On the horns of a dilemma
There are many measures the average South African would like to take to those poaching our rhinos in order to feed what most of us reckon is a pathetically primitive belief. Those measures might often include a quiet word with those found guilty with the aid of a baseball bat in a deserted building far, far away. That's all terribly illegal of course. However, one idea has seen a lot of support, and
poisoning rhino horn seems to be on the cards, but Helen Dagut asks, while it might be ethically defendable, is it legally questionable?
Still on the crime front, the FBI has listed South Africa as the sixth most active country where cyber crime takes place. No wonder then that a local law firm says
cyber crime is now a national crisis.
And on the legal front, Judge Albert Louis Sachs, the prominent anti-apartheid campaigner who was appointed by Nelson Mandela to sit on the Constitutional Court, has received a major award at the inaugural
African Legal Awards.
Feel like a career in the arts? If so,
applications are now open for the BASA intern programme.
All aboard-d-d-d-d... It's a case of
three cheers for an extended Gautrain - but don't expect to enjoy the extended service any time soon, it will probably take a few years before you and your mates can occupy "three chairs" on the extended Gautrain.
Rod Baker, Content Director
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 | The Sandton SPCA 2014 Forever Homed calendar, photographed by fine art photographer Emma O'Brien, was officially launched on 22 October at the La vie en Rose in Illovo, Johannesburg. Read more >>
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 | An evening to be hosted by Damon Beard and his East Coast Radio Drive team, Damon's Delicious Dish will officially launch Damon's selected secret main menu choice at the sophisticated DISH Restaurant where diners will be treated to an awesome main meal with live entertainment by Eddy George. Read more >>
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 | The Peninsula All-Suite Hotel's staff members recently visited the SOS Children's Village in Thornton near Cape Town as part of its on-going efforts to uplift surrounding communities and to provide sustainable support and assistance to the children who depend on this charitable organisation. Read more >>
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 | In partnership with the Mpumalanga Department of Education, Anglo American's Thermal Coal operation near Kriel in Mpumalanga has donated R18m for the upgrading and expansion of facilities at the Sibongamandla Secondary School in Thubelihle. Read more >>
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 | FedGroup has launched Iteke, an adjacent learnership programme to their Beneficiary Care Education Trust Programme. This follows after the success of Brinny Mphogo, the first graduate of FedGroup's Beneficiary Care Education Trust Programme. Read more >>
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 | The Amazing Race for Charity, which was held in Johannesburg for the past eight years, has been rebranded as the Charity Chase Joburg, and acquired the support of Hollard and Pay As You Drive as headline sponsors. Read more >>
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 | The National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities in South Africa (NCPPDSA), the founder of the Nappy Run campaign, has announced that media personality Eloise Cupido and extreme adventurer Riaan Manser, have come on board to support this cause for our country's kids with disabilities. Read more >>
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 | Since the shelter's inception in 1990 to help those in need, Carehaven has empowered over 5,000 women and children from previously abusive backgrounds. During this time they made do with a very small reception area inside the building with no adequate space for day-to-day administrative activities and no private waiting area for their future dwellers. Read more >>
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 | Last month South Africans had the chance to roll up their sleeves and make a difference by donating blood during the national September Blood Drive. According to Tiger Wheel & Tyre, partner of this drive with the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) and the Western Province Blood Transfusion Service (WPBTS), 31289 people donated blood in September. Read more >>
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 | On 26 October 2013, Cape Town will witness a brave, record-breaking event. Improguise, South Africa's oldest improvisation theatre company, best known for its madcap TheatreSports shows, presents Soap-A-Thon, a made-up-on-the-spot medieval fantasy soap opera. All the proceeds will go to Rape Crisis. Read more >>
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