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Claiming specific performance can strengthen lessee's case
[Natasha Fletcher and Nayna Parbhoo] In the case of Hennox 349 CC v SA Retail Properties Ltd 2014 JDR 2460 (GJ), the lessee learnt a R2m lesson... read more>>

Final guidelines for determination of administrative penalties published

Leana Engelbrecht

The Competition Commission has published the final Guidelines for Determination of Administrative Penalties for Prohibited Practices...

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Employment Services Act to be enacted in July

The long-awaited promulgation of the Employment Services (ES) Act is expected to be enacted in July 2015...

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South Africans braced for new confrontation with government over controversial law

Sindiso Mnisi Weeks

SA rights organisations had hoped that they had won their battle to stop the controversial Traditional Courts Bill from becoming law last year...

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Finance minister tables Eskom bills
Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene has tabled the Eskom Special Appropriation Bill and the Amendment Bill in Parliament on Wednesday, 3 June... read more>>
New regulations will change construction industry
The Construction Industry Development Board Prompt Payment Regulations and Adjudication Standard appeared on Friday, 29 May 2015 in the Government Gazette Notice 482 of 2015 and are open for public comment for the next 60 days... read more>>
Nature reserve must pay for visitor's death fall
The Supreme Court of Appeal has found a Western Cape nature reserve liable for the accidental death of a visitor on its property, ordering it to compensate the dead man's family... read more>>
Commercial Law
Competition Tribunal approves Ethos and Nampak merger

Kitso Tlhabanelo

On 1 April 2015 the Competition Tribunal approved a merger in which Ethos Private Equity Fund VI acquired control over the Nampak Corrugated and Nampak Tissue business divisions of Nampak Limited... read more>>
Judgment clarifies needletime royalties

Professor Sadulla Karjiker

You wait ages for a reported judgment concerning 'needletime' royalties pursuant to section 9A of the Copyright Act, and then two come along at approximately the same time... read more>>
Cyber Law
POPI: the race to data safety

Gregory Anderson

The passing of POPI into SA law and the imminent appointment of an information regulator has forced local businesses to sit up and listen... read more>>
Labour Law
Amendments to Labour Relations Act tested in court

Inez Moosa

There has been much speculation over the recent amendments to the Labour Relations Act, No 66 of 1995 (LRA), particularly with regards to how the amendments will be interpreted and applied by the Labour Court... read more>>
Objective of Code of Good Practice on Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value

Sihle Tshetlo

On 1 June 2015 the new Code of Good Practice on Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value in terms of the amended Employment Equity Act (EEA) was issued... read more>>
Policies must be in place to deal with sexual harassment
In South Africa, sexual harassment is prohibited by the Employment Equity Act. Employers are tasked with policing this - and, if they don't, they risk being sued for large sums... read more>>
Government news
Safa taking legal route against Sunday newspaper

Nthambeleni Gabara

The South Africa Football Association (Safa) is currently seeking legal action against the Sunday Independent following the publishing of what it says is a "not only misleading, but false and defamatory" article, last Sunday... read more>>
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