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 | The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has called upon all interested parties to submit comments on the Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill of 2014 by no later than 4 July 2014. Read more >>
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 | Liuba Stansfield Our law recognises that, where a party to a contract has repudiated that contract, the innocent party may elect to cancel or keep the contract alive. Read more >>
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 | Justine Krige Included among the objects of the Consumer Protection Act, No. 68 of 2008 (CPA) are the imperatives to strengthen a culture of consumer rights as well as consumer-focused service delivery. Read more >>
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 | Evan Pickworth The Treasury published its 2014 budget update on retirement reforms on 14 March but the deadline for the first two policy documents has been missed‚ as a rigorous consultation phase within the industry continues. Read more >>
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 | Evan Pickworth The JSE said it is investigating trading activity in pharmaceutical stock Aspen, which took place ahead of last week's investor conference call and led to a major dip in the share price. Read more >>
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 | Susan Meyer and Nazeera Mia The Competition Tribunal recently confirmed that its discretion to award costs where an application is withdrawn or abandoned should be exercised judiciously, with due regard to the principles of justice and fairness. Read more >>
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 | A survey conducted by law firm Baker & McKenzie has revealed that Africa's share of global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) has risen in the past year as global and African companies alike seek access to customers and natural resources. Read more >>
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 | On 24 December 2012, the Ethiopian government published enabling regulations which gave full force and effect to the Ethiopian Trademark Registration and Protection Proclamation of 2006, bringing about significant changes to procedures in Ethiopia. Read more >>
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 | CliffCentral, Gareth Cliff's innovative content channel that launched UNRADIO in May, has already had to launch legal action to protect their multiplatform concept, such has been the interest in it. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Google said that it is "forgetting" things in Europe to comply with a legal ruling granting people the power to have certain information about them removed from searches Read more >>
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 | LONDON, UK: News Corporation Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch visited the headquarters of his British newspaper division in London after his protege Rebekah Brooks was cleared of all phone-hacking charges in a high-profile trial. Read more >>
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: French lawmakers adopted a bill that prevents Amazon and other online booksellers from offering free deliveries of discounted books, in a bid to support the country's small bookshops. Read more >>
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 | Emil Brincker The National Treasury released the first batch of fiscal amendments on 10 June 2014. One of the most significant amendments relates to the way in which risk policies will be taxed in the hands of long-term insurance companies. Read more >>
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 | Analysts expect at least 90% of the jobs to be created by 2030 as outlined in the National Development Plan will come from small and medium-size enterprises. Read more >>
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 | The Competition Commission has published terms of reference giving notice of its intention to institute a market enquiry into the state of competition in the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sector. Read more >>
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 | BERLIN, GERMANY Germany's booksellers and publishers said they had complained to the country's competition watchdog about Internet company Amazon, accusing it of using "blackmail" to gain discounts from publishers. Read more >>
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 | The North West is expected to establish a higher level forensic and fraud investigations unit to give teeth to the provincial government's efforts to eliminate corruption. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Malicious software is increasingly making its way into mobile phones through "cloned" versions of popular apps, and software weaknesses in legitimate ones, security researchers warn. Read more >>
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 | About 220,000 National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) workers in the steel and metal sector are downing tools in a nationwide strike that starts today. Read more >>
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 | Thabo Mokone New Communications Minister Faith Muthambi wants to strip parliament of the power to fire disruptive members of the SABC board and have that authority given to her. Read more >>
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