Legal South Africa weekly newsletter - 25 Jun 2013

Madiba critical but comfortable

The news is topped right now, quite rightly, by reports around Nelson Mandela's health status, which is reported to be critical, but his medical team is ensuring he is as comfortable as possible.

If you're cohabiting, you may need to cough up in the event of an insurance claim... apparently, unmarried couples who live together or keep their possessions at their partner's residence face an increased risk of insurance claim rejections for personal belongings if they fail to fully disclose their living situation to their insurers.

Ouch! The Competition Commission has reached a settlement with 15 construction firms, who have agreed to pay fines to the tune of R1.46bn for collusive tendering. When will these people learn?

Some good news at last! A South African team has won a top supercomputing award, scooping overall top honours at the International Student Cluster Challenge held in Leipzig, Germany, recently.

Finally... look! Have you created or updated your MyBiz Profile on Bizcommunity yet. If not, what are you waiting for... It's so simple and you will put yourself in the running to win a fantastic GoPro camera and accessories worth over R6,000! Go on... get to it!

Rod Baker, Content Director

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Government "duty bound" to assist SA Human Rights Commission

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) was vindicated in the South Gauteng High Court on 12 June 2013 when an application brought by the Minister of Police to review, set aside and substitute its findings and recommendations was dismissed. Read more >>

Members' fund contributions should not be set off against employers' fund arrears - Lukhaimane

In the event that a member's monthly contribution is used to offset the employer's fund arrears instead of being paid to the provident fund, the member must not be prejudiced. Read more >>

GoPro reader competition: don't forget to create/update your MyBiz Profile!

[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] There's only one week left to create or update your MyBiz Profile on Bizcommunity and stand a chance to WIN an awesome GoPro camera and accessories worth over R6000! Entries close 30 June 2013, and the winner will be picked via a lucky draw and announced on 1 July on Biz, Facebook and Twitter. Read more >> visit press office >>

Chicken 'leftovers' being sold in SA

[Sipho Masombuka] South African Poultry Association's chief executive Kevin Lovell claims that 90% of the 370,000 tons of chicken imported from Brazil, Argentina, the US and European Union last year is considered waste by consumers in those nations Read more >>

Insurance implications for cohabiting couples

Unmarried couples who live together or keep their possessions at their partner's residence face an increased risk of insurance claim rejections for personal belongings if they fail to fully disclose their living situation to their insurers. Read more >>

More deals signed to stop tax evasion

[Linda Ensor] The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is engaging the tax administrations of Australia‚ the UK and the US to gain access to information on tax evasion through complex offshore structures‚ Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Thursday (20 June). Read more >>

Impact of FCPA and UK Bribery Act on African business

[Cameron Dunstan-Smith and Harriet Beamish] As the global business community has become more connected, so too has global anti-corruption enforcement. Corporations not headquartered or operating in the US or the UK are increasingly realising that they are not immune from prosecution by US or UK authorities, not to mention other international authorities. Read more >>

R100,000 reward for top cop murderer

Police are offering a reward of up to R100,000 to anyone with information that would lead to the successful arrest of the person or persons who murdered Johannesburg Central Cluster Commander, Major General Tirhani Maswanganyi. Read more >>

Megaupload's data massacred by Dutch

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND: Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom on Thursday (20 June) condemned a Dutch company's decision to delete millions of files belonging to users of his defunct website, calling it "the largest data massacre in the history of the Internet". Read more >>

NSA demands user data from Microsoft, Facebook and others

WASHINGTON, USA: Internet giants Facebook and Microsoft say they received thousands of requests for data from US authorities last year but are prohibited from disclosing how many related to national security. Read more >>

Madiba critical but comfortable

Weekly top stories

Miffed Mac mauls media [Rod Baker]

4U Rage Festival calls on youth for good [Sindy Peters]

Emerging farm 'mushrooms' in North West [Boitumelo Tshehle]

Agribusiness awards to attract youth in Gauteng [Nthambeleni Gabara]

Has the door opened for South Africa's youth? [Nicholas Owsley]

Brazil's tyre probe worries SA company [Amanda Visser]

Listed property yields may fall [Nick Hedley]

Tourists keep on coming to SA [Helmo Preuss]

Big data brings new challenges and opportunities [Grant Vine]

iOS7: it's all about the keyboard stupid [Jon Sumroy]

The black humour beauty of John Cleese [Ruth Cooper]

Alluvia, not just a pretty face [Sindy Peters]

Spud 2 rules with its own unique voice [Daniel Dercksen]