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 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS Over the past few weeks Bronwyn Williams has been reading Iraq + 100, stories from a century after the invasion... Read |
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 | The Competition Commission has recommended to the Competition Tribunal that the proposed takeover of Pepkor's hardware company The Building Company by Cashbuild be prohibited... Read |
 | The Competition Commission has conditionally approved the proposed merger and acquisition of Cardtronics by NCR... Read |
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 | Nico Swart, general manager of Richards Bay Minerals, was killed in a hail of bullets early on Monday morning, but police are still finding a motive to the murder... Read |
 | TIM COCKS AND WENDELL ROELF South Africa's former leader Jacob Zuma pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering charges relating to a $2 billion arms deal when he was deputy president... Read |
 | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has welcomed a Special Tribunal order dismissing an application for leave to appeal by former Transnet executive Herbert Msagala and his Trusts... Read |
 | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has been granted a preservation order to freeze the bank accounts and assets of 14 service providers implicated in the Gauteng Education Department's R431 million schools decontamination project... Read |
| Cyber Law |
 | MAISON SAMUELS Chatbots have been created to streamline customer engagement. However, given the quantity of personal information which a chatbot may acquire, how do you ensure that your chatbot is PoPIA compliant...? Read |
| Labour Law |
 | NOKULUNGA MAJOLA Workers under the banner of South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu) went on strike in Durban on Thursday... Read |
 | AHLISHA YESMARIAM The impact of global travel restrictions has heightened the attention businesses are giving to their mobile workforce strategies... Read |
| Law of Succession |
 | ALEX SIMEONIDES King Goodwill Zwelithini, King of the Zulu nation, passed away earlier this year after ruling for more than 53 years on the throne. His passing has set off a series of dramatic events that are still playing out in the public eye, and in the courts... Read |
| Law Practice |
 | The recently opened Durban Point Magistrate's Court will be the first in the country where domestic violence survivors can apply for a protection order online... Read |
 | Law students are invited to apply for Baker McKenzie's mentorship programme, which will take place online from 7 September - 22 October 2021... Read |
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 | KESIREE MARI & DANIEL BAINES The changes made to income tax regulation from 1 March 2020, regarding the exemption provided to South African tax residents working outside the country has a big impact on employees and their South African employers... Read |
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 | Dream VC, a remote venture capital upskilling institute, has launched a new fellowship programme dedicated to providing more access and opportunities to traditionally under-represented individuals in the African venture capital space... Read |
 | TANISHA HEIBERG Gold miner AngloGold Ashanti said on Wednesday it would suspend its annual production and cost guidance for its Ghanaian Obuasi mine after operations were suspended when a miner went missing... Read |
 | JOHN LUIZ For all its stutters and missteps, there can be little argument that the European Union (EU) has largely lived up to its ambitious billing: to create stability and growth on a continent... Read |
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 | JOHANNES MASITENG Wesgro has partnered with FinFind to develop a Fund Matchmaking Portal aimed at making access to finance for startups and SMMEs easier... Read |
 | IMRAN SALIE The Automobile Association (AA) is forecasting that petrol users are set for some month-end relief at the pumps... Read |
 | GARY ALLEMANN With a month to go before the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA) comes into effect on 1 July, companies that have left their compliance programm to the last minute can follow these steps... Read |
 | South Africa has moved to Adjusted Alert Level 2 today to combat the rising number of Covid-19 infections in some regions of the country... Read |
 | The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is conducting a study into the feasibility, desirability and appropriateness of a central bank digital currency (CBDC)... Read |
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