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Cabinet orders release of separate Nkandla report

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NKANDLA REPORT

Cabinet has ordered the release of an inter-ministerial task team's initially top secret report on the Nkandla controversy that appears to clear President...

Eskom maintenance to offset R12bn profit

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ELECTRICITY

Eskom recorded a profit of R12.24-billion for the six months ended September 30 but this will be eroded by maintenance costs, it said on Thursday. "The...

Business confidence in the doldrums – Sacci

BUSINESS CONFIDENCE

The South African Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s (Sacci’s) Business Confidence Index (BCI) had one of its worst performances month-on-month in...

Bleak outlook for WTO deal as rifts widen over food subsidies

TRADE

Divisions over food subsidies widened among members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Thursday, making it unlikely a landmark trade deal could be...

Interim head of state Adly Mansour

Hardline Islamist party urges Egyptians to back constitution

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POLITICS

An Islamist party that backed the army's ouster of President Mohamed Mursi urged Egyptians to vote in favour of a new constitution in an upcoming referendum,...

Transnet awards landmark R15.5bn fuel contract to 9 black, women-owned firms

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TRANSPORT

In its single-largest contract for services or goods to date, freight logistics group Transnet has announced the awarding of a five-year, R15.5-billion fuel...

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Malawian president Joyce Banda

Talk to Al Jazeera: 'We must own the fight' – Joyce Banda

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ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe

Daily podcast – December 4, 2013.

PODCAST

Daily podcast – December 3, 2013.

PODCAST

Daily podcast – December 2, 2013

PODCAST

Daily podcast – November 29, 2013

PODCAST

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Daily podcast – November 28, 2013

PODCAST

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The Community Work Programme: Building a society that works (December 2013)

LABOUR

In South Africa the employment-intensive approach has expanded to go beyond the traditional infrastructure and construction sector to include the...

South Africa’s relations with China and Taiwan: Economic realism and the ‘One China’ doctrine (December 2013)

ECONOMICS

In 1998, after the fall of apartheid, South Africa commenced diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). This...

SA Reconciliation Barometer Survey: 2013 Report (December 2013)

Reconciliation

The Reconciliation Barometer project conducts applied social research on reconciliation in South Africa and other post-conflict societies in Africa. One...

Can South Africa help Nigeria to industrialise? (December 2013)

INDUSTRIALISATION

Nigeria and South Africa are committed to working together to build Africa’s industrial base and will play a valuable role in ensuring value is...

Strengthening Africa-China relations: a perspective from Botswana (December 2013)

Africa-China relations

This paper is a preliminary consideration of issues relating to the relationship between Botswana and China. There is little existing research on the...

Growth in a time of uncertainty: Does South Africa have a growth plan? (December 2013)

GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT

South Africa desperately needs faster growth. But to achieve that, the country must confront important questions: how to attract more labour-intensive...

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How safe is South Africa over the festive season?

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

After six years of recording annual decreases in murder, the latest South African statistics for the 2012/13 financial year show a notable increase in the...

As the WTO goes to Bali, it simply cannot be business as usual

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Three years ago this author reflected on how the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ought to adapt and evolve in order to stay relevant. The focus was on the...

The referendum in Abyei is an ongoing challenge for the African Union

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

On 27 October 2013, the Ngok Dinka community in the disputed Abyei region of Sudan held a unilateral vote to determine whether Abyei would remain part of...

Africa’s middle class against African chaos: Demographically unstoppable, a rising middle class will determine governments and African policy

consultancy africa intelligence

Choosing to attack Nairobi’s Westgate Mall on 21 September 2013,(2) the gunmen of the militant group al-Shabaab were lashing out at their truest enemy, the...

Recommendations for new SADC Executive Secretary

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

At the 33rd Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) held in Malawi in August Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax of Tanzania was appointed as the...

Navigating nuclear traffic

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

The seizure of a kilogram of uranium and 90 ecstasy tablets in Durban, South Africa on 14 November presents an intriguing illicit trafficking case. A joint...

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International Trade Administration Act: Initiation of investigation into alleged dumping of graphite electrodes for use in furnaces originating in...

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Civil Aviation Act: Regulations: Amendment: Comments invited (Gazette 37059, Notice 1136)

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Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment Act: Codes of good practice: Financial Services Sector: Qualifying small enterprises scorecard (Gazette...

