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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM While your competition might be slowing down, the fourth quarter allows you the element of surprise, finish 2020 strong and in pole position for the first quarter of 2021... Read |
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 | PAULA SARTINI Paula Sartini, founder and CEO at BrandQuantum International writes that privacy management is critical, not only as a compliance tool for legal and compliance practitioners but also as a tool for building trust with customers... Read |
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 | RUSSEL MULAMULA AND DR SIMO LUSHABA Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more popular and powerful. Its application is gaining preference in everyday used processes and operations. It uses algorithms that require less human monitoring and supervision. This brings into question the issue of responsibilities and accountability for such decisions... Read |
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 | MERLENE ENGELBRECHT The UKIPO said that the name Nosecco would evoke the image of the increasingly popular geographical indication (GI) Prosecco in consumers' minds... Read |
| Labour Law |
 | JOHAN BOTES Employers use limited duration contracts (LDCs) to create certainty and limit legal risk in respect of staffing solutions. Appointing an employee for a fixed period or defined project allows an employer to plan for the employee's exit in advance. But what happens when the work is not completed by the end date...? Read |
 | SIBUSISO DUBE Following the death of George Floyd in the USA, there has been increased global attention on the #BlackLivesMatter (BLM) Movement. Recently, we have witnessed various sporting codes encouraging those involved to take the knee before the commencement of an event in solidarity with the BLM Movement... Read |
| Law of Succession |
 | ALEX SIMEONIDES, ISSUED BY CAPITAL LEGACY More than 75% of South Africans pass away without a valid Will in place, causing devastating consequences for their families and dependants. To help combat this statistic, the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) promotes National Wills week, every year, and participating attorneys offer their Will-drafting services for basic Wills at no cost to clients... Read |
 | TANIA BROUGHTON Jane Bwanya, a former domestic worker who was "swept off her feet" six years ago by a relatively wealthy businessman, has succeeded in changing the provisions of the Intestate Succession Act, which had barred unmarried partners in a heterosexual union from inheriting... Read |
| Law Practice |
 | JAMES STENT Judge Judith Roberson handed down a scathing judgment in the Eastern Cape High Court against the Department of Social Development on Thursday... Read |
| Legislation |
 | National Treasury is soliciting public comments on the second draft of the Conduct of Financial Institutions (Cofi) Bill, which was published on Monday... Read |
 | The Police Ministry has welcomed Cabinet's approval of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Amendment Bill... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY LEXISNEXIS The first period for filing of carbon tax returns opened on 1 October 2020, and will close on 29 October, at 3pm. During that limited timeframe, carbon taxpayers are required to file their initial tax returns, using SARS eFiling, and pay carbon tax liability for operating emissions of greenhouse gas between 1 June and 31 December 2019... Read |
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 | Orange has announced the launch of its online training platform "Orange Campus Africa" in partnership with the Virtual University of Senegal (UVS) during GSMA Thrive Africa. Hosted at its data centre in Côte d'Ivoire, it was designed to bring together content from renowned partners in education and training in one place... Read |
 | The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in August showing that improvement remains slow amid insufficient capacity... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Shruti Dowlath, founder of UnifySA, has been named UCT Shark Tank 2020 winner... Read |
 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS Bronwyn Williams explores twin phenomena social cooling and preference falsification and Terry Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment, a story in which it is slowly revealed that all the main characters are lying to each other, all pretending to be someone they are not in order to fit in with a group standard that doesn't even exist... Read |
 | JUSTIN BROWN The Covid-19 pandemic and the nationwide lockdown have deepened inequality, especially in the job market and in education, according to a major survey released on Wednesday, 30 September... Read |
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