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Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene

Nene admits growth too low to address poverty, joblessness

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ECONOMY

Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene has acknowledged that South Africa requires “much higher levels of economic growth” to address unemployment and poverty. He...

President Jacob Zuma

Economy remains racial – Zuma

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ECONOMY

South Africa's economy remains racially structured, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday. Welcoming members of the second presidential black economic...

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Pravin Gordhan

One in three municipalities dysfunctional – Gordhan

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MUNICIPALITIES

One in three municipalities is dysfunctional, according to a study conducted nationwide, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Pravin...

Funding not an SME inhibitor – Absa

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SMALL BUSINESS

The failure of one in seven small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within the first year of operation was not a result of a lack of access to funding,...

Govt recommits to small business development

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SMALL BUSINESS

As Proudly South Africa (SA) moves to encourage local procurement to bolster small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the newly established Department of...

Nigeria's Boko Haram releases beheading video echoing Islamic State

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BOKO HARAM

Nigeria's Islamist sect Boko Haram released a video purporting to show it beheading two men, its first online posting using advanced graphics and editing...

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Gareth Newham

President Zuma ignores increasing violent crime in his state of the nation address

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

Cartoonist and author Dov Fedler

Out of Line: A memoir

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Professor Raymond Suttner

The attack on parliament: where to from here?

RAYMOND SUTTNER

Professor Raymond Suttner

Suttner’s view: EFF and its contribution to SA politics

Suttner’s view

Professor Steven Friedman

Race, Class and Power: Harold Wolpe and the Radical Critique of Apartheid

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Professor Raymond Suttner

Suttner's View: Continued attack on core state institutions

Suttner's View

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Mildred Oliphant

Daily Podcast – March 2, 2015

podcast

Daily Podcast – February 27, 2015

podcast

Nhlanhla Nene

Daily Podcast – February 26, 2015

podcast

Tina Joemat-Petterson

Daily Podcast – February 25, 2015

podcast

David Makhura

Daily Podcast – February 24, 2015

podcast

Nhlanhla Nene

Daily Podcast – February 23, 2015

podcast

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Amnesty International Report 2014/15: The State of the World's Human Rights (March 2015)

recommendation

The Amnesty International Report 2014/15 documents the state of human rights in 160 countries and...

Disasters in Asia and the Pacific: 2014 Year in Review (February 2015)

RECOMMENDATION

This study on “Disasters in Asia and the Pacific: 2014 Year in review”, developed by the Information and Communications Technology and...

Puzzling over the pieces: Regional integration and the African Peer Review Mechanism (February 2015)

RECOMMENDATION

Regional integration has long been recognised as an important vehicle for Africa’s development; currently, the African Union (AU) officially...

Budget 2015: Talk it and then walk it (February 2015)

RECOMMENDATION

How does this budget actually compare with the budget framework the minister tabled 4 months ago in October 2014? Did the minister now walk what he...

Zimbabwe and South Africa: Security takes precedence over economy (February 2015)

RECOMMENDATION

South Africa and its partners in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) removed Zimbabwe from its agenda following the July 2013 elections in...

Peace and Security Council Report No 66 (February 2015)

RECOMMENDATION

Special focus on the African Union Summit January...

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Julius Malema’s SONA 2015 debate speech fact-checked

AFRICA CHECK

The debate on President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address saw impassioned speeches by the leaders of South Africa’s two main opposition parties. We...

Land, dignity & democracy: South Africa's Constitution does allow for expropriation

The South African Civil Society Information Service

At a public discussion on the land question in Johannesburg on Friday, Dikgang Moseneke, the Deputy Chief Judge of the Constitutional Court, began his...

The layout of the township economy: the surprising spatial distribution of informal township enterprises

ECON3X3

A small-area census of micro-enterprises in Cape Town townships reveals that informal enterprises are located throughout the township, including in the...

Professor Raymond Suttner

An attack on a foreign migrant is an attack on us all

RAYMOND SUTTNER

While the extent of xenophobic attacks may not be widely known, the broad facts are relatively clear. For some time foreign-born Africans, and to some extent...

