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President Ramaphosa has signed various Bills into law that will enable property deeds to be processed electronically; enhance the ease of business in the real estate industry and brings online games, films and publications into the ambit of the Film and Publication Board... read
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ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
New expectations of transparency and authenticity in business means things like organisational purpose, brand stories, how your company does things, what it believes in and what it stands for, can all play a part in how your company sees itself and how it is seen by others... Read
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Pension funds involved in disputes could find themselves caught in a 'perfect circle' if, aggrieved with a decision of the Pension Funds Adjudicator, they turn to the new Financial Services Tribunal... Read
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Intellectual Property Law
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CLEA RAWLINS
Following the recent Constitutional Court decision in Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others v Prince and Others 2018, the Trade Marks Office has updated its policy on the registration of cannabis-related trademarks, effective 7 August 2019... Read
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Land & Property Law
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Landlords can incur cost increases as a result of municipality property valuations escalating rates, rising insurance premiums, or as levies increase on sectional title property... Read
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Law Practice
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The City of Cape Town is proposing numerous changes to its Traffic By-Law, including amendments that deal with the impoundment of private vehicles and the e-hailing sector. The amended Traffic By-law will be available for public comment throughout October... Read
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The final judgment of the 2019 edition of the National Moot Court Competition is in, and the winners of the annual challenge is a team hailing from the Eastern Cape... Read
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CHRISTOPHER CLARK
On a frigid September morning in Mkumbi, a remote village in the Pondoland region of the Eastern Cape, 63-year-old Sizane Nompethu rose at dawn and walked at a brisk pace down a rocky path to work her family's small plot of land, just as she had every day since she was 15... Read
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PRIYANKA NAIDOO
Privacy and data protection concerns have been triggered by Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's reliance on President Cyril Ramaphosa's private emails and bank statements of various entities used by his CR17 presidential campaign team... Read
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The Portfolio Committee on Health has extended the period for written submissions on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill to end of November... Read
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Media & Entertainment Law
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It has been announced that Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, currently in South Africa on a royal tour, has filed a claim against Associated Newspapers over the misuse of private information, infringement of copyright and breach of the Data Protection Act 2018... Read
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VICTOR ODUNDO OWUOR
Over the past 10 years mobile-based lending has grown in Kenya. Some estimates put the number of mobile lending platforms at 49... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
YouFarm is a Zimbabwean startup that has been chosen by Startupbootcamp AfriTech to attend a three-month accelerator in Cape Town, South Africa... Read
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LEON COETZER
For many of South Africa's fast-growing technology companies, expansion into new countries and markets is a top priority... Read
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The National Small Business Chamber (NSBC) has released the finding of the 2018 National Small Business Survey... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Databotics is a South African tech startup that incorporates Robotics Process Automation (RPA), giving customers a streamlined solution geared towards generating value... Read
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SAURABH KUMAR
Gender equality is one of the 17 goals identified by the United Nations (UN) as critical in creating a sustainable future. The UN aims for its Sustainable Development Goals to be realised by 2030. The reality, however, is that the world has a long way to go in achieving this goal in particular... Read
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BRETT CHRYSTAL
Following the Paris Agreement on Climate Change in 2015, a number of European countries have made commitments to move to a net zero emissions economy... Read
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JENNY RETIEF
The talk of the town over the past week or so has been focused on what is being touted as "Mboweni's Plan"... Read
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