Case No. METS3334) - issued on 4 April 2014 - the Labour Court has clarified yet another gap which needed to be closed in the Companies Act. Read more >>
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 | Nick Muller In October 2011 the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) had occasion, in the matter of Dormell Properties 282 CC vs Renasa Insurance Company Limited and Others NNO 2011 (1) SA 70 (SCA) (Dormell), to consider and pronounce upon the status and enforceability of a construction guarantee under circumstances where a dispute existed between the contractor and the employer in whose favour the guarantee had been issued. Read more >>
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 | Clyde & Co has announced the names of the partners departing from Webber Wentzel's Insurance and Legal Liability Practice Group and who will be joining Clyde & Co's new South African operation. Read more >>
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 | ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: Microblogging site Twitter has blocked dozens of tweets and accounts in Pakistan after officials asked for access to "blasphemous" and "unethical" content to be stopped. Read more >>
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 | LONDON, UK: The independent music trade organisation said YouTube had refused to withdraw threats over the company's plans to launch a music streaming service, despite 24 hours of negotiations. Read more >>
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 | LONDON, UK: The Worldwide Independent Network (WIN), the body that represents the global independent music community gave YouTube 24 hours to withdraw threats over plans to launch a music streaming service. Read more >>
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 | SINGAPORE: Stiff competition among technology companies for a share of the burgeoning online music streaming market has given traditional record companies a much-needed boost, a top Universal executive said. Read more >>
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 | GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: The European Union said that it had launched a fresh challenge to Russia at the World Trade Organisation, seeking to strike down Moscow's import duties on vans from Germany and Italy. Read more >>
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 | NEW DELHI, INDIA: India's official prime minister's Twitter handle will be handed over to premier-elect Narendra Modi, according to an official statement a day after the account was reset sparking a furious backlash. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK, USA: Microsoft said it would maintain efforts to gain approval in China for its Windows 8 operating system after a ban announced by Beijing. Read more >>
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 | THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS: A Dutch judge on Friday ordered a local television channel not to broadcast hidden camera footage shot at a high school by a victim of bullying, or risk a massive fine. Read more >>
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 | Jacob Zuma has announced the creation of new ministries in a bid to transform the economy and to restore the confidence of foreign investors in the country. Read more >>
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 | School Governing Body (SGB) associations have committed to help the task team investigating the alleged sale of posts in the education sector. Read more >>
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 | South Africa's fifth democratic Parliament will hold its first sitting on 21 May to swear in new MPs and formally elect a President, who will head the state. Read more >>
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 | The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) is not working with the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) to check whether road users are e-tagged or not, says the agency. Read more >>
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Media LawInstitute for the Advancement of Journalism - 27 May 2014 Johannesburg Legal WritingUCT Professional Development Project - 27 May 2014 to 29 May 2014 Cape Town |
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