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 | GARYN RAPSON, PAULA-ANN NOVOTNY AND EMMA BLEEKER Government's rationale for extending the EPR scope is predominantly informed by the historic approach which has been at play in the market until now, under voluntary industry-driven schemes... Read |
| Cyber Law |
 | JOHN DE VILLIERS, ISSUED BY LEXISNEXIS As we well know, the volume of data being generated is growing rapidly. eDiscovery involves almost all information capable of being stored electronically, across multiple formats... Read |
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 | LIZLE LOUW, SHANE JOHNSON AND JUSTIN DE WET The Labour Appeal Court has ruled that employees can be dismissed for carrying weapons during a strike and it is reasonable to expect them to know that this is a dismissible offence... Read |
 | LISA-ANNE KING Covid-19 has had a devastating effect on the global economy, and in this context we'll consider the enforceability of a restraint of trade agreement during the pandemic... Read |
| Land & Property Law |
 | LISA TONINI Many owners of a unit in sectional title schemes, especially those schemes opened before 7 October 2016, remain confused as to which body corporate rules apply to their scheme... Read |
 | The impact of mining operations on rural communities is a contentious issue in South Africa. There is also concern about the manner in which communities are consulted about mining on their land... Read |
| Law Practice |
 | Companies should be actively encouraging employees to blow the whistle on corporate issues, ethics or concerning behaviour, without fear of risk or harassment, because an effective whistle-blowing programme is of immense value to the business... Read |
 | Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has welcomed the Pretoria High Court judgment suspending warrants of execution and attachments against the Road Accident Fund (RAF)... Read |
 | LOUISE WOODBURN When it comes to health and safety laws, there is a belief that this is only applicable to high-risk industries. However, OHSA actually applies to every single business... Read |
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 | The Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure will on Thursday start a four-day public consultation programme in Mpumalanga to gather public input on the Expropriation Bill... Read |
 | Amendments to South Africa's Plastic Carrier Bags and Plastic Flat Bags Regulations have been published in the Government Gazette for implementation... Read |
| Tax Law |
 | KAREN MILLER AND JOON CHONG A recent decision by the Tax Appeals Tribunal of Kenya has provided much needed clarity on withholding tax payable by South African residents providing services to Kenyan entities... Read |
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 | NJ AYUK If someone were to put me on the spot and ask me to name an environmentalist group, I'd probably blurt out the first thing that comes to mind, Greenpeace... Read |
 | DALINDYEBO SHABALALA The world has a Covid-19 vaccine access problem: Almost half of all doses administered so far have been in Europe and North America, while many poorer countries have vaccinated less than than 1% of their populations... Read |
 | Coca-Cola system's 5by20 women empowerment programme has equipped 2 million women entrepreneurs in Africa... Read |
 | The Women of Music Business (Womb) is set to launch a new 'masterclass' training programme in partnership with Sony Music Africa. The training programme aims to support women working in the African music industry... Read |
 | AI Expo Africa is set to have its biggest edition this year as 4,600 delegates and several international and local sponsors have already registered to attend... Read |
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 | SINDY PETERS Emergency relief efforts are under way in Cape Town after a runaway fire destroyed parts of the Rhodes Memorial restaurant and caused unknown damage to... Read |
 | SHAN RADCLIFFE UCT's library has been destroyed and students evacuated after the fire that started on the slopes of Table Mountain near Rhodes Memorial yesterday spread onto the Rondebosch campus... Read |
 | The AA predicts that if the global fuel price and Rand stay on a similar trajectory until the end of the month, there's a chance of a fuel price decrease for May... Read |
 | The South African Department of Health has put the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine on hold temporarily, while it investigates a possible link between the jab and a rare blood clot disorder... Read |
 | NUNU NTSHINGILA Ways of working that go back decades were dismantled overnight in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic took hold of the world. South Africa was no exception... Read |
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