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Impact of proposed Bill on foreign land ownership
[Ronel Straughan] In President Jacob Zuma's 2015 State of the Nation address, delivered on 12 February 2015, he indicated that 'foreign nationals' will no longer be allowed to own certain types of land in South Africa... read more>>



Legal
Unreasonable delays can prejudice taxpayers

Graeme Palmer

In a recent judgment, Ackermans Limited v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (SARS), the Gauteng High Court was asked to review and set aside a SARS decision to raise additional assessments... read more>>
A lesson on human rights literacy
Professor Cornelia Roux's research proves that there is a difference between knowing what one's human rights are and internalising human rights values... read more>>
Commercial Law
ASA ruling favours NGOs
The recent ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (ASA), in favour of Gun Free South Africa, sets an important precedent for NGOs using advertising for advocacy purposes... read more>>
Criminal Law
Criminal libel has no place in law books

Anton Harber

He has made it his mission 'to expose, through my investigations, the scourge of corruption, which is robbing (Angola) of billions of dollars a year': journalist and human rights activist Rafael Marques de Morais... read more>>
Labour Law
Law protects HIV-positive employees

Fadia Arnold

South African courts have been unanimous in their findings that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive employees and prospective employees are thoroughly protected by the law from unfair discrimination... read more>>
Video evidence in arbitration proceedings must be authentic and relevant

Jacques van Wyk

In terms of section 138(1) of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 (as amended) a "commissioner may conduct the arbitration in a manner that the commissioner considers appropriate in order to determine the dispute fairly and quickly, but must deal with the substantial merits of the dispute with the minimum of legal formalities"... read more>>
Employers must examine internal whistle-blowing procedures

Fiona Leppan and Nick Wright

Whistle-blowing is defined as raising a concern about wrongdoing within an organisation. The Protected Disclosures Act, No 26 of 2000 (PDA), was enacted to protect whistle-blowers and to help combat corruption... read more>>
The Table Bay goes for Level 2 BBBEE
The Table Bay at Cape Town's Victoria & Alfred Waterfront has embraced the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) objective of its holding company, Sun International, to achieve Level 2 BBBEE status... read more>>
Law Practice
BGAG provides R15.5m worth of pro bono work
For the financial year ending 28 February 2015, South African lawyers from Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group (BGAG) provided 8,609 hours of pro bono legal services, to a rand value of over R15,5 million. read more>>
International
Europe's rights body raps France for blocking jihad sites
STRASBOURG, FRANCE: Europe's top rights body took aim at France on Thursday for blocking websites accused of condoning terrorism... read more>>
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Government news
R2K: Parliament needs to rein in its rogue secret committee!
Murray Hunter, national spokesperson for the Right2Know Campaign says R2K is outraged to learn that Parliament's intelligence committee, the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence, has gone ahead in secret to interview candidates for the 'spy ombud', the Inspector General of Intelligence... read more>>
DA requests parliamentary inquiry into Hope Zinde allegations
The DA has written to the chair of the Communications Portfolio Committee, Joyce Moloi-Moropa, requesting a parliamentary inquiry into allegations against SABC Board Member Hope Zinde... read more>>
Jamming was to stop drones, says Mahlobo
State Security Minister David Mahlobo this week insisted that the jamming device used in Parliament during the state of the nation address was designed to stop the operation of drones in parliamentary air space, and prevent cellphones being used as triggers for explosive devices. read more>>
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