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 | LexisNexis South Africa has introduced wi-fi technology at the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein. read more>> |
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 | Graeme Palmer The South African Revenue Service (SARS) was recently called upon to make a ruling on the income tax consequences for the lessor, lessee and the sub-lessee of land, arising from an obligation on the sub-lessee to effect improvements on the land under a sub-lease in circumstances where no express obligation for improvements was placed on the lessee by the main lease. read more>> |
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 | Alissa Nayanah and Mariëtte du Plessis The internet as we know it has undergone a remarkable change in the past year as a result of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers introduction of over a thousand new generic top level domain names. read more>> |
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 | Donvay Wegierski Brand owners are reminded that holders of validated trade marks can take advantage of the priority phase in each generic top level domain (gTLD) launch. read more>> |
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 | NEW YORK: The Rockefellers, the first family of oil, said on Monday, 22 September, they would divest from fossil fuels in a fresh boost for the fight against climate change ahead of a UN summit. read more>> |
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 | Sindy Peters On Tuesday, 23 September, more than 120 world leaders will meet in New York to announce how they each intend to tackle climate change. read more>> |
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 | Pertinent issues relating to the new National Environmental Management Waste Amendment Act (NEMWAA), structures and the impact it has within the South African economy and landscape will be a core focus at this year's waste management conference, WasteCon 2014. read more>> |
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 | This year, South Africa had witnessed the longest industrial action within the mining sector. In addition, a raft of new employment laws were in the process of being enacted in South Africa. read more>> |
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 | Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden To what extent, if any, can employees be transferred from one employer to another in circumstances where an outsourcing arrangement is terminated with one service provider and another outsourcing arrangement for the provision of the same services is entered into with a new service provider? read more>> |
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 | John Mc Loughlin One of our clients recently ousted one of its most trusted employees, who had been using the company's clients, intellectual property and contacts to run his own business, in direct competition with his current employer. read more>> |
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 | JERUSALEM, ISRAEL: Israel's secretive overseas spy agency, the Mossad, launched a new website to recruit potential spies, as well as an espionage thriller-type video hoping to hook new talent. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Online piracy of music, films and other content has moved to the internet cloud, reaping big profits for digital thieves, according to a study released earlier this week. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Online ratings operator Yelp agreed to pay $450,000 to settle US charges that it illegally collected data on children, in violation of privacy laws, officials have said. read more>> |
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 | While challenges within certain categories of crime such as murder and sexual offences remain, South Africa's police have a firm handle on crime, claims National Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega. read more>> |
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 | The Department of Correctional Services says it needs more healthcare workers to help it break the cycle of crime among offenders. read more>> |
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 | The new requirement of an Unabridged Birth Certificate for all children travelling to and within South Africa's borders, as well as written permission to travel, has been postponed until June next year, says Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba. read more>> |
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Navigating the courtsInstitute for the Advancement of Journalism - 29 Sep 2014 to 1 Oct 2014 Johannesburg |
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