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Constitutional changes will not address the current issues impeding the success of land reform. What the country needs for successful land reform is a diverse and flexible set of instruments to enable its acceleration...read |
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Cabinet has approved the amendment of the Criminal Procedure Act to allow the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to institute charges in sexual offence cases, even after 20 years of the crime having taken place...read | On 9 May, raids were conducted in China City in Milnerton and Canal Walk in Century City where 25 foreign nationals were arrested for contravening the Immigration Act...read | The Presidency says it has filed a notice to abide by the court's decision on the provision by the state of legal assistance to former president Jacob Zuma...read |
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| National Police Commissioner, General Khehla Sitole, has welcomed the arrest of five suspects accused of stealing an estimated R4 million from companies rendering cash related services... read |
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| Marisa Jacobs The work permit process can be time-consuming and even painful, depending on your permit categorisation. One question often asked is whether an expatriate should consider a Permanent Residency application sooner, effectively lifting the expatriate's status above the noise of normal work permit requirements... read |
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| Lauren Salt and Thandoluhe Dladla The Labour Court in Solidarity obo Oelofse v Armscor and Others was tasked with reviewing a decision that the non-payment of a performance bonus was not an unfair labour practice, even though the employee exceeded the qualifying rating... read |
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| President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Azhar Bham SC as a new presiding officer for the inquiry into disciplinary charges against suspended South African Revenue Service (Sars) Commissioner Tom Moyane... read |
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| Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has announced that the first round of hearings for the State capture inquiry will be held in August... read |
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| President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed a raft of proclamations authorising the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) to investigate several matters at various levels of governance... read |
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| Elkanah Babatunde, Law PhD candidate from UCT has been awarded the prestigious Yale Fox International Fellowship by Yale University in the United States... read |
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| The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has clarified the confusion surrounding customs requirements for traveller's returning to South Africa with personal valuables... read |
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| In South Africa, each institution is required to comply with its own industry-specific legislation, but that is changing with the implementation of Twin Peaks legislation... read |
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| Elizabeth de Stadler GDPR and PoPIA are set to dramatically change the way South African organisations do business - especially how personal data is handled and stored... read |
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| Interested organisations and members of the public have been called to submit written comments on the Ikamva National e-Skills Institute (iNeSI) Bill, which seeks to address the shortage of e-skills in the country... read |
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| A parliamentary committee that is tasked with overseeing the Office of the Auditor-General has approved an amendment to legislation that will give the AG's office more teeth... read |
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| Yashika Govind and Nirvasha Singh Issued By Webber Wentzel The obligation of SARS to collect tax and taxpayers' rights are often at odds with each other. In an attempt to address this issue, the Budget 2018 (Budget) proposes to reconcile the taxpayers' constitutional rights with SARS' constitutional obligations by including a provision in the Tax Administration Act 28 of 2011 (TAA) ... read |
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| Joon Chong Issued By Webber Wentzel Section 1 of the Income Tax Act (ITA) defines a "dividend" to be any amount transferred by a resident company for the benefit of any person in respect of any share in that company whether by way of a distribution or consideration for a share repurchase but does not exclude a reduction of contributed tax capital of the company... read |
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| Vanessa Ferguson Africa is an ideal market for brand holders and counterfeiters as growth in brand investment creates demand... read |
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| Leigh Andrews With warm lighting and a can-do attitude at the no-queue-in-sight, just-walk-up-and-chat reception desk, this is not your average 'government office' - this is the InvestSA one-stop shop (OSS). Here's how it's set to boost the ease of doing business locally and how your business can take advantage... read |
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| Lauren Hartzenberg Manufacturing Indaba 2018 promises to be bigger and more innovative than ever before, providing the broader manufacturing industry with a roadmap and the connections to unlock their growth potential and deliver accelerated GDP growth... read |
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| Giovanni Chiarelli As we move closer to the era of 5G technology, the mobile network industry is gearing up for what this will bring to the technology landscape... read |
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| While Schengen Area countries have traditionally topped the index as a result of their open access to Europe, developed Asian nations have been able to secure equally high scores in recent years thanks to their strong international trade and diplomatic relations... read |
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