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Shoprite Investments Limited has lost its appeal against the National Consumer Tribunal's ruling that it recklessly granted credit. The retail giant's appeal was dismissed with costs by the Pretoria High Court on 18 December 2019. read
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LUCAS NOWICKI
The Makhanda High Court, on Tuesday morning, ordered the Makana municipality to be dissolved and placed under administration for violating its constitutional mandate by failing to provide basic services to the community... Read
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Competition Law
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JAC MARAIS, MIA DE JAGER AND KAMEEL PANCHAM
As we gear up for the new year and the return to school for children across the country, we take a look at the intended effects of the Competition Commission's investigation into the pricing of school uniform and the subsequent agreements signed before the Competition Tribunal in 2019... Read
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Corporate & Commercial Law
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ISSUED BY LEXISNEXIS
Corporate corruption scandals are an organisation's worst nightmare, as the ensuing consequences are difficult to detach from once they have been uncovered... Read
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ISSUED BY LEXISNEXIS
How do you know what governance, risk and compliance system is best for your business?... Read
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ISSUED BY LEXISNEXIS
The three major types of due diligence are legal, commercial and financial and it is wise to follow a checklist when gathering any such information... Read
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Labour Law
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ZOË POSTMAN
The case of about 200 former Ekurhuleni municipal workers who claim that they should have been made permanent employees was heard at the Labour Court in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on Tuesday... Read
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FAAN COETZEE
South Africa has 13 official public holidays and in 2020, enjoys 14 as one falls on a Sunday. Employers should consider the effect on the workplace and implement measures to address the impact on work... Read
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GRAEME PALMER
Are expenses incurred in maintaining a content and motivated workforce part of the costs of a taxpayer's income-producing operations...? Read
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Law Practice
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ISSUED BY LEXISNEXIS
Defined as taking the next step forward, one that perpetually propels towards an outcome, next-gen solutions may be what legal practitioners need to embrace to succeed... Read
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Legislation
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Although there are still no clear indicators as to when the long-awaited Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPI) will come into force, there have been some recent PoPI related developments... Read
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LIZEL OBERHOLZER
The recently published draft Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill will bring greater policy certainty and a stable investment environment for South African oil and gas exploration and production... Read
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Medical Law
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SANDRA SITHOLE
In a recent landmark judgment, MSM obo KBM v The Member of the Executive Council for Health, Gauteng Provincial Government, the Gauteng High Court handed down a ruling in December 2019 in which it developed the common law to allow for payment of future damages by providing services instead of money in certain medical negligence cases involving State hospitals... Read
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When it comes to energy, it's not just the traditional advocates of renewable energy that are leading the way, it is the world's major emerging economies such as China and India that are driving this clean energy transition... Read
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DANESH RANCHHOD
It would be remiss to paint the African continent with one brush as many countries are at varying stages of their own macro and political cycles... Read
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ZAK SIVALINGUM
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is the subject of much excitement and debate at the moment. All but one of the 55 countries making up the continent have signed the agreement... Read
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On 6 January 2020, South Africans learned of the passing of Dr Richard Maponya, a legendary business icon and activist. Here are four leadership lessons we can learn from "the grandfather of black business"... Read
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ZYAAN DAVIDS ANTER
Companies spent an estimated R10.2bn on corporate social investment (CSI) in South Africa in 2019 - a 5% year-on-year increase in nominal terms (2018: R9.7bn), but flat when taking inflation into account, reflecting a subdued economy... Read
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CECILE FERONT & STEPHANIE BERTELS
With the recent flood of pledges by investors to "turn up the heat" on climate action, one might think that the investment industry was in the midst of a profound shift. If only that were the case... Read
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Self-improvement is about developing healthy habits - including ways to improve your career path... Read
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STEFAN JACOBS
Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) has come a long way from the days of manual catalogues and vast spreadsheets detailing the inventory of an organisation... Read
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