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 | The Pension Funds Adjudicator, Muvhango Lukhaimane, directed that Lifestyle Retirement Annuity Fund (first respondent) and Liberty Group Limited (second respondent), must produce a breakdown of the management fees levied on a complainant's investments despite their insistence that it was 1% of the investments. Read more >>
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 | Andrew Lewis The complex tax legislation applicable to share incentive schemes has resulted in a number of taxpayers requesting advance tax rulings from the South African Revenue Service (SARS). Read more >>
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 | Although it is intended to culminate in legislation, the Treating Customers Fairly (TFC) rules will also be a tool for self-regulation by the industry to measure themselves as to whether or not they are dealing fairly with the consumer by providing them with sufficient and clear information that will enable them to make informed choices when acquiring financial products. Read more >>
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 | Megan Badenhorst Looking back to March 2011, the media were positively giddy with excitement about the Consumer Protection Act, No. 68 of 2008 (CPA) and the whip cracking that was to be done by the National Consumer Commission on behalf of consumers who felt hard done by after poor treatment from goods suppliers or service providers. Read more >>
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 | Ralph van Niekerk and Nick Pemberton South Africa's exchange control rules require that a South African resident wishing to assign intellectual property to a foreign entity must obtain prior approval from the South African Reserve Bank. Read more >>
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 | Carol Paton The prospect of a tax on mining super-profits and other measures that would see more state intervention in the mining sector remain squarely on the agenda of the African National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party (SACP) in light of the protracted platinum strike. Read more >>
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 | A Free State teenager found herself on the wrong side of the law recently after sending naked pictures of herself to an older man. Read more >>
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 | Justin Truter Recent developments in the enforcement of our country's environmental laws are likely to see company directors place far greater emphasis on their company's environmental management systems and result in improved environmental monitoring and compliance. Read more >>
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 | John Harvey The recent threat by Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters to withdraw from Parliament's medical aid scheme has placed the spotlight firmly on companies insisting that employees make use their preferred service provider(s). Read more >>
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 | Chantelle Gladwin and Ramon Pereira The law provides in the Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act 6 of 2004 that a municipality must determine its own rating policy, and that it may have reference to either zoning or use when classifying a property for rating purposes. Read more >>
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 | Melissa Jane Cook Asia's highest accolade was bestowed on Justice Albie Sachs for "his understanding of the rule of law in which the dignity of all persons is respected and the strengths and values of all communities are embraced" and for "his efforts in the realisation of the rule of law". Read more >>
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 | Flight Centre is urging all travellers to be aware of new regulations governing travel with minors. The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has announced new, strict procedures for parents travelling with children under the age of 18 years in and out of South Africa. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Google and Microsoft plan to join Apple in introducing theft-deterring "kill switches" in their smartphone operating systems, as part of an agreement with mayors and police agencies. Read more >>
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 | ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: Twitter has restored access inside Pakistan to dozens of tweets and accounts, after blocking them last month following official complaints about "blasphemous" content. Read more >>
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 | MUMBAI, INDIA: Thousands of Indians have joined an online campaign aiming to clean Facebook of content they consider offensive, raising fears they are trying to "morally police" the social networking site. Read more >>
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: Domino's Pizza refused to cave in to a €30,000 extortion demand by hackers who claimed they had stolen the personal data of 600,000 of its customers. Read more >>
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 | Jan-Jan Joubert Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti has published policy proposals requiring commercial farmers to hand over half their farms to farmworkers. Read more >>
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