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GRAEME PALMER
The levy income of a body corporate, share block or an association of persons, such as a home owners association (residential estate), is exempt from income tax. However, not all income received by a residential estate is exempt from tax, only levy income... read
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KRISTINE LIAO
Judges Anton van Zyl, Siraj Desai, and Jacqueline Henriques have been reported to the Judicial Complaints Commission for outstanding judgments...read
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CIARAN RYAN
The Nelson Mandela Foundation is asking the Equality Court in Johannesburg to declare the display of the old South African flag hate speech and harassment under the Equality Act. The case is likely to set the boundaries between constitutionally-protected free speech, however offensive to some, and hate speech...read
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Environmental Law
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ENRICO DI MININ AND CHRISTOPH FINK
The illegal wildlife trade is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity. Demand for species and wildlife products, like rhino horn, elephant ivory and pangolin scales, have triggered... Read
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LILI NUPEN & ROSS MCLEAN
While the square kilometre array (SKA) telescope is one of the most exciting projects in South Africa's scientific and academic fields with long-term benefits to the country's economy, it is likely to impact the use and exploitation of mineral resources in the Northern Cape... Read
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Labour Law
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TRACY ROBBINS AND JULIA OLLEY
In February, the Department of Public Services and Administration Minister released a media statement, allowing for the inclusion of a social media check when reference checking prospective government employees... Read
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A recent study by Columinate reveals that nearly 30% of South African women have been victims of unwanted sexual advances in the workplace - 57% from peers and 26% from superiors, the very people employees look up to for leadership and inspiration... Read
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FIONA LEPPAN AND MERRICK STEENKAM
Strikes are frequently characterised by violence and non-striking employees are often apprehensive to report for duty, but can such employees be dismissed simply for failing to report for duty during such times...? Read
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WILMIEN WICOMB
In February, the North West High Court rejected the application from the Mining Forum of South Africa, representing the Bapo-Ba-Mogale community, to declare the minister responsible for mineral resources in breach of his statutory obligation... Read
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Land & Property Law
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The Expert Advisory Panel on Land Reform is currently finalising its report for consideration by the Inter-Ministerial Committee and the Presidency... Read
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Legislation
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Higher Education and Training Minister Dr Naledi Pandor has invited the public to submit comments on the draft bill to support students' access to post-school opportunities and make informed choices... Read
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Medical Law
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CIARAN RYAN
Twenty-two former underground miners are claiming more than R80 million in damages from Sasol Coal after they contracted serious lung and other diseases as a result of years of inhaling coal dust while working in underground coal mines... Read
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MAGDI AMIN
Africa's digital revolution is transforming our economy at a record pace. Africa is home to the 10 fastest growing cities in the world, and for nearly a decade, we've had the world's fastest rate of internet adoption... Read
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African Development Bank approves strategy for Central Africa "crucial for the economic integration of the region"... Read
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MARIA RYAN
In December last year the US National Security Advisor, John Bolton, gave a speech at the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC, in which he outlined the Trump administration's new Africa strategy... Read
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WYNAND SMIT
Over the past few years, there have been increasingly dire predictions that automation and technology will be the major job killer of our generation... Read
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Following overwhelming responses from entrepreneurs, the FNB Business Innovation Awards (FNB BIA) have been extended to include two more categories, and now represent the entire business landscape in South Africa... Read
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SIMON MCCULLOUGH
Data breaches and cyberattacks are unignorably on the rise and hackers are becoming increasingly sophisticated... Read
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ERNST WITTMANN
Over the past few months, we have seen a storm of hype about 5G, the next evolution in mobile network technology. Handset manufacturers are starting to come to market with 5G-ready smartphones... Read
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The finalists of the second annual Absa Business Day Supplier Development Awards have been announced. The awards recognise supplier development best practice in South Africa... Read
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Siemens has launched its Atlas of Digitalization, a new web-based application that reveals the readiness and potential of six major cities to embrace digitalisation... Read
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The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) is hosting its Growth Accelerator Programme in South Africa and is calling for applications... Read
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The 2019 Trialogue Business in Society Conference took place last week, with the UN Sustainable Development Goals a key topic... Read
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With previous years being dominated by IoT, big data and, more recently, AI, extended reality (XR) is predicted to own the following 12 months... Read
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