the Regulatory community of Southern Africa

Exactmobile/NORM royalty dispute continues

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:39:00 +0200

WASPA announced last week that it has reached an agreement with SARRAL whereby WASPA members who sign individually, will be granted mechanical rights for digital music sales, at a rate of 5% of the retail sales price. Exactmobile is the first WASPA member to sign with SARRAL. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Embassies 'used for smuggling'

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:08:00 +0200

Authorities are struggling to prevent counterfeit goods entering South Africa as criminals are using embassies to smuggle the products into the country. Read full story... | Send to a friend

SA's Black business rejects ‘shocking' court ruling on Chinese

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:29:00 +0200

A number of Black business organisations including the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce (NAFCOC), Black Management Forum (BMF) and Black Lawyers Association (BLA) have reacted with anger to a recent High Court judgement that found that Chinese South Africans now qualify as BBBEE and EAA beneficiaries. Read full story... | Send to a friend

New members join MDDA board

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:43:00 +0200

The Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) is a statutory development agency for promoting, supporting and ensuring media development and diversity, set up as a partnership between the South African Government and major print and broadcasting media companies, in terms of the MDDA Act No. 14 of 2002. Read full story... | Send to a friend