Gareth Newham

President Zuma ignores increasing violent crime in his state of the nation address

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

The state of the nation speech is an opportunity for the sitting president of South Africa to build confidence in the government and rally collective action...

Secrecy and the politics of disruption

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

In South Africa, we have stumbled upon a new trend: that of disrupting the business of legislatures, be it the national Parliament or provincial...

opinion page

Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Act: Declaration of certain nuclear-related dual-use equipment, material and software and related...

Topics

Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Act: Declaration of certain missile technology and related items as controlled goods and control...

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Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Act: Declaration of certain chemical goods as controlled goods and control measures applicable to...

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Income Tax Act: Agreement between South Africa and Barbados for exchange of information relating to tax matters (Gazette 38475 Notice 97)

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National Environmental Management: Waste Act: List of waste management activities that have or are likely to have a detrimental effect on...

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Public Audit Act: Directive (Gazette 38464, Notice 125)

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International Air Services Act: Grant/amendment of international air service licences: Comair Limited (Gazette 38458 Notice 118)

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Financial Markets Act: JSE listing requirements: Amendments (Gazette 38452 BN 38)

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Air Service Licensing Act: Grant/amendment of domestic air service licence: Comair Limited; Bannerama Sky Media CC; South African National Parks:...

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Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill: Explanatory summary (Gazette 38458 Notice 103)

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National Prosecuting Authority Act: Enquiry into fitness of Mxolisi Nxasana to hold office of National Director of Public Prosecutions: Terms of...

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Use of Official Languages Act: Office of the Tax Ombud Language Policy: Draft (Gazette 38441 Notice 91)

Topics

legislation page

LUDWIG FRAHM-ARP Amendments to the Labour Relations Act aim to provide increased protection for vulnerable employees

Amended Act to significantly change labour industry

Labour Law

BALANCING DISCIPLINEIt would be unfair to saddle an employer with wrong decisions that have an ongoing adverse impact on the business

Changing a disciplinary sanction

Labour Law

PAMELA STEINA major challenge is holding trade unions accountable for the unlawful actions of their members

No easy way forward over strike action

Labour Law

Lumwana, Zambia

Barrick Gold to suspend Lumwana copper ops after Zambia passes new royalty law

LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT

New labour law repeals old regulations entirely

Engineering and Construction Law

Tender rule compliance essential

Engineering and Construction Law

polity focus page

SA: Mntomuhle Khawula: Address by IFP member of parliament, during an NA-NCOP joint sitting, on...

2014

SA: Nhlanhla Nene: Address by Finance Minister, during the medium-term budget speech, in...

Topic

SA: Pravin Gordhan: Address by the Minister of Finance, during the delivery of the 2013 Budget...

STATEMENT

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)

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

BUDGET

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IFP: Blessed Gwala: Address by Inkatha Freedon Party MPL, during the KwaZulu-Natal response to...

Other

Jacob Zuma

SA: Jacob Zuma: Address by South African President, during the inaugural session of the...

Presidency

Maite Nkoana-Mashabane

SADC: Maite Nkoane-Mashabane, Address by South African Minister of International Relations and...

International Relations and Cooperation

SA: Ohara Diseko: Address by Acting DG for the Department of Women, at the 59 session of the...

Women in the Presidency

Buti Manamela

SA: Buti Manamela: Address by Deputy Minister in the Presidency, during a keynote address to the...

Presidency

Senzo Mchunu

KZN: S Mchunu: Address by KwaZulu Natal Premier, during the State of the Province Address, KZN...

Other

speeches page

A 'fixed' understanding of Section 14 of the Consumer Protection Act, 68 of 2008

BKM ATTORNEYS

Good news for some property buyers

BOWMAN GILFILLAN AFRICA GROUP

Record Deals - Let the signer beware

ADAMS & ADAMS

What is poor work performance?

