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 | Kaelin Govinden Thomas Carlyle once proclaimed, "Speech is silvern, silence is golden". It means that speech is like silver, in that speech only lasts a while, but silence is golden and lasts an eternity. Read more >>
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 | Kaelin Govinden South Africa is currently implementing a traffic regulation scheme called Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO). Read more >>
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 | Graeme Palmer A taxpayer bears the burden of proving that an amount or transaction is exempt or otherwise untaxable. Read more >>
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 | Samantha Brener On 10 July 2014, President Jacob Zuma made the proclamation which officially brought into force the Infrastructure Development Act, No 23 of 2014. Read more >>
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 | Nozipho Bhengu In the interest of ensuring that the integrity of board decisions are not compromised by directors' personal financial interests, section 75 of the Companies Act 71 of 2008, has introduced some significant changes to the provisions of its predecessor, the Companies Act 61 of 1973 (the old Companies Act). Read more >>
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 | The Port Elizabeth High Court agreed yesterday to hear a case on Tuesday that will be the first step in a massive class action on behalf of consumers left out of pocket by the alleged R699 car scam. Read more >>
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 | Thabiso Mochiko Despite new technologies enabling electronic storage of information, 90% of local businesses are still storing documents in paper format, according to a study released by JSE-listed storage management company Metrofile. Read more >>
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 | Amanda Visser Proposals by the Treasury to scrap the value added tax (VAT) concession of a zero rating on goods and services bought by farmers for production purposes will raise input costs 14%. Read more >>
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 | The government has been spending R60m a year on 108 vacant buildings and R12m on 12 buildings occupied by non-government tenants. Read more >>
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 | SABCWATCH: Following the confirmation of Hlaudi Motsoeneng as the SABC's COO, and claims that board chair Zandile Tshabalala lied about her qualifications, and anger over the SABC's moves on Afrikaans programming, pressure is mounting on all sides... Read more >>
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 | The body representing South Africa's steel and engineering industry said on Tuesday that it has failed to reach a deal to end a crippling strike. Read more >>
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 | Khulekani Magubane Telkom SA says it is suspending proposed job cuts for now‚ pending a new round of consultations with management and unions. Read more >>
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 | High Street Auctions has been advised that the advertised auction of Kyalami scheduled for 24 July has been confirmed, with the additional advantage of the removal of several encumbrances. Read more >>
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 | One of Durban's leading maritime law firms, Velden Pike Nichols, will be joining the maritime, transport and logistics practice at pan-African corporate law firm, Bowman Gilfillan, with effect from 1 August this year. Read more >>
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 | Kazeka Kuse In a world where common sense is not so common anymore, our public protector's statements always make sense. Read more >>
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 | PRETORIA: The Department of Justice and Correctional Services will continue with its efforts to ensure transformation of the justice system by addressing race and gender imbalances. Read more >>
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: The French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH and Internet auction site eBay said they had reached an agreement to end a long legal battle over the sale of counterfeit goods. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK, USA: Microsoft said it would axe 18,000 jobs from its global workforce over the next year, the majority coming from the integration of Nokia bought by it earlier this year. Read more >>
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 | KIEV, UKRAINE: Furious Ukrainian Internet users have bombarded the social networking sites of French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel for allegedly cosying up to Russia despite the ongoing fighting in their country. Read more >>
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 | The lawyer for a group of detained Ethiopian bloggers and reporters said he intended filing a civil suit against the country's police for holding them without charge for nearly three months. Read more >>
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 | Linda Ensor Transport Minister Dipuo Peters announced a further extension of the e-toll payment period for Gauteng motorists. Read more >>
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 | Evan Pickworth Most companies are in the dark on how to amend payrolls to accommodate the retirement fund and tax reforms coming in March next year‚ according to experts at a "Do or Die" pensions conference. Read more >>
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 | Ntsakisi Maswanganyi The government should look at scrapping some of the tax incentives for small businesses in favour of rebates rewarding businesses that are more tax-compliant. Read more >>
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