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President Zuma appoints members to law commission
President Jacob Zuma has appointed Professors Annet Wanyana Oguttu and Marita Carnelly as members of the South African Law Reform Commission... read more>>



Administration
Taxman's turmoil bodes ill for SARS
Over the past few weeks, SARS has been rocked by claims of a rogue unit, a brothel and a series of suspensions and resignations... read more>>
Commercial Law
Draft Competition guidelines published for public comment

Naasha Loopoo

Section 79(1) of the Competition Act, No 89 of 1998, empowers the Competition Commission to prepare guidelines to support its policy approach on matters within its jurisdiction. read more>>
Cyber Law
FPB wants to classify all online content...
NEWSWATCH: That's what the Film and Publication Board wants... and it's making ICT experts uneasy, reports Mail & Guardian... read more>>
Labour Law
Amendment Act aims to streamline labour environment

Aadil Patel

On 1 January 2015 the Labour Relations Amendment Act, No.6 of 2014 (LRAA), will take effect - with the exception of s37(c) - and South African businesses will have to comply with the new obligations created in the Act... read more>>
National minimum wage increase not the answer, says Agri SA
"It would be extremely short sighted, if not inhumane, not to acknowledge the desperate situation many fellow South Africans find themselves in," says Johannes Möller, President of Agri SA... read more>>
Ellen... Pay back the money
SABC must reject Tshabalala's R1m claim for legal fees says DA's Gavin Davis... read more>>
Tshabalala out, at last
NEWSWATCH: SABC chair Ellen Tshabalala, found guilty of misconduct and lying, has finally resigned from her position... (videos) read more>>
Fears over SARS purge as ructions deepen
Ructions at the South African Revenue Service (SARS) deepened as another top official resigned and disciplinary charges were instituted against two officials... read more>>
Land & Property Law
Ruined by city council

Sipho Masombuka and Penwell Dlamini

Two years ago international shoe distributor PhindiK was a success story - but now the South African couple behind the venture have 'lost everything'... read more>>
Ed-U-College to know fate on Monday

Lee-Anne Butler

Port Elizabeth independent school Ed-U-College will learn its fate on Monday, 22 December, when the Port Elizabeth High Court is expected to make an order in its urgent application to prevent its eviction from two Transnet- owned buildings... read more>>
TV
SABC: Ha Ha... Not!
NEWSWATCH: 'So you work for the SABC? So where's your Matric certificate?' ... SABC staffers have been the butt of jokes around the braai since their former Chair claimed to have a degree or two, reports Mail & Guardian... read more>>
International
Chinese paper blames Google over Gmail blocking
BEIJING, CHINA: Internet giant Google's unwillingness to obey Chinese law is to blame for the shutdown of its hugely popular email service, state-run media said on Tuesday... read more>>
Australian journalist marks a year in Egyptian jail
CAIRO, EGYPT / SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Australian Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste marks a year in prison in Egypt today, with Foreign Minister Julie Bishop downplaying hopes that he will be released before a 1 January appeal... read more>>
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Africa
Baa-a-d-d sheep... Egypt slammed for 'sham trial'
NEWSWATCH: Three Al Jazeera journalists imprisoned in Egypt are to be retried. Their original trial (the 'evidence' included footage of sheep and horses) has been slammed as a sham by international media and the international community... read more>>
Egypt court to hear jailed Jazeera reporters' appeal
CAIRO, EGYPT: Egypt's top court hears an appeal today by three jailed Al-Jazeera journalists as expectations of their release grew amid a thawing of Cairo's ties with Qatar, the channel's base... read more>>
More Africa
Government
ANC top brass 'pushed Zuma' to ditch SABC boss Ellen Tshabalala

Bianca Capazorio and Sibongakonke Shoba

The ANC's hand in the resignation of Ellen Tshabalala from the SABC is shown in minutes of a meeting of the party's top decision-making body... read more>>
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