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25 Jul 2014

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Bus contract halted after company liquidated

25 Jul 2014

Transport Minister Dipuo Peters makes a bizarre claim that media houses and other unnamed people executed cyber-attacks on Sanral, causing billing problems. Image: GCIS

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Linda Ensor 24 Jul 2014

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Tongaat Mall's design was not flawed says engineer

22 Jul 2014

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Amanda Visser 21 Jul 2014

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Gareth Cremen 21 Jul 2014

Section 75 introduced significant changes to Companies Act

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Nozipho Bhengu 18 Jul 2014

First legal step in R699 car scheme

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18 Jul 2014

Ethiopia's Communications Minister Redwan Hussein maintains the detention of Zone9 members is legal and is not an attempt to silence the government's critics. Image:

Ethiopian lawyer trying to get bloggers freed

18 Jul 2014

SABC: And it just keeps getting worse...

SABC: And it just keeps getting worse...

17 Jul 2014

The deserted and damaged Marshall Street Barracks that is one of thousands of dilapidated buildings owned by the government. Image:

'Ghost' buildings cost government R60m

17 Jul 2014

Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has extended the number of days that Gauteng e-toll users have to pay their tolls and qualify for discounts. Image: GCIS

More time to pay but e-toll resistance remains high

Linda Ensor 17 Jul 2014

Metrofile's Guy Kimble says that most South African businesses prefer paper records to electronic ones. Image: Metrofile

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Thabiso Mochiko 16 Jul 2014

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Some tax incentives should be axed says Davis

Ntsakisi Maswanganyi 15 Jul 2014

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Samuel Mungadze 15 Jul 2014

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Ilse du Plessis 14 Jul 2014

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New Act not clear about position of secure creditors in business rescue

Richard Marcus 11 Jul 2014

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Motsoeneng appointment prompts another board controversy

11 Jul 2014

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Natasha Wright 11 Jul 2014

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Tiffany Conley 10 Jul 2014

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Saul Aryeh Shoot 8 Jul 2014

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Media freedom requires commitment to truth

Pallo Jordan 5 Jul 2014

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Ilne Grobler 4 Jul 2014

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SARS wants to catch tax dodgers

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Judge Phillip Coppin dismissed the Please Call Me case as it had been lodged too late. Image:

Makate loses 'Please Call Me' case against Vodacom

Ernest Mabuza 3 Jul 2014

Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga says most of the schools in South Africa have textbooks and those pupils without books had not had their rights violated. Image: GCIS

Tabs kept on school textbook deliveries

Bekezela Phakathi 2 Jul 2014

IEC chairperson granted special leave

IEC chairperson granted special leave

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Wheel clamps may be used in centres where able-bodied people illegally park in disabled bays. Alternatively, the vehicle may be towed away. Image: Wikipedia

Disabled parking hotline

2 Jul 2014

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