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Workers on strike at Premier’s Mister Sweet factory picketed outside the Department of Labour’s office in Germiston last month to demand a report following an inspection by an official. Archive photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

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Source: © 123rf Vodacom has to pay an administrative fine of R1m after the National Consumer Tribunalfinding on the company’s conduct on fixed-term contracts

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FMF's Khaya Lam initiative grants 10,000 title deeds

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Source: © 123rf The Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI) has been launched by the Competition Commission (Commission)

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Source: © 123rf Jacob Zuma's appeal against journalist Karyn Maughan and advocate Billy Downer has been dismissed with costs by the Supreme Court of Appeal

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Source: © 123rf A medical certificate produced by an employee to justify a period of absence constitutes hearsay evidence, which employers are entitled to challenge

Instances when an employer can query the validity of the medical certificate

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Mauritius is the latest nation to decriminalise same-sex relations in a divided continent

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Tenant eviction in South Africa - What are your rights as landlord?

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Sars and law enforcement unite to crush coal syndicates

13 Oct 2023

City initiates legal action against unauthorised home occupiers

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Asset forfeiture: NPA secures preservation order in R27m PPE case

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SA drops the ball on anti-doping

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SIU welcomes R185m SABC security tender court ruling

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Bester and Magudumana threaten court action to stop book release

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Justice Department launches online service for deceased estates

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DWS withdraws government waterworks draft regulations

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Salba welcomes ruling on duty-free alcohol quotas

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SA recalls UN peacekeepers accused of sexual misconduct in Congo

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Mauritius is the latest nation to decriminalise same-sex relations in a divided continent

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FMF's Khaya Lam initiative grants 10,000 title deeds

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Source: © 123rf The Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI) has been launched by the Competition Commission (Commission)

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Ella Morrison 18 Oct 2023

Compcom probes Meta, X and Google for unfair media practice

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Source: © 123rf Jacob Zuma's appeal against journalist Karyn Maughan and advocate Billy Downer has been dismissed with costs by the Supreme Court of Appeal

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Source: © 123rf A medical certificate produced by an employee to justify a period of absence constitutes hearsay evidence, which employers are entitled to challenge

Instances when an employer can query the validity of the medical certificate

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Source: Grant Smee, managing director of Only Realty Property Group.

Tenant eviction in South Africa - What are your rights as landlord?

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Sars and law enforcement unite to crush coal syndicates

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City initiates legal action against unauthorised home occupiers

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Asset forfeiture: NPA secures preservation order in R27m PPE case

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SA drops the ball on anti-doping

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SIU welcomes R185m SABC security tender court ruling

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Bester and Magudumana threaten court action to stop book release

Bester and Magudumana threaten court action to stop book release

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B-BBEE Commission: How the complaints and investigations procedure works

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Justice Department launches online service for deceased estates

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DWS withdraws government waterworks draft regulations

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Salba welcomes ruling on duty-free alcohol quotas

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Tax Court vs High Court: Differing opinions on tax matter

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Border Management Authority launches

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Importance of child protection clause in cannabis bill

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Striking Simba factory workers picket inside the gates of the company’s premises in Isando because security would not let them out to protest. They were eventually let out a couple of hours later. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro | GroundUp

Simba factory workers down tools over "unfair" transport deductions

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Energy dept welcomes appeal decision for proposed offshore drilling

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Can a sectional title scheme be cancelled?

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ARB says Fear F*kol billboard must be changed or taken down

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Mozambique drops part of 'tuna bonds' claim against shipbuilder Privinvest

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Traffic officer sentenced for accepting a bribe of R200

Traffic officer sentenced for accepting a bribe of R200

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One of the two new rail-mounted stacker reclaimers which scoop up and transfer coal into and out of the yard is seen at Africa's largest coal export facility, the Richards Bay Coal Terminal, 2018. Source: Reuters/Tanisha Heiberg

Thungela says coal terminal workers' strike not impacting exports

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South Africa gives go-ahead for TotalEnergies offshore drilling

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Former SAA chairperson appears in court on fraud, corruption charges

Former SAA chairperson appears in court on fraud, corruption charges

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