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 | David Warneke In the 2013 budget speech the Minister of Finance proposed the introduction of tax free savings accounts. read more>> |
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 | Michael Yeates and Shane Johnson On 25 September 2014, the Minister of Home Affairs confirmed that the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) will be accepting applications for the newly created Zimbabwean Special Dispensation Permit of 2014 (ZSP). read more>> |
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 | Ramon Pereira and Christopher Tucker In most instances consumers are supplied with electricity either by a municipality or Eskom. However, in some instances the consumer may be supplied by a private third party 'middle man', who purchases electricity from either a municipality/Eskom and then re-sells it to a consumer. read more>> |
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 | Africa's share of global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) has risen in the past year as global and African companies alike seek access to customers and natural resources, reveals a new survey by global law firm Baker & McKenzie. read more>> |
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 | Neil Kirby The Competition Commission has commenced with its market inquiry into the private healthcare sector in South Africa. The next step in the administrative timetable is for parties, referred to as stakeholders, to make written submissions to the panel before 31 October 2014. read more>> |
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 | Ashlin Perumall and Shmuel Moch The judgment in the appeal by entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth has certainly drawn significant interest in the news headlines partly due to the R250m amount (plus interest) which the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) now has to pay back to Shuttleworth... read more>> |
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 | Pierre Burger A non-variation clause is a contractual provision which restricts the variation or cancellation of an agreement. It usually stipulates that no variation or consensual cancellation of the agreement in which it is contained will be of any effect unless reduced to writing and signed by the parties. read more>> |
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 | South African Airlines (SAA) has warned the public about fraudulent websites that reportedly have information on the Cadet Pilot Development Programme. Applications for positions are now closed. read more>> |
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 | New analysis from Frost & Sullivan has found that companies across various industries will apply for exemption from the first round of emission control, coming into effect in 2015. read more>> |
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 | Johan Botes An employee, who suffered the horrendous ordeal of being raped whilst on duty, is not precluded from suing her employer for damages. read more>> |
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 | Bridgett Majola has returned from the first course of the China-Africa Young Legal Professionals Exchange Programme in Beijing, held during September and October 2014. read more>> |
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 | Des Williams Former high court Kenyan judge Edward Torgbor, now practicing as a specialist arbitrator, says that the parties in 99% of all African disputes are represented by lawyers and law firms based in the UK, USA and France. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: A supplier enlisted to make sapphire screens for Apple mobile devices has asked a bankruptcy court to free it from contracts that it branded "oppressive and burdensome." read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: A huge trove of evidently intercepted Snapchat images and videos were exposed online last week, raising fears about what may be revealed in messages intended to vanish seconds after being viewed. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: AT&T will have to pay $105m to settle investigations that it added charges to mobile phone bills for unauthorised third-party services such as horoscopes and "fun facts," officials confirmed. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Online voting has the potential to boost election participation around the world, but is not yet ready to be widely rolled out due to security risks, a US study shows. read more>> |
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 | The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has embarked on Operation Khusela to clamp down on illegal verification agents who issue fraudulent BEE and company registration certificates. read more>> |
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 | Mzilikazi Wa Africa, Piet Rampedi Former special forces operative Mike Peega's dossier claiming that SARS ran a rogue unit targeting politicians and businessmen close to Zuma in 2007 was easily discredited at the time. read more>> |
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 | Nthambeleni Gabara More than 70 observers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Electoral Observer Mission (SEOM) will assess the October 24 general elections in Botswana, says International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. read more>> |
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