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 | WALLY HORAK The Parliamentary Budget Office released a report (the PBO Report) on 26 June on the potential introduction of a digital tax in respect of the supplies of goods and services by non-residents to South African customers, which are delivered by digital means... read |
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 | MARIETJIE BOTES The most effective way to stop the spread of a virus is to prevent contact with everyone who is infected. Those who are infected can be isolated and treated if necessary...read |
|  | BRADLEY WORKMAN-DAVIES Employee underperformance is a valid ground for dismissal in SA labour law, but as always, the process which is followed by an employer to ensure that the dismissal is fair, is all important...read |
|  | ZAREENAH RASOOL, RUI LOPES AND DARRYL BERNSTEIN The ongoing, global Covid-19 pandemic has led to an obvious need for clarity regarding the regulatory approvals that must be satisfied before a vaccine can be rolled out...read |
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| Criminal Law |
 | The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has opened a case of fraud against a Western Cape non-profit organisation that allegedly illegally received close to R5 million in the Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS)... Read |
 | The South African government has initiated an extradition process in an effort to retrieve two fugitives, who last week unlawfully left the country for Malawi while facing a criminal trial... Read |
| Environmental Law |
 | JOHN YELD Government is facing a high court challenge that goes to the heart of a surge in mining and prospecting applications along several hundred kilometres of the West Coast and offshore... Read |
| Intellectual Property Law |
 | BERNARD DIPPENAAR The development of novel or blockbuster drug compounds invariably requires an initial search to determine whether target compounds have already been synthesised and are protected by a patent... Read |
 | MARCO VATTA As a nation, South Africa is peopled by passionate wine-drinkers, consuming 4 million hectolitres (1.6% of the world's total) in 2019. While we love our wine, few of us have stopped to consider the intellectual property (IP) rights that exist in viticulture and viniculture... Read |
| Labour Law |
 | DARRYN MER As many people are now forced to work for longer, the question of when an employee is obliged to retire has become topical and much discussed... Read |
 | HLENGIWE SKOSANA In Legal Aid SA v Jansen (LAC), the employer appealed against the Labour Court's decision whereby it held that the dismissal of the employee was automatically unfair in terms of section 187(1)(f) of the Labour Relations Act ("LRA") and that he had been unfairly discriminated against in terms of section 6 of the Employment Equity Act, on the basis of him suffering from depression... Read |
| Land & Property Law |
 | Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Minister Thoko Didiza says she is pleased the Expropriation Bill has been tabled in Parliament... Read |
 | MARECIA DAMONS The Cape High Court has granted social housing company Communicare an eviction order to remove people who have been illegally occupying units in its Albatros rental complex in Thornton for over a year... Read |
| Law Practice |
 | NOMATHAMSANQA ASHOM Integrity, objectivity and independence. These are the cornerstones or pillars of ethical conduct in any and every professional sector. When looking closer at South Africa's professional sector, both public and private, have these pillars been applied? Have they been consistent practical guidelines for ethical conduct and practice? Are we edging towards a slippery slope of disregard for any form of ethicality or have we already slipped into a crisis? Read |
 | JAMES STENT It is unclear why a judge facing impeachment was chosen to hear new matters concerning the executive... Read |
 | ISSUED BY LEXISNEXIS The ability to conduct legal research is essential for legal professionals. However, the most basic step of identifying the leading case governing the issues in question is complicated by the various online research offerings... Read |
 | ISSUED BY LEXISNEXIS The October index of the free, online LexisNexis Case Law repository is now available and, once again, highlights some of the interesting precedent setting cases considered by South Africa's courts recently... Read |
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 | The South African chapter of Women in Music (WiM) will be hosting its first webinar, alongside co-host Africa Rising Music Conference (ARMC), on 19 November 2020... Read |
 | A new report unveils the estimated worth of Africa's internet economy in five years time and the factors contributing to this overall growth... Read |
 | MONIQUE WASUNNA African countries are still reeling from the effect of measures, such as lockdowns, taken to contain the spread of Covid-19... Read |
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 | NOMBULELO SHANGE History has been made globally and here at home. In the US, Kamala Harris became the first Black woman to become vice president, while locally, we celebrate the appointment of Professor Puleng LenkaBula... Read |
 | CHERYL REDDY Brands have experienced several marketing blunders over the years, even midst a global pandemic... Read |
 | Khula Lula is the news micro-financing VC fund striving to level the investment scales in favour of young, Black, women entrepreneurs... Read |
 | LEE NAIK Businesses of all sizes need to get resilient - and quickly. But what does resilience look like? Read |
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