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 | The Competition Commission retracted the terms of reference it published in June 2014, announcing that it intended undertaking a market inquiry into the LPG market. read more>> |
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 | Adele Shevel Hundreds of insurance claims have flooded in after the earthquake that rocked parts of South Africa this week. read more>> |
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 | Michael Yeates and Shane Johnson A foreign national who intends establishing a business or investing in a business that is established within the Republic of South Africa will need to obtain a certificate from an accredited chartered accountant which verifies that an amount prescribed by the Minister of Home Affairs is available. read more>> |
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 | Danette Breitenbach The prohibition of alcohol advertising and raising the age limit for alcohol sales to 21 is an infringement of consumers' rights to choose their own lifestyle... read more>> |
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 | Illegal power connections have come under the spotlight as Eskom's National Electricity Safety Week continues. read more>> |
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 | Staff Reporter The Democratic Alliance's action to have the SABC's COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng dismissed from his position begins in court today... (video) read more>> |
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 | Aadil Patel Our Constitution guarantees workers' right to strike - a right further entrenched in the Labour Relations Act (LRA), which also permits employers the right to lock workers out of the workplace pending resolution of such disputes. read more>> |
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 | British doctor Mark Stevens wrote to the Health Professions Council of SA in 2009 asking how he could register to work as a gynaecologist in South Africa. read more>> |
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 | David Hepburn and Chantelle Gladwin The City of Johannesburg recently promulgated its By-law on Problem Properties. We wrote a previous article commenting on the difficulties that the Draft By-law on Problem Properties pose. This article looks at problems caused by the promulgated version, which is now legally in force. read more>> |
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 | Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden A party seeking to rely on the results of a polygraph test in disciplinary proceedings must adduce expert evidence for the purposes of establishing such evidence's conceptual cogency and accurate application. What is key is that evidence be led to establish the cogency of the concept of a polygraph, as well as evidence to establish the technical integrity of the process. read more>> |
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 | Franny Rabkin The five-year court battle between the Mail & Guardian and the Presidency over access to a report (commissioned by Thabo Mbeki) on the 2002 election in Zimbabwe is going back to court... read more>> |
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 | Religious leaders in Nelson Mandela Bay are praying the Cape Town High Court will set aside a decision authorising the broadcasting of three pornographic channels on South African television... read more>> |
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 | LONDON, UK: - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London until he is guaranteed he will avoid extradition to the United States, his lawyer has confirmed. read more>> |
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 | MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Hackers broke into Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's Twitter account and tweeted that he had resigned for criticising President Vladimir Putin. read more>> |
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 | ISTANBUL, TURKEY: Turkish women took to social networks on Wednesday (13 August) to post pictures of shoes in a new viral campaign against sexism inspired by MP Aylin Nazliaka whose incendiary speech to parliament went viral on social networks this week. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: The National Security Agency (NSA) is allegedly developing a tool that can detect cyber-attacks from an adversary by analysing Internet traffic and responding automatically, a leaked document has claimed. read more>> |
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 | More Matshediso The South African government has condemned the recent spate of killings and abuse of women and children across the country, says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi. read more>> |
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 | Rob Rose There's a story about Jacques Schindehütte, Telkom's devil-may-care former finance boss, that provides a measure of the man. read more>> |
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 | The deaths of 34 people in Marikana was a tragedy and should be marked as a day of reflection and recommitment to peace and tolerance in the country, says President Jacob Zuma. read more>> |
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 | More Matshediso Government has no intention of nationaliseing people's pension (or provident) funds, or preventing them from accessing their money, says the Department of Basic Education. read more>> |
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