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Rights violation charge laid against Zulu king
[Jenni Evans] King Goodwill Zwelithini faces a charge of hate speech and violating human rights by the Western Cape organiser of the SA National Defence Union... read more>>



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Public has access to court documents

Yasmin Kadwa

Court records are public documents. Members of the public now have access to most court documents before the matter has been called in open court... read more>>
Commercial Law
SAICA, IRBA issue guidance on section 90 of Companies Act
A document that provides guidance to registered auditors and chartered accountants on the application of section 90 of the Companies Act, 71 of 2008 has been issued by the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA) and the South African Institute for Chartered Accountants (SAICA)... read more>>
COMESA announces changes to rules and regulations
Following a meeting of the Council of Ministers in Ethiopia, various amendments have been made to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Competition Rules and the COMESA Competition Regulations which came into effect on 26 March 2015... read more>>
Constitutional Court judgement altered operation of in duplum rule

Aarthi Ramdhin and Byron Nicol

On 24 March 2015, the Constitutional Court handed down judgement in the case of Paulsen and Another v Slip Knot Investments 777 Proprietary Limited [2015] ZACC 5, which has altered the position of our law for the past 17 years in relation to the operation of the in duplum rule... read more>>
Labour Law
Labour Law amendments are devastating for business, the workforce, and economy
The newly amended Labour Relations Act will have a devastating impact not only on the national recruitment and staffing industry, but also on the economy and the country's unemployment rate ... read more>>
Employer cannot alter chairperson's decision in a disciplinary hearing

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden

An employer may not take on the right to alter a chairperson's decision in a disciplinary hearing. To do so would be procedurally unfair. Should an employer wish to overturn the chairperson's decision, the employee must be given a fair hearing regarding the possibility of altering the sanction... read more>>
Breaching of timekeeping rule led to unfair dismissal

Lauren Salt and Motheo Mfikoe

The recent judgment of Jordex Agencies v Gugubele N.O[2015] ZALC JHB 87 involved the dismissal of an employee, Joan Msimango (employee), who left the workplace early in order to catch the last bus home. The employer, Jordex Agencies (employer), dismissed the employee because the employee's early departure contravened its timekeeping rule... read more>>
International
Public trust in the web 'eroded', says global cyber commission
THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS: The public's trust in the Internet has been severely eroded by a cloak-and-dagger approach to collecting private data online leaving it open to abuse... read more>>
Geneva bans Uber in latest setback for US firm
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: Authorities in Geneva have banned Uber for breaching local taxi laws but the beleaguered US-based company said on Tuesday it was appealing the order and denied any wrongdoing... read more>>
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Africa
Use of biometrics to monitor attendance of employees

Ammar Oozeer and Arvin Halkhoree

On 9 April 2015 the Information and Communications Technologies Appeal Tribunal in Mauritius handed down a decision in Alteo Limited v Data Protection Office. The Tribunal held that the use of fingerprints for attendance purposes not expressly consented to by the employee was not in compliance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act... read more>>
Taxation of capital gains earned in Mozambique by non-residents

Tânia Santhim

In this article we briefly discuss the taxation of capital gains earned in Mozambique by non-resident taxpayers, with specific focus on the petroleum and mining sectors and the legislation regulating these sectors... read more>>
Constructive dismissal in Botswana

Keolebogile Mugabe

Constructive dismissal is simply a situation when an employer creates such working conditions (or so changes the terms of the employment contract) that the affected employee has no choice but to resign. In such cases the employee retains the right to receive compensation as having been dismissed unfairly... read more>>
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Business
[TrendTalk] How to be a sustainable brand

Louise Marsland

Brands that invest in sustainability programmes ensure their own sustainability. It is as simple as that... read more>>
SME survival guide for loadshedding

Daryl Blundell

Loadshedding is here to stay, so every small business needs to take steps to protect its systems and data when the lights go out as well as from power surges when electricity is restored after an outage... read more>>
Government news
Brown updates SA on electricity shortages
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has called on Eskom's residential and business customers to use energy sparingly as the winter season approaches... read more>>
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