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Gerrie Nel quits NPA, joins AfriForum?
Gerrie Nel quits NPA, joins AfriForum?
NEWSWATCH: State prosecutor for the National Prosecuting Authority, Gerrie Nel has handed in his resignation, after 35 years of service, with immediate effect... read
Legal
UniZulu completes investigation into degrees for sale
UniZulu completes investigation into degrees for sale

Nce Mkhize

The University of Zululand (UniZulu) has completed its two-pronged investigation into "degrees for sale" and "sex in exchange for marks" scandals... read
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Sanral girds for legal battle with motorists

Karl Gernetzky

Sanral has prepared 6,286 summonses in a bid to recover R6.2bn in outstanding e-toll debt from Gauteng motorists and is gearing up for its legal fight with Outa over an e-toll test case... read
Corporate & Commercial Law
IFRS 16 and how it affects financing transactions
IFRS 16 and how it affects financing transactions

Lionel Shawe

The IASB has issued its new international accounting standards, which removes the distinction between finance leases and operating leases with effect from 1 January 2019... read
SARS ruling on tax on going concerns
SARS ruling on tax on going concerns

Ben Strauss

SARS provides guidance on the assumption of contingent liabilities when buying a business... read
Immigration & Citizenship Law
No deportation of undocumented migrants
No deportation of undocumented migrants
The Department of Home Affairs has dismissed reports that it has ordered the immediate deportation of undocumented migrants in the country... read
Labour Law
Benefits of the Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act
Benefits of the Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act

Arlene Leggat

The new Act will make benefits available to a much larger proportion of the workforce, and also has the potential to stimulate economic growth. read
SARS shuns 'rogue' evidence
SARS shuns 'rogue' evidence

Natasha Marrian

SARS has again objected to evidence about its "rogue unit" being presented at the constructive dismissal hearing of its former spokesman, Adrian Lackay... read
Land & Property Law
Growing legal shift away from voetstoets clause
Growing legal shift away from voetstoets clause
Property sellers should not rely on the “blind protection” of the voetstoets clause if they don't have approved building plans, warns Liesel Greyvenstein, one of the directors of Greyvensteins Attorneys... read
Legislation
What the SVDP offers
What the SVDP offers

Louis Botha

The exchange control special voluntary disclosure programme rules are governed by three Reserve Bank circulars... read
How should vaping be regulated?
How should vaping be regulated?
SA's health department plans to adopt a no-compromise position on vaping and related products... read
Market conduct law will streamline financial sector
Market conduct law will streamline financial sector

Finn Elliot

This year will bring with it market conduct legislation for all South African financial institutions, the most significant regulatory reform for the sector to date... read
Public Liability
Ford's silence a breach of law
Ford's silence a breach of law
Ford broke the law when it failed to tell the National Consumer Commission of Kuga owner Reshall Jimmy's death - and in so doing potentially jeopardising public safety... read
Carmaker 'obstructs' Kuga fire probe
Carmaker 'obstructs' Kuga fire probe
Ford has deliberately obstructed the police investigation into the Kuga fire that killed Reshall Jimmy, the investigating officer charges... read
International
Microsoft victory in overseas data privacy case stands
Microsoft victory in overseas data privacy case stands
A federal appeals court on Tuesday reaffirmed Microsoft's legal right to refuse a US government order to hand over data stored overseas in a case with important privacy implications... read
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Business
The future of fintech
The future of fintech

Dominique Collett

Even the most hardcore Luddite can't ignore the rate at which technology is changing South Africa's financial services industry. read
#BizTrends2017: Reimagine work, redefine productivity
#BizTrends2017: Reimagine work, redefine productivity

Lauren Hartzenberg

We are in the midst of a technological revolution, and it's not only blurring the lines between the physical and digital spheres but between how we live and work... read
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RT @business: BREAKING: Deutsche Bank fined £163 million ($204 million) for money laundering failings https://t.co/X9upjDAUJ1 https://t.co/
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BREAKING Prosecutor Gerrie Nel has quit the NPA. The Prosecuting Authority is yet to confirm.
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He's long been sidelined, he and Shaun Abrahams don't see eye to eye and he's being investigated by Hawks. He's pro… https://t.co/e1RdiJjDYt
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#GerrieNel Afriforum is yet to confirm the move but EWN understood Nel will pursue private cases that the NPA does not prosecute.
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Expect Nel to be going after all those civil prosecutions that the NPA doesn't deem necessary. Going to be interesting times in SA courts.
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OPINION: Public protector's report fails to make a case against Absa https://t.co/3kMtx1DAvy
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RT @PMG_SA: The Traditional Courts Bill was formally introduced in Parliament & referred to the Justice Committee for processing https://t.
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Nomgcobo Jiba, Lawrence Mrwebi granted leave to appeal a decision which saw them struck off the roll of advocates https://t.co/YeSsO8FVqY
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