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 | Mariska van Zweel and Simone Gill In an attempt to revamp South Africa's current outdated and misaligned ICT policies - and to take account of rapid changes in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector - former Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, Minister Carrim, earlier this year published the National Integrated ICT Green Paper. read more>> |
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 | PRETORIA: President Jacob Zuma has announced that the South African Human Rights Commission Act will come into operation on 5 September. read more>> |
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 | Brigit Rubinstein What protection does a defendant have against substantial and often irrecoverable legal expenses when dragged into speculative litigation by a financially insolvent company with nothing to lose? read more>> |
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 | Lerisha Naidu and Nazeera Mia The Competition Tribunal has deviated from the Competition Commission's recommendations that two separate merger transactions be conditionally approved. read more>> |
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 | Chris Mashigo New investor incentives and benefits from the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Act 2014 in South Africa will attract further domestic and foreign direct investment to South African industrial and special economic zones. read more>> |
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 | Rob Cooper The draft 2014 Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (TLAB) brings with it some important proposed changes to the formula that employers use to calculate the fringe benefit value of their contributions to employees' defined benefit funds. read more>> |
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 | The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) has called for a commission of inquiry to determine how the cost of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project tripled to R20bn in six years. read more>> |
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 | On 2 September 2014, the Constitutional Court (CC) handed down judgment in an application for leave to appeal against a judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the South African Police Service v Solidarity obo Barnard CCT 01/14 case. read more>> |
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 | Business organisations urged caution about the implementation of a national minimum wage, which they warned could result in widespread job losses as employers try to cut operational costs. read more>> |
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 | The Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Act (BCEAA) came into effect on 1 September 2014. read more>> |
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 | Anton Ressel There is a song called 'Traffic in the Sky' by laid-back musician Jack Johnson that contains a lyric that has always stuck with me... read more>> |
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 | Trustees must ensure that the managing agent they appoint to administer the affairs of the body corporate or home owners association they represent comply to the fiscal, administrative and legal requirements of the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB). read more>> |
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 | "From the outset, it was clear that the Minister wanted the summit to give the go ahead for the implementation of land ceilings in order to give effect to the Green Paper proposal of private ownership with limited extent," said ASUF's Chairperson, Japie Grobler. read more>> |
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 | Issued by Private Property The rental market is an area that could be a minefield - but it needn't be, since our country has powerful legislation (and case law) that protects both tenants and landlords... read more>> |
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 | WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND: It is believed a handful of computer users clicked on links last week believing they would take them to the illicit images of nude celebrities, but instead they inadvertently installed malware triggering a crippling internet attack. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: US telecommunications company Verizon has agreed to pay a $7.4m fine to settle a probe into its privacy practices, including accessing customer data for marketing purposes, officials have confirmed. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Google has agreed to issue at least $19m in refunds to consumers whose children made app purchases from its Google Play store without parental consent, officials have confirmed. read more>> |
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 | BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: The European Commission has fined Infineon, Philips and Samsung a total of €138m for forming a smartcard chip cartel in Europe in its latest anti-trust case against technology firms. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: If celebrities like actor Jennifer Lawrence and model Kate Upton knew little about the Internet 'cloud' they would not be alone, but the recent theft of their intimate photos has served as a wake-up call for everyone. read more>> |
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 | FRANKFURT, GERMANY: The controversial but popular car pick-up service Uber has hit a roadblock after a German court slapped it with an injunction on the grounds it lacks the necessary legal permits to operate its services. read more>> |
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 | Stock theft should be given the same level of priority and attention as cash heists in the fight against crime, says Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Deputy Minister General Bheki Cele. read more>> |
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 | "My heart broke when I heard the news that he had passed on. But everything happens according to God's timing." These are the words of Alpheus Ngoepe, who lost his son, police Constable Harry Ngoepe, while he was on duty on 18 November last year. read more>> |
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 | Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene has called on South Africans to refrain from cashing in their provident fund savings when they resign or change jobs, adding that rumours that their retirement savings are under threat were "false". read more>> |
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 | A Committee of Investigation has been set up to look into complaints of impropriety against Johann van Loggerenberg, a senior official at the South African Revenue Service (Sars). read more>> |
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 | More Matshediso Mooi Mpofana municipality in Mooi River has been dissolved and its seven councillors fired, Nomusa Dube-Ncube the MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) told media on Wednesday (3 September). read more>> |
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 | The Southern African Development Community (SADC) will send a facilitator to the Kingdom of Lesotho to work with that country's coalition government, as well as an observer team following reports of a "coup". read more>> |
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