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Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe

Nuclear on hold as government mulls putting Eskom in charge of the project

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NUCLEAR

Government will not be issuing a call for proposals for its nuclear power expansion programme on Friday to allow for more time for consultations, which could...

Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina

‘We are not apologetic about service delivery’ – Ekurhuleni mayor

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SERVICE DELIVERY

Ekurhuleni mayor Mzwandile Masina said on Thursday that his African National Congress-led municipality was not apologetic about improving the living...

Parliament studying appeal court ruling against its broadcast policy, signal jamming

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SIGNAL JAMMING

Parliament on Thursday said it “noted” a Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment declaring the jamming of cellphone signals and Parliament’s broadcasting...

Wits holds poll on resumption of lectures

EDUCATION

The University of Witwatersrand was on Thursday scheduled to hold an electronic poll to determine whether lectures should resume next week. “Students and...

Gauteng Premier David Makhura

Mashaba, Makhura agree to put differences aside

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POLITICS

Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba have agreed to put their political differences aside and put residents first. This was...

Universities should not make money – fees commission

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EDUCATION

Universities should not be money-making organisations, the fees commission heard on Thursday. Universities were meant to help build a nation, not make...

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Political Analyst Aubrey Matshiqi

Politics to blame as SA hurtles towards downgrade

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POLITICAL INSIGHT

Marianne Thamm

Hitler, Verwoerd, Mandela And Me: A Memoir of Sorts

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Professor Raymond Suttner

Suttner's View: Is SA in crisis? And if so, what is to be done?

SUTTNER'S VIEW

Professor Raymond Suttner

Fall of the ANC?

RAYMOND SUTTNER

The Sword and the Pen: Six Decades on the Political Frontier

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Professor Raymond Suttner

Intergenerational dialogue – is it necessary and possible?

RAYMOND SUTTNER

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Daily Podcast- September 28, 2016

Podcast

Daily Podcast – September 27, 2016

Podcast

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe

Daily Podcast – September 26, 2016

podcast

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Daily Podcast – September 23, 2016

podcast

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela

Daily Podcast – September 22, 2016

podcast

Daily Podcast – September 21, 2016

podcast

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Resilience Handbook: A Guide to Integrated Resilience Programming

RECOMMENDATION

Resilience building offers a response to the increasingly complex realities faced by communities. Taking a holistic view, resilience building not only...

The Global Competitiveness Report 2016–2017

RECOMMENDATION

The World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017 assesses the competitiveness landscape of 138 economies, providing insight into the...

Development by dispossession? Forced evictions and land seizures in Paanama, Sri Lanka

RECOMMENDATION

In 2010, 350 families of farmers and fisherfolk living in Paanama, a coastal village in the east of Sri Lanka, were forcibly and violently evicted from...

Unpacking CETA

RECOMMENDATION

This week’s Global Labour Column features Peter Rossman’s analysis of the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), an...

The responsible finance standards of multilateral institutions: state of play

RECOMMENDATION

Eurodad’s report The state of finance for developing countries 2014 showed that developing countries continue to lose significantly more financial...

The Pitfalls of Neoliberal Policies and the Rise of Morales’ Socialism in Bolivia: Successes and Challenges

RECOMMENDATION

Evo Morales became the first indigenous president of Bolivia in the midst of a growing repulsion against neoliberal policies in Latin America in the...

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Game-changer Mandoza defied South Africa's elitist cultural norms

THE CONVERSATION

Hlonipha i-life boy (Respect life boy) Hlonipha impilo boy (Respect life boy) Hlonipha bonke abantu (Respect all people) Ukuze iinsuka zande ezweni (So your...

Where to after AGOA?

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

America has been rather late coming to the pan-African party. It was only 2014 – some 14 years after China and Europe, and 21 years after Japan – that it...

Can biofortified foods help Africa achieve food security?

SAIIA

The upcoming 2016 World Food Prize will honour contributions in the field of biofortification. With almost one person in four being undernourished in Africa,...

