28 Aug 2012

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Bizcommunity launches new newsletters

We've launched five new newsletters, to bring you the latest news in your sector of interest - or even sectors of interest. The five new letters are CSI, Sport, Mining, Military & Security, and Building & Construction.

For example, in CSI, there's still time to enter the rhino conservation mountain bike race and help raise awareness and boost the protection of one of our most iconic animals.

And on the military front, the SA Army is battling to cope fulfilling its various commitments... obsolete equipment hampers operations when our troops on peace-keeping operations go up against heavily armed rebel armies.

When does negotiation cease being negotiation and become war and anarchy? Paddy Hartdegen reckons what happened at Lonmin shows what happens when the boundaries are crossed.

He was the first man on the moon, but now Neil Armstrong, US astronaut has died at the age of 82.

Closer to the earth, but still in the air, 1Time has got a business rescue. That's good news, the more competition there is, anywhere in commerce and industry, the better it is for us, the consumer.

Finally, Jimmy Manyi is no longer the government and cabinet spokesperson. His contract has not been renewed. Not everyone might agree wholeheartedly with the official line on how Manyi performed in his role, however.

Rod Baker, content director

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SIU approached to look into Free State housing
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has been approached to conduct investigations into the problematic area of housing delivery in the Free State. Read more >>

Fishermen ordered to pay R473m to SA govt for illegal fishing
According to FIS.com website, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ordered three defendants to pay USD 54.9 million (R473m) in restitution to the South African government for illegally taking lobsters from the country's waters over a five year period. Read more >>

Commercial Law


Fraud whistle-blower takes MTN to court
[Graeme Hosken] MTN SA, still reeling from the Iran cellphone scandal, is embroiled in a new bruising battle - this time involving its legal department and a retrenched whistle-blower. Read more >>

Recent amendments relating to the sale of liquor products in South Africa
[Jenny Pienaar and Natasha Wright] On 13 July, 2012, the South African Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries amended the Regulations Relating to the Limitation on the Use of Certain Particulars in Connection with the Sale of Liquor Products ("the Regulations"). The Regulations fall under the Liquor Products Act. Read more >>

Paying bribes in Africa is not worth the risk
Contrary to popular perceptions that African countries aren't really geared towards prosecuting corruption, the reality is the exact opposite, according to advocate and contractor to the Ethics Institute of South Africa, Dr. Janette Minnaar-van Veijeren. She was a guest speaker at the recent Compliance Institute Southern Africa's 13th Annual Conference. Read more >>

Elton John hi-jacked my lyrics
[Genevieve Vieira] Is Nikita, the third biggest solo song of Elton John's career a sham? Guy Hobbs, an award-winning freelance photographer from Cape Town made a claim in May this year, stating that Elton's well known track Nikita was based on his own lyrics titled Natasha. Read more >>

Criminal Law


Corporate identity theft grows
Gianmarco Lorenzi, MD of Cleardata says according to the latest Southern African Fraud Prevention Services (SAFPS) chairman's report, the number of fraud filings received by SAFPS increased by 27% year-on-year in 2011, with 14 320 new incidents being reported. Read more >>

Labour Law


Govt, mines discuss labour issues
Government and the mining sector have agreed on the need to beef up the manner in which the sector negotiates conditions of employment. Read more >>

Lonmin: Crossed the bounds of negotiation into anarchy and war
[Paddy Hartdegen] Just imagine if I walked into my boss's office at the end of the year, armed with a machete and a shotgun, and demand that he or she triple my salary from R4 000 a month to R12 500 a month. And then get uptight and aggressive because my boss called security, marched me off the premises and refused to have anything to do with me at all until, at least, I had laid down my arms. Read more >>


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