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| |  | VALENCIA TALANE Former cabinet minister Malusi Gigaba will get to cross-examine his estranged wife, Noma Mngoma - formerly Gigaba - before the state capture commission on a date still to be decided... Read |  | VALENCIA TALANE Former state security minister David Mahlobo allegedly boasted to members of the State Security Agency (SSA) that he knew intelligence, after only three weeks of training, when he took office in 2014. This was told to the state capture commission on Thursday by secret witness 'Steven'... Read |  | VALENCIA TALANE A second secret witness from the SSA has confirmed to the state capture commission that there were projects housed in the ministry of state security that fell under the chief directorate of special operations... Read |
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 | CHRISTELLE COLMAN Stricter enforcement of driving regulations is to also be welcomed from an insurance perspective... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM We called and you responded, and there's still time to come on board to sponsor #YouthMatters - the exclusive editorial interview series, profiling promising young South Africans on Biz this June... Read |
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 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS Bronwyn Williams has just finished reading Hustling, Happiness and a Blow-Up Doll Named Percy by Dale Hefer... Read |
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 | WENDELL ROELF & MFUNEKO TOYANA, A corruption case against former South African president Jacob Zuma and French company Thales related to a $2bn arms deal was adjourned on Monday to 26 May Read |
| Environmental Law |
 | TIM COCKS South Africa's failure to tackle toxic levels of air pollution produced by burning coal is a violation its post-Apartheid constitution, activists and a UN rights expert said in court on Monday... Read |
 | The purpose of the Green Paper is to establish a clear policy foundation that will enable the country to coordinate a long-term strategy... Read |
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 | TARIRO WASHINYIRA Western Cape High Court acting judge Alma de Wet has ordered the prompt re-opening of the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office, which has been closed since 2012... Read |
 | DR CLAIRE WESTMAN The socio-political and developmental health of a nation can be determined by the lived experiences of, and rights afforded to, the most marginalised... Read |
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 | The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) says it will oppose a court application brought by trade union Solidarity, as a way to force it to reverse its decision to second Cuban engineers in the country... Read |
| Legislation |
 | ARIANA ISSAIAS AND DOMINIC INDOKHOMI The regulatory net is closing on Kenya's fintech industry. Fintech is one of the least regulated segments of the country's financial services sector, but the industry's unregulated days are numbered... Read |
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 | LISA SWAINE AND WENDY TEMBEDZA Hospitality players waiting for the big travel surge should use this time to ensure that they understand the requirements of the PoPIA within their industry... Read |
| Medical Law |
 | VANESSA ROGERS Accurate recordkeeping, informed consent and professional front-office support are essential for mitigating the risks for claims of malpractice against doctors.... Read |
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 | The goal was to create a commercial iteration of the beverage to be bottled and made available in Southern Africa, where it's previously only been consumed at family gatherings of Africa's diaspora... Read |
 | Africa's underinvested youth are in need of urgent attention and youth entrepreneurship investment banks must become the focus of global support... Read |
 | EMMANUEL MOGAJI In developing economies, many people are excluded in various ways from financial services.Including them is necessary for three main reasons... Read |
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 | The Top 50 most valuable South African brands were initially forecasted to lose over R65bn in cumulative brand value (15%) during the pandemic. However, resolve and resilience have meant the Top 50 have only recorded a 2% (R8.8bn) decrease in cumulative brand value... Read |
 | OLIVIA KUMWENDA-MTAMBO & TANISHA HEIBERG South Africa's rand firmed on Thursday after the central bank kept lending rates unchanged, but said it would not hesitate to tighten policy to contain rising prices... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Pardon Makumbe, co-founder and managing partner of CRE Venture Capital, chats about the challenges of raising capital in Africa and shares advice on crossing the bridge to the US... Read |
 | AKHONA MATSHOBA & SHAFIEK TASSIEM Hope and excitement gripped the Munsieville care home in the South African mining city of Krugersdorp on Monday, when people over the age of 60 were called to receive the Covid-19 vaccine for the first time... Read |
 | AMROTE ABDELLA With all the challenges that the Covid-19 pandemic has presented to Africa, there are many exciting changes afoot... Read |
 | Accessing retirement saving early to cover the shortfall and stopping retirement savings altogether are two of the alarming trend emerging in a Transunion survey. Read |
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