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Pistorius granted bail
NEWSWATCH: Oscar Pistorius has been granted R10,000 bail under strict conditions by Deputy Judge President Aubrey Ledwaba in the Gauteng High Court this morning... read


Commercial Law
Arbitrations and business rescue

Jonathan Witts-Hewinson and Fiorella Nor

The Companies Act states that no legal proceeding may be commenced or proceeded with in any forum against a company in business rescue, except with the written consent of the business rescue practitioner. However, the Act does not define the phrase 'legal proceeding'... read
Changes to existing Preferential Procurement Policy
The South African government is to change tendering laws drastically in early 2016. It has released its Draft Regulations outlining changes to the existing Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA)... read
Competition Law
Extension of Competition Commission's role and influence

Ahmore Burger-Smidt & Graeme Wickins

Earlier this year, the Minister of Economic Development, Ebrahim Patel, responded in writing to various questions posed by opposition parliamentary members regarding South African competition enforcement... read
Competition Commission ruling on telco deals

George Miller

The Competition Commission has conditionally approved the Vodacom/Neotel deal but prohibitive conditions in the MTN/Telkom deal resulted in its cancellation... read
Cyber Law
Film and Publications Board should release submissions on its draft policy
The Film and Publications Board (FPB) published the controversial draft Online Content Regulation Policy for public comment, with the submissions deadline of 15 July 2015, and has stated that more than 600 submissions were received, indicating the high level of interest of South Africans in this process... read
Labour Law
Can the real employer please stand up?

Hugo Pienaar

Debate has continued to rage about who the real employer is and whether a situation of dual employment exists, despite new labour legislation... read
Land & Property Law
Recovering legal costs from defaulting tenant/owner

Chantelle Gladwin and Christopher Tucker

There is more than one interpretation of the law that governs the ability of any litigant, particularly a landlord or body corporate, to recover a contribution towards legal costs from an opponent in litigation... read
Media & Entertainment Law
Stories on rogue SARS unit backed by three probes - Sunday Times
Former Sunday Times journalist Pearlie Joubert set the cat among the pigeons this week by implying the source of the newspaper's stories about a rogue unit at the South African Revenue Service that spied illegally on taxpayers was Rudolf Mastenbroek... read
International
Who owns space? US asteroid-mining act is dangerous and potentially illegal

Gbenga Oduntan

An event of cosmic proportions occurred on November 18 when the US congress passed the Space Act of 2015 into law... read
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Pistorius granted bail
Pistorius granted bail
NEWSWATCH: Oscar Pistorius has been granted R10,000 bail under strict conditions by Deputy Judge President Aubrey Ledwaba in the North Gauteng High Court this morning, 8 December 2015. - View/Rate
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