Do cancer & kidney failure kill more Kenyans than malaria, TB & AIDS?

AFRICA CHECK

When Kenya’s ruling coalition gathered recently to form a single party, deputy president William Ruto used the opportunity to highlight the administration’s...

New Developments On the Horizon For Women¹s Football In South Africa?

OPINION

In South Africa girls and women’s participation in football, is growing at a fast pace. Custodians of women’s football, South African Football Association...

'Free' higher education: unrealistic expectations, unsustainable solutions

THE CONVERSATION

Free higher education is a myth. There is no such thing anywhere in the world, even in wealthy states like Germany, Finland, Norway and Sweden, which insist...

opinion page

Competition Act: Conditional approval: African Rainbow Capital (Pty) Ltd and ooba (Pty) Ltd (Gazette 40262, Notice R570)

2016

Competition Act: Approved merger: Bonitas Medical Fund and Liberty Medical Scheme (Gazette 40262, Notice R569)

2016

Competition Act: Approved merger: Fruit and Veg City Proprietary Limited and The Butchery businesses owned by various Glen Aire Close Corporations...

2016

Competition Act: Approved merger: Zico Capital Two Proprietary Limited and Goldrush Group Proprietary Limited (Gazette 40262, Notice R567)

2016

Competition Act: Approved merger: The Bidvest Group Limited and Brandcorp Holdings Proprietary Limited (Gazette 40262, Notice R566)

2016

Competition Act: Approved merger: Billion Property Group Proprietary Limited and Bay West City Proprietary Limited (Gazette 40262, Notice R565)

2016

Competition Act: Approved merger: Rebosis Property Fund Limited and Billion Group Proprietary Limited (Gazette 40262, Notice R564)

2016

Competition Act: Complaint referral: Eye Way Trading (Pty) Ltd and Seardel Group Trading (Pty) Ltd t/a Berg River Textiles (Gazette 40262, Notice...

2016

Competition Act: Complaint referral: Today’s Destiny Trading and Project 81 CC and Raite Security Services and Consulting CC (Gazette 40262, Notice...

2016

Competition Act: Complaint referral: Lennings Dec Rail Services (Pty) Ltd, Plasser Railway Machinery (SA) (Pty) Ltd and Railway Mechanised...

2016

Competition Act: Complaint referral: Hudaco Trading (Pty) Ltd and Fermel (Pty) Ltd (Gazette 40262, Notice R560)

2016

Competition Act: Complaint referral: Natal Witness Publishing and Printing Company Limited and Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers Ltd (Gazette...

2016

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Invaluable Resource Released For Busy Litigators

LEXISNEXIS

Invaluable Resource Released For Busy Litigators

LEXISNEXIS

New book ‘Access to Information’ launches

LEXISNEXIS

South Africa – Leader of the Economic Crime pack

LEXIS NEXIS

New LexisNexis online store goes live

LEXISNEXIS

LexisNexis releases its 2016 Tax Annuals

LEXISNEXIS

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SA: Nhlanhla Nene: Address by Minister of Finance, during the 2015 Medium Term Budget Policy...

Topic

SA: Nhlanhla Nene: Address by Minister of Finance, during the 2015 National Budget speech,...

Topic

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

budget info page

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Senzeni Zokwana

DAFF: Senzeni Zokwana: Address by Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, on the G20...

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa

DAC: Nathi Mthethwa: Address by Minister of Arts and Culture, on the occasion of the 2016 youth...

Arts and Culture

NUM: Thamsanqa Piet Matosa: Address by NUM President, on the central committee speech, st...

Other

Deputy Arts and Culture Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi

DAC: Rejoice Mabudafhasi: Address by Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, at the official hand...

Arts and Culture

NT: Lungisa Fuzile: Address by Director-General of the National Treasury, at the ASISA...

Other

South African President Jacob Zuma

SA: Jacob Zuma: Address by South African President, on the occasion of the celebration of...

