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 | JOHAN BOTES Is it fair to dismiss an employee who came to work, knowing that he was exposed to Covid-19? Absolutely, said the Labour Court in a recent judgment... read |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM We invite you to join us in celebrating Africa Month and matters - its stakeholders and stories - in the areas of business leadership, trade, technologies, arts, culture and brands... Read |
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 | Eskom's senior coal procurement manager, Petrus Mazibuko, has been suspended on suspicion of corruption involving millions... Read |
 | The SCA has dismissed with costs the appeal by Ronald and Darren Bobroff against an order of the North Gauteng High Court granting the permanent forfeiture of more than R103 million... Read |
| Environmental Law |
 | ROBYN HUGO To hear President Ramaphosa's address to the Virtual Leaders' Summit on Climate Change, you'd think SA was going "above and beyond" when it comes to... Read |
| Intellectual Property Law |
 | SIÁN FIELDS With PoPIA soon coming into effect, are employees who use their personal devices for work purposes - and their employers - violating its rules? Potentially yes... Read |
 | President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the US's support for a temporary and targeted waiver of intellectual property protections that apply to Covid-19 vaccines... Read |
 | HUGH MELAMDOWITZ In 2015, the 9th Circuit Court ruled that Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke's song, "Blurred Lines", infringed on Marvin Gaye's 1977 "Got to Give It Up"... Read |
 | ZELDEEN MULLER The challenges that must be met for legal compliance with PoPIA in South Africa may include the signing of documents remotely using digital signatures... Read |
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| Labour Law |
 | JACQUES VAN WYK AND ANDRE VAN HEERDEN Are employers, who issue provisional ultimatums to employees who participate in unprotected strike action, legally allowed to dismiss employees who comply with the ultimatum...? Read |
 | NIVAANI MOODLEY, SHANE JOHNSON, CAMERON RAJOO, JULIAN JONES AND CAELLYN EEDES In a recent judgment, the Labour Court found that it did not have jurisdiction to determine review proceedings for a liquidated company if the person who instituted the legal proceedings failed to deliver the necessary notice to the liquidators... Read |
| Land & Property Law |
 | The Constitutional Court has dismissed the appeal by Kingsley Jack Whiteaway Seale, Ontspan Bellegings (Pty) Ltd, HI Frank Components (Pty) Ltd, and Schoemansville Ouwerklub over the ownership and control of some parts of Hartbeespoort Dam and its surrounding areas... Read |
| Medical Law |
 | South Africa's proposal to waiver specific Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (Trips) obligations related to the manufacturing of Covid-19 vaccines is now supported by over 100 countries... Read |
 | Commonly held views on cerebral palsy are being challenged by a new paper recently published in the South African Medical Journal, which suggests that the causes of this condition may be far more complex and multi-faceted... Read |
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 | AfricArena will be hosting the Southern Africa Summit, taking place from 19-20 May, at Workshop 17 in Johannesburg. The two-day conference will feature pitches from 20+ startups operating in southern Africa, between Seed stage and Growth stage... Read |
 | MELISSA MBAZO-EKPENYONG According to the World Bank, Africa is the only region in the world with more female than male entrepreneurs. One in four African women start or manage a business, many of them in the informal sector... Read |
 | Facebook is inviting community leaders from South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria to apply for the 2021 Facebook Community Accelerator Program... Read |
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 | The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) is hosting the fourth cohort of its flagship AWIEF Growth Accelerator, sponsored by Nedbank, and is now calling for applications... Read |
 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS Bronwyn Williams spends a lot of time reading, thinking and talking about leadership - what makes leaders effective, what makes them loved and what inspires people to follow someone else into an unknown future... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Allen Taylor, part of the global leadership team at Endeavor, shares insight into the global trends, funding in emerging markets and the rise of Africa... Read |
 | The One Club for Creativity has urged agencies, brands, ad schools, and other organisations around the world to help support workplace equity by signing its new Paid Internship Pledge... Read |
 | The inaugural Commonwealth Women's Entrepreneurship Summit is reportedly the first global event to focus on women in emerging tech sectors... Read |
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 | MIRANDA LUSIBA The Covid-19 period has taught me a lot about the importance of collaboration. I've always valued teamwork when I was still employed; but noticed that because most of us SMMEs that are 'one-man shows' - we tend to prefer to work in silos... Read |
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