Labour Law Management Consulting

'The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers': the Defence presents…

BKM ATTORNEYS

Tax Amendments 2015

WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS

Retention bonuses – for employees only

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Adams & Adams sponsors Southern Guild Foundation’s ICON Award

Adams & Adams

Recognition of 'wrongful life' claims and its impact on medical malpractice in South Africa

Markram Incorporated Attorneys

Clarification of Section 45(3a) of the Income Tax Act for cross-border intra-group transactions

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Increase in individual tax rates, transfer duty exemption

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Budget Summary: The influence of the Davis Committee on the budget proposals

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

legal briefs page

Cartoonist and author Dov Fedler

Out of Line: A memoir

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Professor Steven Friedman

Race, Class and Power: Harold Wolpe and the Radical Critique of Apartheid

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Howard Feldman

Carry-on baggage: The story of a man who thought he travelled light

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

The true state of the nation

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Professor Jane Duncan

The rise of the Securocrats: The case of South Africa

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Michael Schmidt

Drinking with Ghosts: The Aftermath of Apartheid's Dirty War

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

author interviews page

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Protea Coin Group (Pty) Ltd v Chetty (AR280/13) [2015] ZAKZPHC 10

Kwazulu-Natal High Court

Outdoor Network Ltd and Another v Strawberry Worx Pop (Pty) Ltd and Another (9531/2014) [2015] ZAKZDHC 11

Kwazulu-Natal High Court

Bolanga v Refugee Status Determination Officer and Others (5027/2012) [2015] ZAKZDHC 13

Kwazulu-Natal High Court

Matlapeng v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Another (33853/2007) [2015] ZAGPPHC 9

North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria

President of the Republic of South Africa and Others v South African Dental Association and Another (CCT 201/14) [2015] ZACC 2

Constitutional Court

Helen Suzman Foundation v Minister of Police and Others (1054/2015) [2015] ZAGPPHC 4

North Gauteng High Court

Concerned Insolvency Practitioners Association NPC and Others v Minister of Justice And Constitutional Development and Others (4314/2014,...

Western Cape High Court

SAAB Grintek Defence (Pty) Ltd v South African Police Service and Others (25286/2013) [2015] ZAGPPHC 1

North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria

Democratic Alliance v African National Congress and Another (CCT 76/14) [2015] ZACC 1

Constitutional Court

Lucky Star Ltd v Lucky Brands (Pty) Ltd and Others (4890/2014) [2014] ZAWCHC 197

Western Cape High Court, Cape Town

Stratford and Others v Investec Bank Limited and Others (CCT 62/14) [2014] ZACC 38

Constitutional Court

Samotse and Another v Minister of Home Affairs and Others (60113/2014) [2014] ZAGPPHC 1001

North Gauteng High Court

case law page

DoC: Donald Liphoko rejects media report on alleged divisions in the department

STATEMENT

North West: MEC Collen Maine aims to fast track housing delivery

STATEMENT

SA: Parliament on Road Accident Benefit Schemes Bill

STATEMENT

FF Plus: Pieter Mulder says government should release official statistics on farm attacks again

STATEMENT

Eskom: Eskom on companies selling electricity consumption reduction products

STATEMENT

ial RemuneratiSA: Public Service and Administration on Presidenton Review Commission education sector briefing

STATEMENT

Gauteng: Thebe Mohatle on National Social Work month

STATEMENT

ANC: Zizi Kodwa says ANC welcomes motion of no confidence debate

STATEMENT

NLB: Charlotte Mampane says National Lotteries Board hosts post indaba stakeholder engagement

STATEMENT

IFP Gauteng: Bonginkosi Dhlamini welcomes MEC Barbara Creecy's budget allocation on infrastructure development

STATEMENT

KZN HEALTH: MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo urges South Africans to donate blood

STATEMENT

SACCI: Peggy Drodskie on SACCI Business Confidence Index for February 2015

STATEMENT

statements page

SA: Mntomuhle Khawula: Address by IFP member of parliament, during an NA-NCOP joint sitting, on...

2014

SA: Nhlanhla Nene: Address by Finance Minister, during the medium-term budget speech, in...

Topic

SA: Pravin Gordhan: Address by the Minister of Finance, during the delivery of the 2013 Budget...

STATEMENT

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

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