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The South African National Roads Agency Limited and National Roads Act, 1998 (Act No. 7 of 1998): Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project, Toll Roads:...

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Public Finance Management Act: Regulations: Treasury (Gazette 37008, Notice 1093)

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Public Finance Management Act: Regulations: Treasury (Gazette 37042, Regulation 10058, Notice 874)

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Electronic Communications Act: Regulations: Party election broadcasts, political advertisements, equitable treatment of political parties by...

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Mine Health and Safety Amendment Bill: Draft (Gazette 37027, Notice 1103)

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Electronic Communications Act: Regulations: Party election broadcasts, political advertisements, equitable treatment of political parties by...

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Construction Industry Development Board Act: Best Practice Project Assessment System: Best Practice: Minimum requirements for engaging...

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Children's Amendment Bill: Draft (Gazette 37014, Notice 1106): For comment

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South African Human Rights Commission Bill [B. 5A & 5B - 2013]

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To improve on the delivery of construction contracts, the role and scope of financial monitoring should be rethought

Construction funding could limit corruption

Engineering and construciton law

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr construction and engineering group associate Bianca Pollastrini

Court ruling affirms its position on on-demand performance guarantees

Engineering and construction law

GARY PRITCHARD Disputes that may arise in terms of construction contracts are often far-ranging and technical in nature

Dispute resolution in construction contracts

Engineering and construction law

SHANE VOIGTGenerally, the prescription period for a claim for damages in terms of a construction project is three years from the date that the claim arose

Prescription and knowledge of the root cause of the defect

Engineering and construction law

The problems that occur in construction and engineering projects relate to management issues

Using law to avoid corruption

Engineering and construction law

Law firm concerned with orders issued by DMR suspending mine employees

Mining Law

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National Budget Review 2012 (4.309kb)

BUDGET

Estimates of National Expenditure 2012 (6.111kb)

BUDGET

SA: Gordhan: Address by the Minister of Finance, presenting the National Budget, in the National...

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SA: Gordhan: Medium Term Budget Policy Statement by the Minister of Finance, in the National...

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Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: Adjusted Estimates of National Expenditure (October 2011)

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Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: Full Document (October 2011)

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Estimates of National Expenditure 2011 (7,339kb)

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National Budget Review 2011 (2,047kb)

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SA: Gordhan: Budget speech by the Minister of Finance, in the National Assembly (23/02/2011)

BUDGET

Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: Full Document (October 2010)

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Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: Adjusted Estimates of National Expenditure (2,1 MB) (October...

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SA: Gordhan: Medium Term Budget Policy Statement by the South African Finance Minister, National...

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SA: Rejoice Mabudafhasi: Address by the Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, at...

Water and Environmental Affairs

Botswana: Seretse Khama Ian Khama: Address by the President of Botswana, at the Opening of the...

Other

DA: Mmusi Maimane: Address by the Democratic Alliance Gauteng Premier Candidate, at the 'Fight...

Other

SA: Rob Davies: Address by the Minister of Trade and Industry, to the 9th World Trade...

Trade & Industry

SA: Ina Cronjé: Address by the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Department of Finance, at the official...

STATEMENT

SA: Michael Masutha: Address by the Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, at the 51st...

SPEECH

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Exclusive jurisdiction causes – not as 'exclusive' as one might think

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Companies ordered to grant access to their securities registers

WEBBER WENTZEL

R40 000 awarded for a defamatory Facebook post

WEBBER WENTZEL

Retrenchments and mutual terminations fuelling unemployment

LABOUR LAW MANAGEMENT CONSULTING

Calling up bank guarantees in tranches

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Parliamentary process at the heart of a new e-tolling legal challenge

BOWMAN GILFILLAN

Determining a 'group of companies' for purposes of the corporate rules

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

ENSafrica opens doors in Mauritius

ENSafrica

Breach of the employment contract

SA LABOUR GUIDE

Pipe cartelist's fines reduced by Appeal Court

WEBBER WENTZEL

The consequences of re-registration of deregistered companies: latest instalments in the on-going...

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Protection of Personal Information Act signed into law

WEBBER WENTZEL

legal briefs page

Reg Lascaris

Lessons from the boot of a car – For entrepreneurship, and for life

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Poet Khulile Nxumalo

fhedzi

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

South Africa – The Good News CEO Steuart Pennington

South Africa @ 20: For better or for worse?

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Commentator and analyst William Gumede

South Africa in Brics: Salvation or ruination?

