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Khulekani Magubane On Monday, Media Monitoring Africa announced a "legal defence fund" for journalist and author Jacques Pauw to fight legal challenges over his explosive 2017 book, The President's Keepers.read |
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![Tribunal on Judge Motata's conduct begins](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/425692.jpg) | Ernest Mabuza The tribunal investigating the complaints lodged with the Judicial Service Commission into the conduct of retired Judge Nkola Motata began on Wednesday morning when evidence leader Ivy Thenga called the first of two witnesses to testify. read |
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![(c) nyvltart -](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/426034-120x120.jpg?2) | Novus Holdings, previously part of the Naspers Group, looks set to have its third grim year in a row, with reports that it is set to lose the crucial contract to print Media 24's newspapers and magazines to Caxton and a number of small independent printers... read |
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![Attack on chicken import limits revived](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/425784-120x120.jpg?2) | Werner Menges South African poultry producers will be getting another opportunity to mount a legal challenge against the chicken import restriction that was introduced in Namibia as an infant industry protection measure... read |
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![Photo: clbEurope.com](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/425716-120x120.jpg?2) | Linda Ensor Global consultancy McKinsey has strongly denied allegations that it was involved in corrupt efforts to milk Eskom of hundreds of millions of rand... read |
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![Vehicle registration fraud suspects to appear in court](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/426129.jpg) | Nine officials, including vehicle examiners and administration staff appear in court this week on charges of fraud and corruption... read |
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![Canadian man charged over leak of three billion hacked accounts](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/425433.jpg) | An Ontario man made his first court appearance on Monday, 15 January 2018, to answer charges of running a website that collected personal and password data from some three billion accounts, and sold them for profit... read |
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![Start preparing for the pending Carbon Tax Bill](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/426162.jpg) | Seelan Moonsamy The South African National Treasury published the Second Draft Carbon Tax Bill for public comment on 14 December 2017... read |
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![National minimum wage to be reviewed annually](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/426105.jpg) | The national minimum wage will be reviewed on 1 May of each year, in line with government's aim of alleviating poverty in the labour market... read |
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![National Minimum Wage briefing sessions resume](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/425441.jpg) | Briefing and engagement sessions aimed at educating workers about the National Minimum Wage (NMW) policy, which takes effect from 1 May 2018, are set to resume this week... read |
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![How to fill SA's immediate skills gap](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/425838.jpg) | Marisa Jacobs A new report compiled by expatriate solutions provider Xpatweb, titled Critical Skills Survey Results 2017, confirms that local companies are hard pressed to find the right expertise to achieve their corporate goals... read |
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![Maitland slumlord forced to fix up property](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/425451-120x120.jpg?2) | Tariro Washinyira The Maitland house crammed with 52 immigrants who shared one toilet is under renovation, following action taken by the City of Cape Town... read |
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![Landlords or tenants - who has more rights?](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/426101-120x120.jpg?2) | A sentiment frequently expressed by many a frustrated landlord these days is that "tenants have all the rights"... read |
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![Unethical touting and how to avoid becoming a victim](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/425788.jpg) | People who are injured in accidents are warned not to fall victim to 'touts' offering legal services for personal injury claims... read |
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![When schoolyard bullying becomes a lawsuit](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/425489.jpg) | As the new school year starts in earnest this week, parents need to be aware of aware of the potential personal litigation risks that their children could face if they engage in bullying behaviour... read |
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![Sars' 2017 Tax Statistics identifies "PITfalls"](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/425337.jpg) | Des Kruger and Wesley Grimm The 10th annual edition of the tax statistics for South Africa provides data on the key trends in tax revenue collections and highlights the role the tax system plays in contributing to South Africa's fiscal health... read |
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![VAT hike on the cards, but it won't be easy for Gigaba](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/425880.jpg) | Sunita Menon With the budget deficit projected to widen from 3.1% to 4.3% of GDP in the current fiscal year and tax revenue expected to fall R50.8bn short of earlier estimates, the Treasury is gripped by the challenge of finding new income streams. Many citizens believe, or fear, it will find them by raising taxes. read |
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![Disabled people in Africa get a raw deal. What's been done to fix this](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/425736-120x120.jpg?2) | Laura-Stella Enonchong The African Commission has drafted a new protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights that emphasises the importance of the right of people with disability to have equal recognition before the law... read |
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![US state of New Jersey outlaws drunk droning](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/425708.jpg) | NEW YORK, USA: Drunk driving has been a social taboo for decades, but New Jersey has now added drunk droning to the statute books: outlawing the flying of unmanned aircraft after one too many drinks... read |
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![Senate gives final passage to contested surveillance bill](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/425995.jpg) | The US Senate on Thursday gave final congressional approval to a bill extending a fiercely contested program giving national security agencies broad authority to intercept private electronic communications. read |
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