Presidency

speeches page

Fraser Alexander repositions its business offering and introduces Integrated Mining Services

FRASER ALEXANDER

Kenya’s Banking Amendment Act has come into operation

BOWMANS

Norton Rose Fulbright wins Domestic Law Firm of the year award for its pro bono programme

NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT

Derivative Misconduct: Guidance from the Labour Court

COWAN-HARPER ATTORNEYS

Kenya: High Court upholds decision by Registrar of Trade Marks to admit new evidence after close...

BOWMANS

KISCH IP is home to South Africa’s Most Complete Paper-Based Patent Database

KISCH IP

KISCH IP hosts INTA at first conference in Africa

KISCH IP

Spring Cleaning Your Trade Mark House

KISCH IP

Significant increase in incidents of bribery and corruption in Africa

ENSAFRICA

Bowmans lawyer receives Director's Special Mention Award at Pro Bono Awards

BOWMANS

The Davis Tax Committee issues its second report on estate duty

ENSAFRICA

The South African taxation of trusts: Recent developments

ENSAFRICA

legal briefs page

Marianne Thamm

Hitler, Verwoerd, Mandela And Me: A Memoir of Sorts

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Nadia Hashimi

A House Without Windows

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Garth Greenwell

What Belongs to You

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Author Elsabé Brits

Emily Hobhouse – Beloved Traitor

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

S'thembiso Msomi

Mmusi Maimane: Prophet or Puppet?

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Lerato Tshabalala

The Way I See It: The Musings of a Black Woman in the Rainbow Nation

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

author interviews page

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South African National Roads Agency Limited v City of Cape Town (66/2016) [2016] ZASCA 122

SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL

Fransman v Speaker of the Western Cape Provincial Legislature and Others (13097/2014) [2016] ZAWCHC 120

HIGH COURT

General Council of the Bar of South Africa v Jiba and Others (23576/2015)

HIGH COURT

Transnet Soc Limited v Total South Africa (Pty) Ltd and Another (728/2015) [2016] ZASCA 116

SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL

McBride v Minister of Police and Another (CCT255/15) [2016] ZACC 30

CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

Chemical, Energy, Paper,Printing, Wood And Allied Workers Union and Others v Seathlolo and Others (06046/2016) [2016] ZAGPPHC 753

HIGH COURT

Canyon Coal (Pty) v Calwed Construction CC (24643/2016) [2016] ZAGPPHC 745

HIGH COURT

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries v National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

Helen Suzman Foundation v The South African Broadcasting Corporation SOC Ltd and Others

HIGH COURT

Law Society of the Free State v Radebe (4770/2015) [2016] ZAFSHC 113

HIGH COURT

Acting National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others v Democratic Alliance In Re: Democratic Alliance v Acting National Director of Public...

HIGH COURT

Member of the Executive Council for Health, Gauteng v Lushaba (CCT156/15) [2016] ZACC 16

CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

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SA: Committee concerned about the prolonged crisis at Universities

STATEMENT

DA: Zakhele Mbhele says SAPS spend more than R100k on catering every day

STATEMENT

DA: Ian Ollis says Labour Department’s qualified audit catastrophe should see Oliphant fired

STATEMENT

DA: John Steenhuisen on SONA Signal Jamming: Mahlobo should be summoned before Parliament to explain himself

STATEMENT

COSATU: Government should prosecute and arrest all managers of companies that are involved in cartel behaviour

STATEMENT

R2K: International Right to Know Day: Who let Hlaudi back in?

STATEMENT

SAA: South African Airways builds capacity on the Mauritius route, introduces A330-200

STATEMENT

DA: Belinda Bozzoli on #OpenOurUniversities: making up lost campus time will cost students thousands

STATEMENT

UPM: Solidarity with the student struggle

STATEMENT

IFPYB: Criminals are sabotaging student protest

STATEMENT

SA: Health Committee concludes Gauteng oversight

STATEMENT

Gauteng: Premier Makhura meets with Gauteng Metro Mayors

STATEMENT

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