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AfriForum to continue international campaign against land expropriation
By: Thabi Madiba Updated 32 minutes ago Civil rights organisation AfriForum on Tuesday announced that it plans to make verbal presentations to Parliament against the expropriation of land... →
Ramaphosa appoints new presiding officer for Tom Moyane disciplinary inquiry
By: News24Wire Updated 56 minutes ago President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed advocate Azhar Bham, SC, as the presiding officer into the disciplinary charges against suspended South... →
Land reform unlikely to mean constitutional change – analysts
By: Reuters Updated 1 hour ago South Africa looks likely to implement land redistribution under existing laws rather than by changing the constitution following a ruling party... →
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Small, local solutions can crack water crises: a South African case study
Updated 3 hours ago World attention has recently been focused on the water crisis facing the South African city of Cape Town, a metropolis of four million people.... →
South Africa's municipal electricity tariffs are hurting the economy
Updated 3 hours ago South Africa’s machinery and equipment industries have recently come under huge pressure. Falling demand after the 2008 financial crisis and rising... →
The future is African
Updated 3 hours ago The African continent is unique for many reasons: our diverse landscapes, melting pot of cultures, rich biodiversity, fertile soils and vast... →
Ramaphosa's new dawn: much better, but not nearly enough
21st May 2018 Cyril Ramaphosa’s rise to power has been greeted enthusiastically by most South Africans. Their hope is that the new president represents a... →
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Statements
Agri SA: Sober debate on land welcomes, but uncertainty regarding compensation persists
Updated 33 minutes ago “Agri SA welcomes the in-depth and sober debate on the land issue that took place within ANC ranks during the weekend,” said Ernest Pringle, chair... →
AfriForum: AfriForum intensifies its campaign against expropriation without compensation after ANC announcement
Updated 1 hour 9 minutes ago The civil rights organisation AfriForum today announced that it will intensify its campaign, both within South Africa and abroad, against... →
DA: Eddie Barlow says DA calls for urgent intervention in Madibeng, South Africa's worst municipality
Updated 1 hour 34 minutes ago The Democratic Alliance in North West and the leadership in our province urgently call on the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional... →
SA: Telecommunication and Postal Services calls for written comments on iNeSI Bill
Updated 3 hours ago The Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services has called on interested organisations and members of the public to submit... →
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Medical Malpractice in South Africa
Updated 1 hour 4 minutes ago Following the trend in other countries, there has been a veritable explosion of medical negligence litigation in the past 10 years in South Africa.... →
Latest ruling shows courts may be more willing to require unprotected strikers be brought to account
18th May 2018 In the recent Judgment of County Fair Foods, a division of Astral Operations Limited v FAWU & Others [CA02/2017] the Labour Appeal Court was... →
Labour Court Hits Employers Where it Hurts
17th May 2018 27 March 2018, the Labour Court delivered its judgment in the matter of SATAWU and Others v Sihlangene Security & Cleaning CC and Another (Case No:... →
Norton Rose Fulbright assists Scatec Solar ASA on REIPPP solar photovoltaic projects
17th May 2018 Global law firm, Norton Rose Fulbright, has assisted Scatec Solar ASA to reach financial close on three solar photovoltaic projects. The projects... →
