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Five budget speech highlights you may have missed
[Rob Cooper] Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan did an admirable job of balancing South Africa's books in his 2016 Budget, by providing a sound framework for the next year... read


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March of the brand managers

Issued by Bizcommunity.com

This month on Bizcommunity we're very excited to be revealing to you the people behind some of your favourite and award-winning brands. Those unsung heroes responsible for the custodianship of brands - the brands you do business with, work for and love... read
Cyber Law
What a social media crisis did for Hart and the Bank

Walter Pike

On 3 January this year, prolific Twitter user Chris Hart went quiet. From May 2009 until then he had tweeted nearly 33,000 times. If he had been writing books instead, he would have written 2,566 pages... read
Labour Law
How to successfully present your claim in cases of employment discrimination?

Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library

Although we are living in a digital age, the fact is that discrimination in the workplace is still present. Employment discrimination makes a work atmosphere in which the employees are exposed to discrimination... read
Land & Property Law
Budget Speech announces further tax bracket for transfer duty

Simone Immelman

In the 2016 Budget recently delivered by Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, the calculation of transfer duty in respect of transactions with a property value under R10 million has not been affected... read
Legislation
Higher Education Act amendments could hinder distance learners
The proposed amendments to the Higher Education Act are necessary, but Dr Felicity Coughlan, director of The Independent Institute of Education, says that they could seriously affect distance education students and their chances of success... read
Tax Law
Changes to pension, provident and retirement funds good for South Africans
A set of legislative changes, implemented through the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (TLAA), are due to come into effect on 1 March 2016 (T-Day)... read
Beware the interest free shareholder loan

Graeme Palmer

Companies often lend funds to their shareholders, for a variety of reasons, and are often referred to as debit loans. However, if a loan is made to a shareholder at a low interest rate or interest free, it may trigger dividends tax... read
International
Coca-Cola can't trademark new bottle, EU court rules
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: An EU court on Wednesday threw out an attempt by US drinks giant Coca-Cola to get trade mark status for a new design of its iconic fluted bottle throughout the 28-nation bloc... read
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