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 | Pensioners have launched the opening salvo of a David and Goliath battle against one of South Africa's biggest media houses. read more>> |
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 | Natalie von Ey and Lerisha Naidu In the matter between Tiger Equity (Pty) Ltd, Murray & Roberts (Pty) Ltd (M&R) and the Competition Commission, Tiger Equity and M&R applied to the Competition Tribunal to set aside a decision of the Commission to classify the merger between them as a large merger. read more>> |
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 | The Commission last week published the final Statement of Issues and Guidelines for Participation in the Market Inquiry into the Private Healthcare Sector. read more>> |
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 | Blacked-out documents relating to Sanral's tolling plans for the N1 and N2 highways in the Western Cape - that have kept secret for years - were released on Tuesday (5 August) by the Cape Town High Court read more>> |
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 | Bekezela Phakathi The Right2Know Campaign has claimed "partial victory" in the legal wrangle between the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) and the City of Cape Town. read more>> |
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 | Anton Harber It is easy to review ethical decisions in journalism with hindsight, when one has the luxury of time to wonder whether a choice made under pressure was the correct one... read more>> |
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 | The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) gazetted the National Atmospheric Emission Reporting Regulation draft regulation on 18 July 2014 with respect to the mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. read more>> |
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 | PRETORIA: South Africa has completed the ratification process of the Benguela Current Convention (BCC), says Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa. read more>> |
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 | Hugo Pienaar and Thandeka Nhle Where an employee is dismissed for reasons pertaining to dishonest conduct, the employer is under a duty to go one step further and report such act, if the act is deemed an offence under the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, No 12 of 2004 (PCCA). read more>> |
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 | Verushka Reddy The right to strike is entrenched in the Constitution. The recent strikes in the platinum industry raise the question of how an employer engages with a new trade union. read more>> |
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 | Practising as a female lawyer in Africa is all about relationships. Cold bidding does not usually work and, because of this, the most successful lawyers are always prepared to be away from home for long periods of time to forge these relationships. read more>> |
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 | NEW YORK, USA: General Motors (GM) has recalled another 300,000 vehicles, most of them to address ignition problems, taking to over 29m the number of GM cars recalled this year. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: A federal judge has rejected a plan to compensate employees affected by an "anti-poaching" agreement involving Silicon Valley technology companies Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Google has agreed in a court settlement to spend at least $250m over the next five years to help fight illegal online pharmacies selling medicines to US customers. read more>> |
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 | NEW YORK, USA: - Facebook announced it will buy California-based cybersecurity startup PrivateCore, in a move to boost defenses of its vast server network. read more>> |
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 | SHANGHAI, CHINA: China stepped up pressure on foreign car manufacturers in the world's biggest car market, pledging to punish German luxury brand Audi and Chrysler of the United States for what it alleged was "monopoly behaviour". read more>> |
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 | SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Arch-rivals Samsung and Apple have decided to drop a series of bitter patent disputes pending in multiple courts outside the United States, the South Korean electronics company says. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON - LinkedIn has agreed to pay nearly $6m in backpay and damages to 359 current and former employees after a US investigation found it had failed to pay them properly for overtime work. read more>> |
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 | African Bank has been placed under curatorship but it will continue to operate and be open for business, says the Reserve Bank. read more>> |
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 | Nosihle Shelembe The Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, Parks Tau, says a year-long investigation into corruption and fraud at the City of Johannesburg has resulted in 22 arrests although more may follow. read more>> |
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 | Police Minister Nathi Nhleko has promised to work with the community of Westbury to root out criminals and to bring peace back to the area. read more>> |
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 | Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, has released government's framework for implementing the National Development Plan (NDP) over the next five years. read more>> |
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 | NEWSWATCH: SABC board chairperson Ellen Tshabalala says Hlaudi Motsoeneng cannot be punished for 'a lie he told 19 years ago', reports The New Age, and SA retailers won't boycott Israeli... read more>> |
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 | National Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega has announced measures to stem gang violence in the country. read more>> |
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