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 | Thabiso Mochiko Net1 UEPS Technologies reported a rise in earnings for the year to June‚ boosted by a $26.6m recovery for the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) contract it lost in a court dispute. read more>> |
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 | Leana Engelbrecht The Competition Commission has concluded cooperation agreements with the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) and the North West Gambling Board (NWGB), respectively. read more>> |
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 | The South African Wine and Spirits Board recently legislated revisions to the definitions of premium brandy. read more>> |
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 | Fifi Peters and Sikonathi Mantshantsha The expected handover of more than a million title deeds to owners of subsidised houses during the next five years could speed up the opening of the formal property market in areas like Soweto. read more>> |
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| Leana Engelbrecht The High Court, on 22 August 2014, released its judgment in respect of the on-going conflict of interest dispute between Netcare Hospital (Pty) Ltd, KPMG Services (Pty) Ltd and the Competition Commission. read more>> |
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 | South African businesses should take note that the amendments introduced by the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act (NEMLAA), are due to come into effect on 2 September 2014. read more>> |
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 | Chantelle Gladwin and Gabriel da Matta There are three ways in which exclusive use areas in sectional title schemes can be created. This article will argue that, regardless of the manner in which such areas are created, they should all be treated in the same manner by the City of Johannesburg. read more>> |
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 | Nthambeleni Gabara Land tenure reforms will take centre stage at a three-day National Land Tenure Summit in Johannesburg next week. read more>> |
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 | Anton Harber Craig Williamson, who sent the bomb that killed activist Ruth First in Maputo in 1982, walks free... Pallo Jordan, who lied about having a doctorate, has withdrawn from public life... read more>> |
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 | The Webber Wentzel Legal Journalist of the Year Award recognises outstanding work in the field of legal journalism. read more>> |
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 | BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: The European Union should convert a whole spectrum of television and radio frequencies for use by mobile broadband by around 2020 as smartphone use soars, a report has urged. read more>> |
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 | LOS ANGELES, USA: The FBI and Apple are urgently investigating an apparent hack of cloud data services that unleashed a torrent of intimate pictures of dozens of celebrities across the Internet. read more>> |
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 | SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: South Korea's Samsung Electronics has refuted fresh allegations by a labour protection watchdog that one of its suppliers in China is using child workers. read more>> |
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 | GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: The World Economic Forum (WEF) unveiled a project aimed at connecting governments, businesses, academia, technicians and civil society worldwide to brainstorm the best ways to control the internet. read more>> |
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 | FRANKFURT, GERMANY: A German court ruled that Porsche's former chief executive and financial officers must stand trial for alleged share price manipulation in a failed attempt to take over Volkswagen in 2008. read more>> |
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 | NEW YORK, USA: Hackers believed to be from Russia broke into the computer systems of JPMorgan Chase and a second US bank earlier this month, sparking a federal investigation, US media has reported. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: A judge has rejected a bid by Apple to ban US sales of rival Samsung smartphones targeted in a recent $2bn patent trial in Silicon Valley. read more>> |
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 | The Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has committed itself to setting up what it calls a Service Delivery War Room to improve its service to communities. read more>> |
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 | The Auditor-General's (AG) office will commence its investigation into allegations of corruption and maladministration at the Westonaria Local Municipality. read more>> |
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 | NEWSWATCH: On Tuesday, 26 August, Communications Minister Faith Muthambi evaded answering opposition MPs' questions on the appointment of SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng, whom a union official has labelled a 'pathetic liar'. read more>> |
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 | National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete says she has asked Members of Parliament belonging to opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), to give reasons why they should not be suspended for disrupting the National Assembly last week. read more>> |
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