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Home Affairs welcomes border management Bill
Home Affairs welcomes border management Bill
The Border Management Authority Bill was passed by the National Assembly on Friday, 9 June 2017... read
Corporate & Commercial Law
Dti publishes retroactive notice on registration of Major B-BBEE Transactions
Dti publishes retroactive notice on registration of Major B-BBEE Transactions

Verushca Pillay

The dti has published a notice setting out the final thresholds for registration of Major B-BBEE Transactions... read
Investors need clarity on BEE regulatory framework
Investors need clarity on BEE regulatory framework

Morné van der Merwe and Janine Howard

In recent years, a lack of certainty regarding Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) has arisen, because of changes in the regulatory framework, which saw BBBEE becoming more stringent and placing a greater emphasis on ownership... read
Criminal Law
Tax fraud charges back on the roll
Tax fraud charges back on the roll

Kathryn Kimberley

Tax fraud charges have been reinstated against suspected gang boss Shaun Ah Shene, just five months after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) opted to withdraw the criminal case... read
Environmental Law
Komati Power Station. Photo: Eskom
Eskom blames renewables for closures

Melissa Fourie and Robyn Hugo

Eskom's supposed reasons for shutting down five of its oldest coal-power plants mask an ulterior motive... read
Labour Law
Cross-examination a fundamental procedural aspect of fair arbitration
Cross-examination a fundamental procedural aspect of fair arbitration

Mohsina Chenia and Piet Joubert

Despite the onus on a commissioner to deal with arbitration disputes quickly and with minimum legal formalities, there are certain procedural requirements that may not be dispensed with and may result in an arbitration award being set aside... read
High Court bars Brian Molefe from reporting for work
High Court bars Brian Molefe from reporting for work

Genevieve Quintal

The High Court in Pretoria has granted an order brought by the DA and EFF that prevents Brian Molefe from reporting for work at Eskom while his Labour Court matter is pending... read
Mineworkers Provident Fund fails in prescription plea, pays 10% penalty
Mineworkers Provident Fund fails in prescription plea, pays 10% penalty
The complainant (name withheld to protect identity of a minor child) brought a complaint against the Mineworkers Provident Fund (respondent) over the non-payment of the death benefit, following the death of the respondent's member... read
Land & Property Law
Keeping pets remains difficult under Sectional Title rules
Keeping pets remains difficult under Sectional Title rules
For those living in a sectional title scheme, there are certain new rules to be read together with the Sectional Title Act, which owners and residents must abide by. The keeping of pets has retained its number one spot... read
Body corporates need to protect funds
Body corporates need to protect funds
All sectional title schemes are obliged to have two separate funds: a day-to-day administrative fund and a reserve fund and these funds need to be protected and invested wisely to guard the viability of the property... read
Law Practice
Registration for the PALU conference now open
Legislation
Sugar tax under fire from producers, unions and business
Sugar tax under fire from producers, unions and business
Cosatu, Busa and Sasasay introducing a sugar tax should be delayed as it will have a negative effect on employment in the industry... read
Trump and the politics of healthcare
Trump and the politics of healthcare

Evan McCulloch

In March, the US House of Representatives bill to replace the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) essentially stalled... read
Medical Law
Genesis wins case on accounting for use of medical savings funds
Genesis wins case on accounting for use of medical savings funds
Genesis has won its legal battle with the Council of Medical Schemes over how to account for the funds in members' medical savings accounts... read
Aaron Motsoaledi, SA minister of health. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy, M&G
The real reason SA's doctors won't deliver your baby

Aaron Motsoaledi

Medico-legal litigation has exploded... read
Tax Law
Greater tax incentives needed for education
Greater tax incentives needed for education

Patricia Williams

In the past, there has been a significant increase in taxpayers voicing their belief that a tax revolt is the correct way to deal with the current crisis of confidence in government. However, despite higher taxes on individual taxpayers, it is not the quantum of tax that is of substantial concern but how tax collections are used... read
Business
Futurist Graeme Codrington on leading in a changing world
Futurist Graeme Codrington on leading in a changing world
Futurist, strategist, author and academic, Graeme Codrington, addressed the Western Cape Chapter of the SACSC... read
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