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Author and journalist Irma Venter

Skoenlapper – An interview with Irma Venter

VIDEO

Political and trend analyst JP Landman

The Long View: Getting beyond the drama of SA's headlines

VIDEO

author interviews page

poll page

Cowan v Hathorn NO and Others (176/2013) [2013] ZASCA 159

Supreme Court of Appeal

Gaertner and Others v Minister of Finance and Others (CCT 56/13) [2013] ZACC 38

Constitutional Court

Freedom Stationery (Pty) Ltd v MEC for Education, Eastern Cape and Another (280/2011) [2013] ZAECBHC 10

Eastern Cape High Court, Bhisho

Congress of the People and Another v Shilowa and Others (6779/2011) [2013] ZAGPJHC 250

HIGH COURT

Stefanutti Stocks (Pty) Ltd v S8 Property (Pty) Ltd (20088/2013) [2013] ZAGPJHC 249

South Gauteng High Court

Grootboom v National Prosecuting Authority and Another (CCT 08/13) [2013] ZACC 37

Constitutional Court

Minister of Police and Others v Premier of the Western Cape and Others (CCT 13/13) [2013] ZACC 33

Constitutional Court

Sasol Oils (Pty) Ltd v KZN Oils (Pty) Ltd (1616/09) [2013] ZAKZDHC 53

Kwazulu-Natal High Court, Durban

MEC for Education in Gauteng Province and Other v Governing Body of Rivonia Primary School and Others (CCT 135/12) [2013] ZACC 34

Constitutional Court

Brown and Others v Financial Service Board and Others (679/2007) [2013] ZAWCHC 142

Western Cape High Court, Cape Town

Ramela v Premier: Free State Province (JR 3099/11) [2013] ZALCJHB 231

Johannesburg Labour Court

Buchanan v Hope NO and Others (654/2010) [2013] ZAECGHC 93

Eastern Cape High Court, Grahamstown

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SA: Statement by the Presidency, President Jacob Zuma appoints Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment advisory Council (05/12/2013)

STATEMENT

IFAD/FAO: Statement by the International Fund for Agricultural Development and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, combine...

STATEMENT

SA: Statement by the Presidency, Presidnt Jacob Zuma declares the official funeral for the late leader of the erstwhile Progressive Federal Party...

STATEMENT

SA: Statement by AfriSake, apolitical and inclusive African business organisation, submits urgent court application against Tshwane Metro to...

STATEMENT

FMF: Statement by the Free Market Foundation, independent policy organisation promoting economic freedom, on questions Eskom and NERSA must answer...

STATEMENT

SA: Statement by World Bank the Department of Science and Technology, on Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen the partnership on applying...

STATEMENT

ANC: Statement by Jackson Mthembu, ANC National Spokesperson, on the release of ANA Results (05/12/2013)

STATEMENT

SA: Statement by Malusi Gigaba, Mnister of Public Enterprises, bids farewell to Eskom GCE (05/12/2013)

STATEMENT

SA: Statement by Solidarity, trade union, Dames’s resignation a blow to Eskom (05/12/2013)

STATEMENT

SA: Statement by the Western Cape Government, Minister Alan Winde officially opens new plant of one of SA’s leading cosmetic export companies...

STATEMENT

DA: Statement by Pieter van Dalen, DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, DA to lay criminal charges against Tina...

STATEMENT

SA: Statement by the Department of Environmental Affairs, on solutions to rhino horn scourge (05/12/2013)

STATEMENT

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National Budget Review 2012 (4.309kb)

BUDGET

Estimates of National Expenditure 2012 (6.111kb)

BUDGET

SA: Gordhan: Address by the Minister of Finance, presenting the National Budget, in the National...

Topic

SA: Gordhan: Medium Term Budget Policy Statement by the Minister of Finance, in the National...

Topic

Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: Adjusted Estimates of National Expenditure (October 2011)

Topic

Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: Full Document (October 2011)

Topic

Estimates of National Expenditure 2011 (7,339kb)

Topic

National Budget Review 2011 (2,047kb)

Topic

SA: Gordhan: Budget speech by the Minister of Finance, in the National Assembly (23/02/2011)

BUDGET

Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: Full Document (October 2010)

Topic

Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: Adjusted Estimates of National Expenditure (2,1 MB) (October...

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SA: Gordhan: Medium Term Budget Policy Statement by the South African Finance Minister, National...

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budget info page

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