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 | Philani Nombembe The City of Cape Town is embroiled in a bitter court battle in an attempt to make the SA National Roads Agency make public the "secret" costs of the proposed introduction of e-tolling on the N1 and N2 highways in Western Cape. Read more >>
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 | Brett Bowes The creation of a Small Business Development Ministry under Lindiwe Zulu has received a positive response. Read more >>
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 | Eric Levenstein Business rescue transactions have created a new environment in South Africa for buying cheap distressed assets and adding value to them. Read more >>
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 | Lerisha Naidu and Christelle Wood In March 2006, the Competition Commission initiated a complaint against Martinair Cargo, a division of Martinair Holland N.V and other airlines, following the submission of a leniency application by Lufthansa Cargo AG under the Commission's Corporate Leniency Policy. Read more >>
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 | The first hint of possible future tax hikes was given in an oblique statement by the Treasury on new areas of work for the tax review committee headed by Judge Dennis Davis. Read more >>
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 | Leana Engelbrecht On 24 March 2014, the Competition Tribunal issued its reasons in respect of a matter concerning the distribution systems of South African Breweries Limited (SAB). SAB contracts with distributors for the distribution of its products on terms that grant these distributors exclusive territories for the distribution of SAB products at a distribution fee (in the form of a discount on the retail price). Read more >>
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 | Students who fail to find a job soon after graduating, or allow their student-loan debt to increase, could be burdened by decades-old debt well into their 50s. Read more >>
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 | Mark Allix Transnet says there were 10 "coordinated attacks" last week against workers who had chosen not to take part in strike action organised by the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (Numsa) at its Ngqura Container Terminal near Port Elizabeth. Read more >>
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 | Former Deputy National Police Commissioner Hamilton Hlela has been arrested over allegations of fraud. Read more >>
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 | Text messages in the Central African Republic (CAR) are now considered a security threat and their use has been suspended, the telecommunications ministry has announced. Read more >>
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 | Nigerian companies have a "huge appetite" for investing in South Africa, says the Nigeria-SA Chamber of Commerce. Read more >>
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 | Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has established an enquiry to investigate the manner in which the Lwandle evictions were carried out. Read more >>
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 | Brett Bentley, founder and senior attorney at Bentley Attorneys in Mount Edgecombe in Durban, has won the 2013 LexisNexis Prize for Legal Practitioners. Read more >>
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 | Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng on Wednesday responded to criticism over remarks that infusing religion into the law might lead to a high moral fibre in the country. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Cybercrime has grown into a global industry worth around half a trillion dollars, with no sign of slowing, a research report has claimed. Read more >>
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 | LONDON, UK: Telecommunications company Vodafone admitted the existence of secret wires that allow government agencies to listen in to conversations on its networks. Read more >>
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 | BERLIN, GERMANY: Germany's federal prosecutors have opened an investigation over alleged snooping on Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone by the US National Security Agency (NSA). Read more >>
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 | VIENNA, AUSTRIA: The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said its website had been hacked. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Google stepped up its efforts to make it tougher for anyone to snoop on email, unveiling Chrome browser software for scrambling digital messages. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Two 12-year-old American girls, charged as adults and facing up to 65 years in jail for trying to stab a friend to death, say they were inspired by a fictional character, local media reported. Read more >>
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 | ISTANBUL, TURKEY: Turkey has finally lifted a controversial ban on YouTube, days after the country's top court ruled that it breached the right to free speech. Read more >>
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 | Thabiso Mochiko Caught in the middle and paralysed - that is what the information and communications technology (ICT) sector fears the industry regulator will be, now that two departments have been created for the sector. Read more >>
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