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We've done it! We've reached the end of the year and it's just about time to celebrate yet another year done and dusted. From all of us here at Bizcommunity.com, to all of you - our loyal readers, subscribers, partners, and clients - a hearty best wishes to you all and to those dear to you.

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Photographer wants R20m from GCIS for unlawful distribution of Madiba image
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Act protects citizens against noise pollution

Michali Zachariou and Chantelle Gladwin

Noise is a natural consequence of whatever we do. It forms part of our everyday lives and, we often just tolerate it. However, noise has the capacity to cause conflict between those who are generating it and those who are victims of it... read more>>
Act deems signed email as a signed contract

Aslam Moosajee

In one of the most important judgments on contract law in recent years, the Supreme Court of Appeal found that the exchange of emails by parties to a contract with each of the parties typing their first names at the end of the emails was sufficient to cancel a contract which could only be cancelled in writing signed by both parties... read more>>
WEF identifies Bridgett Majola as Global Shaper
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has identified Bridgett Majola, a senior associate in the Finance and Banking practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, as a World Economic Forum Global Shaper... read more>>
Commercial Law
Formal complaint against SAPO lodged with ICASA
Specialist magazine publishers have lodged a formal complaint with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) against the South African Post Office (SAPO), for breaching its licence conditions... read more>>
Billboard a springboard for more vigorous consumer activism

Natascha van Vuuren

If you Google 'consumer activism SA' you will not find many examples, other than complaints on sites like hellopeter.com. This is not surprising, as South African consumers are notoriously complacent. read more>>
Criminal Law
SA marks Anti-Corruption Day
South Africa has joined the international community in commemorating the 2014 International Anti-Corruption Day... read more>>
Cyber Law
Cyber attacks to worsen in 2015: McAfee researchers
WASHINGTON, US: A series of spectacular cyber attacks drew headlines this year, and the situation will only worsen in 2015... read more>>
Environmental Law
Green skeletons: corporate social responsibility advances

Neil Kirby

The term 'corporate governance', and possibly the term 'corporate social responsibility', is bandied about in commercial circles with an air of confidence that is most beguiling... read more>>
Labour Law
Strikes drive officials back to school
Violent and costly strike action, a lack of discipline in the public education sector and the effectiveness of minimum service agreements for public servants were the topics of choice for three prominent office bearers who graduated from NMMU... read more>>
International
EU quizzes Google rivals in stalled anti-trust case
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: The EU's new anti-trust regulators have asked Google's rivals for fresh information before taking forward a sensitive four-year probe into the US Internet giant's activities, competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Thursday... read more>>
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