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The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has welcomed the decision by the High Court in Pretoria to dismiss an urgent relief sought by Eskom... Read
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Corporate & Commercial Law
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LODEWYK MEYER, CHANTEL VAN ZYL & KIRA WHITE
While commodity prices are currently favourable, the general volatility of commodities in the South African market has often presented a barrier to mining companies accessing traditional forms of financing to enhance their liquidity... Read
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Environmental Law
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GILLIAN NIVEN & PAULA-ANN NOVOTNY
Besides the obviouts dialogue about legislative amendments needed for mining companies to generate their own power, there is also the question of whether the minister consulted with other relevant departments in ensuring this policy decision is given due effect... Read
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ZOË POSTMAN
Mining rights applications should be public documents, the Amadiba Crisis Committee (ACC) and the Centre for Applied Studies (CALS) argued in the North Gauteng High Court on Monday... Read
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Land & Property Law
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BARBARA MAREGELE
A group of Witzenberg residents are locked in a fight with the municipality over the installation of water management devices on their properties... Read
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THEUNIS ROUX
It is hard to comment on a draft constitutional amendment that is apparently not in its final form... Read
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Legislation
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There has been much furore around the soon to be implemented Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) bill with much resistance to this implementation... Read
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DHEVARSHA RAMJETTAN, KALENE WATSON, SHANE JOHNSON
South Africa experiences an alarmingly high amount of road accidents (and consequential fatalities and injuries) annually which has the effect of costing the country billions in rands every year... Read
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Medical Law
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A ruling by the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) opens up the potential for members to demand that their medical aid pays for any drug or medical care deemed necessary by a doctor to treat any disease that falls under PMB basket of care... Read
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RUTH COOPER
The eighth instalment of the Investec Cape Town Art Fair recently ran at the CTICC. We got in touch with Investec Cape Town Art Fair art fair director Laura Vincenti to find out what goes into putting on an event of this scale, cultivating a Pan-African dialogue and art trends for the year ahead... Read
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The Nigerian Academy of Science has called for the current outbreak of Lassa fever in Africa's most populous nation to be declared a national health emergency because of its severity... Read
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NICCI BOTHA
Mining is so much more than just digging up rocks. Sustainable development, community welfare, greenhouse gas emissions and traceability of the source of minerals all play a substantial role in developing the industry as an economic driver in Africa... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Companies of all natures, shapes, and sizes are at risk of cyber threats and crime. No organisation is immune to cyber-attacks... Read
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In his State of the Nation Address (Sona), President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed that the regulatory environment is to be changed in order to facilitate uncapped commercial and industrial distributed generation for own use.... Read
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PIETER BENSCH
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered a sober assessment of the challenges the nation faces along with realistic proposals about how these problems may be addressed... Read
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