On the horns of a dilemma
There are many measures the average South African would like to take to those poaching our rhinos in order to feed what most of us reckon is a pathetically primitive belief. Those measures might often include a quiet word with those found guilty with the aid of a baseball bat in a deserted building far, far away. That's all terribly illegal of course. However, one idea has seen a lot of support, and
poisoning rhino horn seems to be on the cards, but Helen Dagut asks, while it might be ethically defendable, is it legally questionable?
Still on the crime front, the FBI has listed South Africa as the sixth most active country where cyber crime takes place. No wonder then that a local law firm says
cyber crime is now a national crisis.
And on the legal front, Judge Albert Louis Sachs, the prominent anti-apartheid campaigner who was appointed by Nelson Mandela to sit on the Constitutional Court, has received a major award at the inaugural
African Legal Awards.
Feel like a career in the arts? If so,
applications are now open for the BASA intern programme.
All aboard-d-d-d-d... It's a case of
three cheers for an extended Gautrain - but don't expect to enjoy the extended service any time soon, it will probably take a few years before you and your mates can occupy "three chairs" on the extended Gautrain.
Rod Baker, Content Director
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 | Geely South Africa's parent company in the Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Geely Automobile, and its Swedish sister company Volvo, will share research and development (R&D) expenditures. Read more >>
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 | Continental Tyre South Africa's (CTSA) manufacturing plant in Port Elizabeth has been awarded the General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award for 2013. This is the second year Global Supplier Quality will be presenting this prestigious recognition award and it is the second year that CTSA receives this accolade. Read more >>
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 | Government's plan to slash official perks is a welcome development but more needs to be done to ensure tax money stays in the country, the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) said last week. Read more >>
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 | Hlengiwe Nhlabathi The Congress of SA Trade Unions' (Cosatu) president Sdumo Dlamini has slammed what he says is a "piecemeal approach" adopted by President Jacob Zuma on the e-tolls debacle. Read more >>
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 | The South African motor industry, particularly the vehicle manufacturers and distributors, as well as industry commentators, have welcomed the decision by Associated Motor Holdings (AMH) and Amalgamated Automobile Distributors (AAD) to shorten the time lag on the release of its actual disaggregated monthly sales figures to the Department of Trade and Industry to five months. Read more >>
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 | Transnet said its profit for the quarter increased by 71.2% to R2.9bn, on revenue that was 14.3% higher at R28.5bn and earnings before interest tax‚ depreciation and amortisation up by 19.3% to R12bn. Read more >>
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 | The South African car site Automart believes its mobile and online trader platform allows dealers to operate more efficiently - and cut down costs dramatically. Read more >>
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 | Several initiatives are to be implemented or developed to assist the South African motor industry to become more competitive globally. This was announced by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, speaking at the official opening of the recent Johannesburg International Motor Show. Read more >>
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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor In another blast from the past Nissan has now also unwrapped a reborn Sentra which joins the recently re-launched Almera and together they will lead the Japanese carmaker's two-pronged attack on the local passenger car market. Read more >>
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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor You don't try to re-invent the wheel and you certainly don't mess around with a many-million dollar winning recipe such as the BMW 5 Series. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Johannesburg International Motor Show During his address the NAAMSA president said the biennial Johannesburg International Motor Show was an ideal place in which to showcase the sophistication, quality and innovation of the South African automotive manufacturing, importing and distribution operations. Read more >>
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: French industrial gases company Air Liquide said it was teaming up with a Toyota subsidiary to build a network of filling stations for fuel-cell electric vehicles in Japan. Read more >>
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: Struggling French car manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroen reported a fall in third-quarter sales and warned that one of its ventures with General Motors was in doubt on Wednesday (23 October), but held to its financial targets. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: The young Ohio man whose remorseful video claim of responsiblity for a fatal drunk-driving accident went viral on YouTube was sentenced to 6 years and six months behind bars and imposed a US$1,075 fine. Read more >>
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 | Amanda Visser Tax revenue collections showed resilience‚ despite weaker than expected economic growth in 2013‚ Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan remarked in the medium-term budget statement (MTBPS). Read more >>
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