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Former Gauteng health MEC, Qedani Mahlangu. Photo: Oupa Nkosi
#LifeEsidimeni: In six weeks we'll know if Qedani Mahlangu will be prosecuted

Mia Malan

After being awarded damages, distraught families want more: the former Gauteng Health MEC must face criminal charges...read
President Ramaphosa clarifies former President's legal fees
President Ramaphosa clarifies former President's legal fees
President Cyril Ramaphosa says former President Jacob Zuma's legal fees will be paid in exception to cases where the court finds that he acted in his personal capacity...read
Who's to blame when driverless cars have an accident?
Who's to blame when driverless cars have an accident?

Raja Jurdak and Salil S. Kanhere

The news that an Uber self-driving vehicle has killed a pedestrian has made headlines around the world...read
Legal
Sassa fails to get right the bare necessities

Nicole Fritz

There are probably few things more fearsome than an enraged bear. But that was what the Constitutional Court appeared to be last week in proceedings when the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) sought a further extension of the unlawful contract given to Cash Paymaster Services for the payment of social grants... read
Criminal Law
Hefty sentences for abalone smugglers
The Hawks in the Western Cape have welcomed the hefty sentences imposed on five suspects who operated an illegal abalone enterprise... read
Environmental Law
Civil society group to challenge coal power plant bids
When the public hearings for the generation licence applications by the two preferred bidders under the first bid window of the coal baseload IPP take place, various civil society organisations will be there... read
Paradigm shift as African countries throw their weight behind ivory ban

Caroline Cox

Calls from conservation groups for a strong line and a near total ban on the sale of ivory were strengthened last week when 32 African nations... read
Labour Law
Applications for minimum wage exemptions open in April
The national minimum wage online exemption system will go live in the last week of April, according to the Department of Labour... read
Sars boss Tom Moyane suspended

Penwell Dlamini

In a late-night move, President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended South African Revenue Service (Sars) commissioner Tom Moyane. read
Acsa staff in push to have CEO removed

Neels Blom

Airports Company of SA (Acsa) employees are campaigning to remove Bongani Maseko, the CEO of the state-owned company, based on forensic reports recommending disciplinary action against him... read
Delay in minimum wage 'necessary'

Theto Mahlakoana

The agreement to postpone the 1 May 2018 implementation of the national minimum wage was long overdue, stakeholders said on Thursday... read
Law Practice
Judges locked out Juta's online law library

Bekezela Phakathi

A contract dispute between the Department of Justice and publisher Juta has resulted in judges being locked out from accessing Juta's content, on which they rely as an archive of judgments and legal commentary... read
Medical Law
Sama: #Life Esidimini is a serious indictment on government
Retired Justice Dikgang Moseneke's opening paragraph in his Life Esidimeni ruling sums up the horror of case... read
Tax Law
The tax implications of 'fruitless and wasteful expenditure'

Yashika Govind and Rudi Katzke

One of the proposals in the Budget Review 2018 (Budget) to preserve a sustainable tax base is to disallow fruitless and wasteful expenditure by government entities... read
A new dawn for Africa as 44 countries sign CFTA deal

Collins Mwai

The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (CFTA ) could enter into effect by the end of this year following signing by 44 countries yesterday at the 10th extraordinary African Union Summit... read
AU launches ambitious bid for world's largest free trade area
Africa's leaders will gather in Rwanda on Wednesday to launch what they say will be the world's largest free trade area but Nigeria has already pulled out, highlighting the challenge in getting the continent to sign up... read
International
Facebook, Google warn Singapore against 'fake news' law
SINGAPORE, Asia - Internet giants Facebook and Google on Thursday testified before a parliamentary committee in Singapore as they warned the city-state against introducing new laws to combat "fake news", saying that existing legislation is adequate to address the problem... read
Telegram must give FSB encryption keys: Russian court
Russia's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled the popular Telegram messenger app must provide the country's security services with encryption keys to read users' messaging data, agencies reported... read
Business
The private members club set to transform Africa

Cari Coetzee

The QSL Members Club will be an incubator for Africa's leading lights, an organic platform for ideas to be birthed, connections to be forged and for plans to be set in motion... read
LaunchLab invites entrepreneurs to pitch startup ideas
The Stellenbosch University LaunchLab is inviting entrepreneurs to pitch their startup business ideas in multiple industries and stand the chance to win incubation support to the value of R50,000... read
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