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Home Affairs kick-starts dialogue on new marriage policy

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BizTrends 2020: Make the vision Towards Africa 2020 possible

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Last of VBS Mutual Bank's executives now sequestered

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The pitfalls of confessing to past environmental law transgressions

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Donor funding to NPA to be managed by approved framework

Donor funding to NPA to be managed by approved framework

28 Aug 2019

Liquid, hazardous waste now prohibited from landfill disposal

Liquid, hazardous waste now prohibited from landfill disposal

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Tenant-landlord relationship - unravelling the fine print

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Takeaways from the Limpopo medico-legal symposium

Takeaways from the Limpopo medico-legal symposium

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Criminal Procedures Act revamped to make it victim-centred

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No mandatory requirement for South Africans to join NHI

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