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 | PRETORIA: The Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, on Tuesday, 28 January 2014, joined a roundtable discussion on the Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) Bill. Read more >>
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 | The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has been granted a final preservation order by the North Gauteng High Court over the assets of South African businessman Mark Krok, who became an Australian resident 12 years ago. Read more >>
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 | Pick 'n Pay, Shoprite/Checkers, and Spar supermarkets will not be prosecuted by the Competition Commission for contraventions of Sections 5 and 8 of the Competition Act. This follows after an announcement by the Commission that it has concluded its investigation into long-term supermarket lease agreements under the Competition Act and has issued a notice of non-referral. Read more >>
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 | Dion Chang and Raleen Bagg Our selection of trends is broad - but cherry-picked - to give you a sense of what the trends are, across a wide variety of industries. Read more >>
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 | Though lower to mid-level employees are guilty of most incidents of graft, executives are guilty of the kind of fraud that hurts companies most. Read more >>
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 | The Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Blade Nzimande, says he is concerned with the developments that have taken place over the past few days at higher education institutions. Read more >>
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Nadia Mather
The Dangerous Weapons Act 15 of 2013 ("the Act") was signed into law by President Jacob Zuma in July last year and came into force earlier this month. The Act prohibits the carrying of dangerous weapons such as pangas, metal pipes, kieries, rocks and spears at public protests and strikes. Read more >> | Alcohol abuse costs South Africans an estimated R245bn a year, and policies are needed to mitigate its harm in the same way that smoking is tackled. Read more >>
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 | Nigerian telecoms have expressed their dissatisfaction with the cybercrime bill currently before the legislative arm of government, saying it would allow for surveillance of consumers. Read more >>
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 | PRETORIA: The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Amendment Bill has been signed into law, the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) said. Read more >>
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 | Andrew Seaber Until quite recently, there existed some uncertainty as to whether the absence of statutory permissions, for example the failure to obtain statutory approval for the construction of a carport or outbuilding, constitutes a latent defect (that is, a defect which is not visible or discoverable upon an inspection of the property) within the scope of the voetstoots clause, or whether the voetstoots clause protects sellers only against defects of a physical nature. Read more >>
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 | Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group (BGAG) has announced its intention, subject to regulatory approval, to merge with, John W Ffooks & Co (JWF) with effect from 1 March 2014, increasing the number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa in which it has offices to seven. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Internet companies eager to regain the trust of users provided some insight into the extent of secret requests for user data made by the US government. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK, USA: Twitter has acquired more than 900 patents from computing giant IBM, ending a dispute between the two companies, a joint announcement said. Read more >>
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 | LONDON, UK: A former News of the World journalist told a British court how he used phone-hacking to find out about an affair between James Bond star Daniel Craig and the actress Sienna Miller. Read more >>
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 | CAIRO, EGYPT: Egyptian prosecutors on Wednesday referred to trial 20 journalists working with Al-Jazeera television network, including four foreigners accused of "airing false news." Read more >>
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More Africa
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 | Sydney Masinga Organisations that want to help fight rhino poaching have until Friday, February 7 to provide government with their suggested anti-poaching strategies. Read more >>
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 | The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) and the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) have distanced themselves from an email warning motorists about roadblocks on the e-toll roads to force motorists to buy e-tags. Read more >>
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