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The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland suspended the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF's) rules restricting testosterone levels in female runners yesterday, allowing the South African Olympic champion Caster Semenya to compete freely... read
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The long-awaited Carbon Tax Bill, which is due to be implemented on 1 June 2019, will have a considerable impact on many of the large corporates that are currently operating in South Africa. As such, these companies will be under increasing pressure to find viable strategies to make their operations more sustainable...read
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DAVID THOMSON
There are a few things to consider before giving your 21-year-old any luxury assets. Sars might ask whether you're being generous because you can afford it... or if you're being 'shady' and dodging creditors and donations tax...read
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THABANG RAPULENG AND TAMSANQA MILA
In a recent case, the Labour Court was called to decide whether an employee's failure to adhere to an instruction to copy her line manager in her emails warranted a dismissal...read
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Africa Month
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Addressing the well-being needs of Africans through a true collaborative effort between business, government, communities and the people who inhabit this continent will unlock future value... Read
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Cyber Law
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JESSICA TENNANT
This National Child Protection Week (CPW), Google South Africa and Media Monitoring Africa hosted a roundtable putting a spotlight on the importance of online safety for children... Read
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ISSUED BY SNAIL ATTORNEYS
The 10th Annual SA CyberLaw/ICT Conference, taking place from 15-16 August, will explore cyber security breaches and cyber criminality... Read
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Environmental Law
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The gazetting of a network of 20 new representative Operation Phakisa: Oceans Economy Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) has increased South Africa's marine ecosystem area under protection in the country's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)... Read
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The Department of Environmental Affairs has welcomed the decision by the Supreme Court of Appeal in the matter involving the validity of a Compliance Notice issued to Interwaste... Read
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Land & Property Law
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Increasing the rights of tenants and obligations of landlords, the much-anticipated Rental Housing Amendment Act 35 of 2014 will help eliminate potential grey areas that could create disputes... Read
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Residents and interested parties are invited to comment on the City of Cape Town's proposal to exempt the Parow Station Precinct from heritage protections under the National Heritage Resources Act... Read
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Law Practice
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PROF DAWIE DE VILLIERS
As with relationships between people, trust in AI systems will have to be developed over time, and mistakes will be made... Read
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Legislation
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Minister of Energy, Jeff Radebe, has granted a welcome deviation from South Africa's existing power generation licensing regulations that allows additional power to be fed into the local grid... Read
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Media & Entertainment Law
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JOHN YELD
South Africa's hard-won constitutional rights to freedom of expression and of legitimate political protest are under mounting pressure from both the state and private companies... Read
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JOHN YELD
Cape High Court Judge Judith Cloete dismissed with costs a discovery application brought by three of six defendants ahead of a defamation case totalling R9.25m... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
With #ChildProtectionWeek observed from 2 to 9 June and #YouthMonth underway, what better time to put the focus on how to more ethically report on violence against children? Here's my second report back from Media Monitoring Africa and the UCT Children's Institute media workshop on 22 May at the Doubletree Hilton... Read
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Medical Law
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MEGAN ADDERLEY, RODNEY AFRICA, ADRIANO ESTERHUIZEN & DEERAH PILLAY-LUNGOOMIAH
Until a week ago, CBD, the active non-psychoactive ingredient within cannabis which cannot make users high, was considered a scheduled substance in terms of the schedules to the Medicines Act... Read
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Tax Law
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HARALD WINKLER AND ANDREW MARQUARD
Climate change needs urgent action by all countries, and by all means... Read
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JÁNOS BESENYO
Russia has never had an African colony. It stayed out of the scramble for Africa, only engaging with African states in the 19th Century. Read
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Quicket founders, James Tagg and James Hedley elaborate on the company's aggressive growth trajectory, especially throughout Africa, on what it is that sets them apart and on their future plans... Read
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Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is estimated to rebound to 2.8%1 for 2019... Read
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SCOTT HARRIS
The Australian mining industry is a force to be reckoned with, playing a prominent role in the country's economy, accounting for 7% of its gross domestic product (GDP)... Read
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There has been justified outrage about a recently published - and hastily retracted - academic article written by academics from Stellenbosch University in South Africa... Read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Africa has been a rich source of artistic inspiration for many parts of the world for centuries, but what's changing now is that Afrocentric culture is being spearheaded by the sons and daughters of the African continent... Read
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NOELLE GARCIN
The African Climate Reality Project (ACRP) welcomes the implementation of a carbon tax in South Africa as of 1 June 2019... Read
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The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement, entered into force yesterday, brings with it the possibility of boosting intra-Africa trade and investment. The agreement, provides a framework to ease the doing of business in Africa... Read
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BILL WINTERS
The clock is ticking on climate change. We currently have more greenhouse gases in our atmosphere than at any time in human history... Read
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RAYMOND PARSONS
The economic message emerging from the reconfigured and leaner Cabinet announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa is potentially a positive one for business and the markets... Read
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