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Hlaudi wants Labour Court to stop hearing
Hlaudi wants Labour Court to stop hearing
[Neo Goba] Former SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng plans to approach the Labour Court to have his disciplinary hearing stopped... read
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Panel to look into timeshare complaints
Panel to look into timeshare complaints
The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has appointed a three-member inquiry panel to look into the root causes of consumer complaints in the timeshare industry... read
Corporate & Commercial Law
Europlaw Group and the strategic partnership with IFX (UK)
Europlaw Group and the strategic partnership with IFX (UK)

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IFX (UK) and Europlaw will be managing currency exposures as a specialist discipline involving complex strategies, best conducted by professionals wholly engaged with volatile foreign exchange markets... read
Hospitality industry needs answers on proposed Liquor Amendment Bill
Hospitality industry needs answers on proposed Liquor Amendment Bill
The hospitality industry is concerned about the unfavourable implications the amendment bill will have. “As it is we don't know where we stand and we need answers...” read
Labour Law
Guide to visa requirements for work in Africa
Guide to visa requirements for work in Africa
Given the growth in Africa, employers are regularly seconding their employees to businesses in other jurisdictions... read
New UIF benefits do not equate to increased UIF contributions
New UIF benefits do not equate to increased UIF contributions

Arlene Leggat

There has been payroll confusion, since the Minister of Labour announced on 17 March an amendment to the ‘scale of benefits' described in the Unemployment Insurance Act 2001, which had to be implemented from 1 April 2017... read
Can employers be held liable for malicious prosecution claims arising from internal disciplinary proceedings?
Can employers be held liable for malicious prosecution claims arising from internal disciplinary proceedings?

Nicholas Preston and Sean Jamieson

In Mahlangu v Minister of Police, the employer laid charges of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm against Mahlangu, which resulted in his suspension for approximately four months pending an investigation. The charges were subsequently withdrawn... read
Labour dept calls for harsher punishment for non-compliance on EE
Labour dept calls for harsher punishment for non-compliance on EE
The Minister of Labour, Mildred Oliphant, said at the launch of the South African Employment Equity (EE) Annual Report for the 2015/2016 that there was a lack of appetite among South African corporates for transformation and that her department would have no option but to consider harsher consequences for the lack of transformation. read
Land & Property Law
Understanding the role of the Rental Housing Tribunal
Understanding the role of the Rental Housing Tribunal

Adrian Goslett

Established during 2001, the Rental Housing Tribunal (RHT) assists in resolving disputes that arise between landlords and tenants... read
Human Settlements Ombudsman appointed
Human Settlements Ombudsman appointed
The Department of Human Settlements has established an Ombudsman Office to deal with issues of conflict between contractors, provinces and municipalities, Minister Lindiwe Sisulu announced on Thursday... read
Law Practice
Lewis Pugh swaps Speedo for academic gown at UCT
Lewis Pugh swaps Speedo for academic gown at UCT
Lewis Pugh, renowned for his endurance swims in icy seas to promote marine conservation, has accepted the position of Adjunct Professor in International Law at University of Cape Town... read
Legislation
Does PoPI offer adequate legislation in the digital age?
Does PoPI offer adequate legislation in the digital age?

Jared Nickig

Technology is advancing much more quickly than most people anticipated even a decade ago... read
Tax Law
Sars to clamp down on profit shifting by multinationals
Sars to clamp down on profit shifting by multinationals
Sars has beefed up its transfer fund division to stop multinational companies shifting their profits out of the country to more tax-friendly jurisdictions... read
International
Judge curbs Uber engineer in trade secrets case
Judge curbs Uber engineer in trade secrets case
A judge has ordered an Uber engineer at the center of a self-driving car trade secrets suit sidelined and files taken from Alphabet-owned Waymo returned... read
France fines Facebook for data protection breaches
France fines Facebook for data protection breaches
PARIS, France: France's data protection agency said Tuesday it had fined Facebook for collecting information on users without their knowledge, following a probe of the social network in cooperation with other European regulators... read
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EU fines Facebook $120m over 'misleading' info in WhatsApp takeover
BRUSSELS - The European Commission on Thursday fined US social media giant Facebook 110 million euros ($120 million) for providing incorrect and misleading information on its takeover of WhatsApp... read
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Sama responds to allegations of fraud at UKZN medical school
Sama responds to allegations of fraud at UKZN medical school
Sama has called on the department of education to act swiftly in allegations of fraud and corruption at the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine at UKZN... read
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Eskom's Molefe says payout was an error https://t.co/8MNix8lRVW via @BDliveSA
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RT @City_Press: In today's newsletter: If Molefe was on 'unpaid leave' then why was his R30m payout treated like retrenchment? https://t.co...
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RT @dailymaverick: Gordhan: Glorification of globalisation has masked its considerable downsides https://t.co/hpPzvAtIcu By MARIANNE THAMM...
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RT @Xila_Notywala: Cape Town eviction practices to relocation camps in 2017 same as colonial & apartheid practices of the 1900s. @ReclaimCT...
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RT @osipuka: Exclusive pictures of Brian Molefe on holiday during his unpaid leave at Eskom @SakinaKamwendo https://t.co/F3DWJlHWNd
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RT @Enghumbhini: I remember watching this in disbelief. It never prepared me for Lynn Brown performance. https://t.co/QG82pjBrMH
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RT @business: Cybersleuths have unearthed more clues linking recent ransomware attacks to North Korea https://t.co/FMo7D7wZ2e https://t.co/...
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ICYMI: Brian Molefe and Lynne Brown agree in new affidavits that he never resigned as Eskom chief executive. https://t.co/Ic2cGKjrgQ
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Ferial Haffajee: We're Beginning To See The Zuma Dynasty Emerging https://t.co/WOa8yZOnfY
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RT @nytopinion: Donald Trump is utterly unlike a 4-year-old. Four-year-olds are curious truth-seekers https://t.co/b5yEtL3coo by @AlisonGop...
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Former finance minister Pravin Gordhan says globalisation is a driver of higher inequality in countries such as SA https://t.co/UCUzICxS1S
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