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As much as people love social media, there is a dark side to it too - one involving counterfeit goods and billions of Rands of lost revenue for companies and governments the world over... read
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JACKIE LAFLEUR
Mediation is an alternative mechanism for dispute resolution and is, in essence, a facilitated negotiation, with the appointed mediator playing the role of the facilitator...read
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CORNÉ LEWIS AND NEHA DHANA
Under the Roman Dutch common law, marriages were ordinarily in community of property and the husband was vested with the marital power, but this was abolished by the Matrimonial Property Act...read
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Taxpayers with an annual income not exceeding R500,000 will no longer be required to submit tax returns...read
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Corporate & Commercial Law
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ISSUED BY LEXISNEXIS
The financial services sector is faced with a high level of regulatory and compliance requirements and finance executives are increasingly expected to master areas outside of their traditional skill set... Read
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The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and the SABC have made an application seeking an order reviewing and setting aside the decision to appoint Sekela Xabiso CA Incorporated as a service provider to the SABC... Read
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The Mpumalanga High Court on Friday, 7 June 2019, dismissed (with costs) the intervention application brought by Ferdi Dippenaar against Flaming Silver... Read
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Cyber Law
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Contrary to popular belief, companies may be within their rights to secretly record conversations with employees and use that information against them in a court of law... Read
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Labour Law
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The Department of Social Development has called on employers whose employees' job responsibilities require them to work with or have access to children, to verify their suitability to work with children against the Child Protection Register (CPR)... Read
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HUGO PIENAAR AND MICHAELA GRIEVE
The CCMA, empowered by s115(2A)(k) of the Labour Relations Act (LRA), enacted Rule 25 in January which allows a party in an arbitration dispute to appear in person or be represented by a legal practitioner, candidate attorney or an entitled party in terms of sub-rule 1(a)... Read
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Land & Property Law
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KATHERINE LIU
An interim interdict preventing the occupation of a site in Cape Town city centre being developed by GrowthPoint Properties was extended in the Western Cape High Court on Monday, 3 June... Read
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Law Practice
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DAWIE DE VILLIERS
Artificial intelligence is transforming every aspect of our lives and this may include the way that we trust. Prior cynicism of new development in technology is making way for new trust in technology because it is making our lives so much easier... Read
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Legislation
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ADAM ISMAIL, CANDICE MEYER AND SAFIYYA PATEL
On 9 April 2019, the Minister of Trade and Industry signed four amendments to the Amended Generic B-BBEE Codes of 2013 (Codes). These amendments were gazetted last Friday and will come into effect on 31 November 2019... Read
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Tax Law
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VIRUSHA SUBBAN AND MATTHEW TOUT
The Carbon Tax Act and Customs and Excise Amendment Act were approved by the President in May, with the purpose of the latter to provide for the administration and collection of Carbon Tax revenue... Read
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NUNU NTSHINGILA
Africa's economy is on the rise, freedom and prosperity are continuing to rise, and the continent is home to a youthful and dynamic population... Read
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DHL Africa eShop has seen impressive growth since launching and has now been rolled out to nine more countries across sub-Saharan Africa... Read
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Global economic pressures and tougher market conditions are driving business interest in cross-border business expansion strategies - and Africa is rife with investment opportunity. Read
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BY FRANK MATTHEIS AND UELI STAEGER
After being ratified by the required minimum 22 nations, all the member states of the AU are now legally bound to allow African goods to be traded without restraint throughout the continent... Read
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Angola has launched the first phase of its new six-year licensing strategy, which covers a total of 10 blocks, including Blocks 11, 12, 13, 27, 28, 29, 41, 42 and 43 in the Namibe Basin, and Block 10 in the Benguela Basin... Read
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PREMESHIN NAIDOO
The high cost of voice and data services in South Africa is well publicised and both the regulator, Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) and the mobile operators have been strongly criticised... Read
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DOROS HADJIZENONOS
New protection for consumers provide consumers with added protection to ensure their privacy and prevent issues related to data theft or misuse... Read
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Too many organisations take a reactive, rather than a proactive, stance toward incident response... Read
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The better an employee's understanding of cybersecurity risks is, the greater their potential to participate in reducing these risks... Read
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SUDHISH MOHAN
In most organisations today, people are talking about digital transformation... Read
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The first quarter GDP growth of 2019 for South Africa is once again a negative number, with the economy contracting 3.2% year on year... Read
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