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The Guptas' SAA 'mole'
The Guptas' SAA 'mole'
The Gupta family had a man on the inside at state airline South African Airways... read
#WomensMonth is not important
#WomensMonth is not important
[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] “Women's Month is not important if it means we only pay attention to women's issues for 31 days of the year." - Moyin Oloruntoba... read
Corporate & Commercial Law
Online gamblers forfeit R1m winnings to State
Online gamblers forfeit R1m winnings to State
Illegal gamblers have forfeited over R1 million of their winnings to the State, says Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies... read
Europlaw Group expands operations to the Republic of Botswana
Europlaw Group expands operations to the Republic of Botswana

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Europlaw Group, based in the Republic of South Africa and the United Kingdom, is taking its operations to Gaborone, Republic of Botswana... read
KZN farmers, landowners elated after another ruling against fracking
KZN farmers, landowners elated after another ruling against fracking
Following a recent ruling against an application for exploration rights on more than 800,000ha in Northern KZN, farmers and landowners in the province are celebrating another fracking ruling victory, this time in the Midlands region... read
FEDHASA calls for intervention in non-compliance of Airbnb
FEDHASA calls for intervention in non-compliance of Airbnb
FEDHASA CEO, Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa, expressed concern regarding Airbnb's "non-compliance" and called on the government to intervene in order to ensure the online platform becomes industry compliant... read
Immigration & Citizenship Law
Europlaw Group offers diplomatic, embassy and immigration law to foreign embassies in SA
Europlaw Group offers diplomatic, embassy and immigration law to foreign embassies in SA

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Through effective collaboration and facilitation with the Department of International Relations and Cooperation and various foreign embassies, Europlaw is now able to offer the following professional services... read
Renewing general work visas challenging in South Africa
Renewing general work visas challenging in South Africa

Stefanie de Saude

General work visas are proving virtually impossible to renew, since the implementation of the current immigration laws on 26 May 2014, when the Department of Labour took on a more significant role in the process... read
Labour Law
Employment contracts containing disciplinary codes, procedures can be upheld
Employment contracts containing disciplinary codes, procedures can be upheld

Gavin Stansfield and Zola Mcaciso

Employers that incorporate disciplinary codes and procedures into employment contracts will then have to comply with them... read
Warren Moss, founder and CEO of Demographica.
#AfricaMonth: Demographica's Warren Moss on the business of B2B marketing

Leigh Andrews

Warren Moss, founder and CEO of Demographica, was the only judge from Africa in the annual BMA B2 Awards, which recognise the top performing Business to Business (B2B) marketers around the world. He shares tips for success in B2B marketing and how they're now set to empower black-owned agencies in the marketing and communication space... read
Can employers embark on redeployment before retrenchment processes commence?
Can employers embark on redeployment before retrenchment processes commence?

Samantha Bonato and Aadil Patel

The recent case of ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited v NUMSA, unpacked what is meant by avoiding job losses indicating a possible change in section 189 requirements... read
Court finds employer liable for back pay
Court finds employer liable for back pay
The Constitutional Court has ruled that back pay was a judgment debt and therefore not prescribed in the recent case of NUMSA obo Moses Fohlisa & 41 Others/Hendor Mining Supplies... read
Executives need social media contracts
Executives need social media contracts
Executives have cited reputation as one of their top risk factors according to numerous reports. Fake news, fake social media accounts and cyber security are increasing the reputational risk in the digital world... read
Land & Property Law
Permits, permission needed for boreholes
Permits, permission needed for boreholes

Chantelle Gladwin-Wood and Nonhlanhla Ndlohvu

The use of boreholes to supplement, or replace, the conventional municipal supply is becoming more common, however, certain requirements that may vary from municipality to municipality... read
Legislation
Justifying land expropriation - public purpose, public interest
Justifying land expropriation - public purpose, public interest
Section 25(2) of the Constitution sets out the requirements for a lawful expropriation of property, one of which is that the expropriation must be for a public purpose or in the public interest... read
Public Liability
It may be time for Eskom's board to resign or be fired: Pravin Gordhan
It may be time for Eskom's board to resign or be fired: Pravin Gordhan

Linda Ensor

Former finance minister Pravin Gordhan - an MP and a member of the public enterprises committee - said on Tuesday, 23 May, members of the Eskom board "have let SA down more often than not", and the time might have arrived for them to resign or be dismissed... read
Tax Law
Is tax resistance a legit form of revolt?
Is tax resistance a legit form of revolt?

Patricia Williams

At the 2016 Tax Indaba, Sars Commissioner Tom Moyane called for ‘tax morality'... read
Business
Cities may be 8°C hotter by 2100: study
Cities may be 8°C hotter by 2100: study
Under a dual onslaught of global warming and localised, urban heating, some of the world's cities may be as much as 8°C warmer by 2100, researchers warned on Monday, 29 May... read
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The ANC's national executive committee has accepted a proposal for an inquiry into allegations of state capture. https://t.co/sVIJHB5ZQs
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The South African Law Reform Commission is struggling to defend themselves. We are not surprised as they did not... https://t.co/NX3Ks1YQB2
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Whether Citizen Zuma or President Zuma, he still faces Nkandla and corruption charges. https://t.co/9G9V2JfdCD
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Finally a criminal investigation. https://t.co/qAhbyH1D8m
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