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|  | | The Department of Transport will appeal a Pretoria High Court ruling that last week declared the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offence (Aarto) Act, unconstitutional and invalid...read |
|  | | The Property Practitioners Act, set to commence as of 1 February, is a step in the right direction for an industry previously plagued by unclear and...read |
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| |  | ASHLIN PERUMALL AND JANET MACKENZIE Baker McKenzie partners in Johannesburg discuss the key legal and investment trends affecting technology, media and telecommunications, fintech and data privacy in Africa, and what can be expected in 2022... Read |
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 | Covid passes will not be mandatory, face masks will not be legally enforced anywhere and advice to work from home will end, as Johnson drops Covid rules in England... Read |
| Criminal Law |
 | JOHN YELD The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has laid criminal charges against state-owned diamond mining company Alexkor... Read |
 | The fraud and corruption trial against former Bosasa Group chief operations officer, Angelo Agrizzi, and his co-accused has been postponed to March this year... Read |
 | A Rwandan prosecutor on Monday sought a life sentence for Paul Rusesabagina, instead of an existing 25-year term... Read |
| Labour Law |
 | MASEGO MAFATA About 70 striking workers from Clover marched through Johannesburg's inner city calling on the public to boycott Clover products... Read |
 | JOHAN BOTES Just because you did it, does not mean you're guilty! This pearl of wisdom proudly featured on the billboard advertising the services of an attorney in the USA... Read |
| Land & Property Law |
 | The developers, the City of Cape Town, the Western Cape Government and the Western Cape First Nations Collective opposed the application... Read |
 | While recent uncertainty around South Africa's land policies, as well as an increase in the cost of farming, has resulted in greater availability of farm... Read |
 | SHAFIEK TASSIEM, WENDELL ROELF AND TIM COCKS A South African court on Friday postponed a ruling on the lawsuit trying to halt construction of Amazon's new Africa headquarters... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY CAPITAL LEGACY Estate planning probably isn't your top New Year's Resolution - but it should be... Read |
| Public Liability |
 | TANIA BROUGHTON Eskom has lost an appeal in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) against a ruling in favour of two community associations that it must immediately... Read |
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 | South African media sales business, Ad Dynamo, has been acquired by the Aleph Group Inc... Read |
 | KATJA HAMILTON While the majority of the world's population has already received two doses of Covid-19 vaccines, only 7% of Africa's population has been immunised. Can WHO attain its goal to vaccinate 70% of all of the world's countries by mid-year?... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE It's been reported that YouTube will scale back a significant portion of YouTube Originals, which produced original content including scripted series, educational videos, music and celebrity programming... Read |
 | NDEYE DIAGNE, ISSUED BY KANTAR For global business leaders, the continent we call home is simply the next frontier, a high potential market... Read |
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 | 249 organisations from 31 African countries were officially certified Top Employers 2022 for their outstanding HR strategies and people practices... Read |
 | As the country strives to recover from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, President Cyril Ramaphosa says science and technology have a key role to play in economic recovery... Read |
 | LEE NAIK TransUnion Africa CEO Lee Naik lists five trends shaping 2022 and Africa's future... Read |
 | CPT-based mobile gaming publisher Carry1st has raised $20m (R305m) from Google and A16z, a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley... Read |
 | Reconstructed Living Lab (RLabs) was awarded the Social Innovators Award by The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship... Read |
 | Microsoft has announced that it will buy Activision Blizzard for a whopping $68.7bn (R1,06tn) in an all-cash deal... Read |
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