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JACQUES VAN WYK
The Labour Court recently ruled on whether employees may approach said court to enforce a claim against a company under business rescue proceedings. read
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LERISHA NAIDU, SPHESIHLE NXUMALO AND KIRSTY GIBSON
A notice was recently published in the Government Gazette, bringing into force some of the provisions of the Competition Amendment Act...read
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FATIMA AMEER-MIA AND LEE SHACKSNOVIS
An AI algorithm, or more specifically the written code, encompassing both the source code and object code, would be categorised as a "computer program" under South African laws and is protected by the law of copyright...read
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The amendment of the Criminal Procedure Act to see sexual offences prosecuted, retrospectively, is set to come to life with what is set to be the oldest sexual abuse case to go to trial in South Africa...read
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LERISHA NAIDU
The realisation of true diversity and inclusion is a marathon exercise without any manifest overnight fix - and rightly so because its achievement must be meaningful rather than just quantitative... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
There was a time when you went to a university, studied a specific degree and were then expected to follow a career in that exact field, but there has been a transformation in the job market... Read
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Corporate & Commercial Law
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The 2008 Companies Act introduced the concept of business rescue into our company law, where a business rescue practitioner is required to compile a plan which creditors will vote to accept or reject. For the success of the business rescue, the concept of creditor "buy in" is required... Read
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Environmental Law
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A new report by global NGO, World Animal Protection, provides a damning indictment on the captive predator breeding industry. Read
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Labour Law
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KENNETH COSTER AND SHANE JOHNSON
Essential services refer to those services that, if interrupted, would endanger the life, personal safety or health of the whole or any part of the population. Once a service is declared as an essential service, employees working in such services may not engage in strike action... Read
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With the unemployment rate of economically active South Africans once again rising, and media reports filled with job cuts across industry sectors, companies need to be cognisant of any potential retrenchment mistakes to avoid... Read
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Legislation
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The Prudential Authority (PA) has imposed administrative sanctions on Sasfin Bank for non-compliance with certain provisions of the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) Act... Read
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STEPHEN LABSON
A recent judgement of South Africa's Constitutional Court involving the country's energy regulator signals a new found willingness by the courts to scrutinise the way regulators set prices and tariffs... Read
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Tax Law
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The case of self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, who were arrested by the Hawks earlier this year on charges of fraud and money laundering, has cast the spotlight on tax laws relating to churches and religious institutions, and whether any loopholes that exist are being exploited... Read
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The 2019 Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (TLAB) has been released and contains proposed amendments to certain elements to the Section 12J tax incentive... Read
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ISSUED BY LEXISNEXIS
Legal Aspects of Financing Corporates covers the gamut of legal and taxation implications concerning the financing of corporates and will be of great use to postgraduate students in commercial law, corporate advisors, lawyers, in-house counsel, financial institutions and SARS employees... Read
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"How I Built This" dives into the stories behind growing SME's and the movements they built... Read
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Uganda is aiming to increase international investment in its oil-rich energy sector, with its second oil and gas licensing round for the exploration of five blocks in the Albertine Graben... Read
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WIM DELVA
Many of the disruptive, game-changing innovations that are grounded in data science are intended to improve people's quality of life as well as the efficiency of processes and services... Read
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Kenyan headquartered DPO Group has acquired PayFast for an undisclosed sum in a deal that will give local business owners an easier way to accept payments in 18 African countries... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Ignatius Sehoole, CEO of KPMG SA's honest keynote presentation at the 8th annual CEM Africa Summit was a highlight for many. He said, "We know where we are, we know how we got here, and we have started our journey of renewal. Our ongoing task is to re-establish trust of the SA business community and society." Here's how they're doing so... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Rashid Toefy, deputy director - general: economic operations in the Western Cape government, unpacked their mission of placing the customer at the heart of operations, how the corporate sector and government should collaborate for true shared value, and why they were part of First Thursdays on 1 August... Read
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