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Congolese warlord Germain Katanga

Congo warlord's conviction brings relief to international court

CONVICTION

Congolese warlord Germain Katanga was convicted on Friday of being an accessory to war crimes including murder and pillage - only the second conviction in...

Eastern Cape allocated R684m in development finance

DEVELOPMENT FINANCE

The R684-million Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) allocation to the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) by Finance MEC Phumulo Masualle on...

Two South African policemen suspended over video-recorded assault

SUSPENSION

Two South African policemen have been suspended after cellphone footage of them assaulting a man suspected of robbery in Cape Town caused public outrage...

Oscar Pistorius

'Angry' Pistorius fired shot out of car sun-roof, ex tells court

OSCAR PISTORIUS TRIAL

A seething Oscar Pistorius fired his pistol out of a car's open sun-roof after an argument with a police officer, ex-girlfriend Samantha Taylor told a court...

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Bouteflika's re-election quest keeps Algeria in long-term limbo

POLITICS

Algerians may not have been shocked to learn their ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika would run for re-election after 15 years in power, but the way he...

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius

Western countries alarmed as Libya slides towards chaos

unrest

Western countries voiced concern on Thursday that tensions in Libya could slip out of control in the absence of a functioning political system, and they...

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Daily podcast – March 6, 2014

PODCAST

Webber Wentzel CSI manager Themba Mdlalose

Learning by example: Attending a moot court in Amsterdam

VIDEO

Daily podcast – March 5, 2014

PODCAST

Raymond Suttner

Suttner's View: 20 years of democracy

SUTTNER'S VIEW

We need a conversation about racism

VIDEO

Daily podcast – March 4, 2014.

PODCAST

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Nelson Mandela

Madiba named Newsmaker of the Year

NEWS

Union Buildings now heritage site

UNION BUILDINGS

Thamsanqa Jantjie

Mashatile apologises for interpreter

MANDELA MEMORIAL

Appeal - One day entire world in peace

TRIBUTE TO MANDELA

Mandela understood the role of business in social upliftment, sustainability – National...

TRIBUTES TO MANDELA

Mamphela Ramphela pays tribute and remembers Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (11/12/2013)

Tributes to Nelson Mandela

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'I've never experienced happiness' – Child marriage in Malawi (March 2014)

HUMAN RIGHTS

This 69-page Human Rights Watch report documents...

South African relations with China and Taiwan: Economic realism and the 'One-China' doctrine (March 2014)

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Since 2009, China is South Africa’s largest bilateral trade partner with political relations between Beijing and Pretoria deepening in recent...

Funding African governance institutions and processes: Insights and lessons (March 2014)

APRM

This paper examines the financing of selected governance institutions in Africa, looking at national, continental and international levels and at the...

Coping with policy normalization in high-income countries (March 2014)

ECONOMY

Five years after the global financial crisis, the world economy is showing signs of bouncing back this year, pulled along by a recovery in high-income...

SME Growth Survey Report: What are the most compelling contributors to SME growth in SA? (March 2014)

ECONOMY

What are the main contributing factors to sustained SME growth in South Africa? In a bid to identify these success factors, a survey was conducted in...

Analysis on South Africa’s energy sector (March 2014)

ENERGY

South Africa has a large energy-intensive coal mining industry. The country has limited proved reserves of oil and natural gas and uses its large coal...

recommendations page

Next Finance Minister

REAL ECONOMY: SA ECONOMY

No matter who is appointed South Africa’s next Finance Minister – I personally hope Pravin Gordhan is willing to stay on – it will be important that...

Hypocrisy and hysteria in Western criticism of China’s engagement in Africa

CENTRE FOR CHINESE STUDIES

Questions around China’s involvement in Africa arise in almost all spheres of debates or discussions in Europe and the USA, be it in the media, academia or...

Cheap Chinese imports in Africa: Implications and remedies

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The negative effects of the trade relationship between China and Africa, particularly its balance of economic power in the former’s favour, have attracted...

Tension and uncertainty ahead of Guinea-Bissau polls

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

The African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC) certainly has a lot on its plate. With the war in South Sudan, the escalating crisis in the Central...

Professor Raymond Suttner

The persistence of the past in the present

RAYMOND SUTTNER

It is said a picture, tells a thousand words. Of course, images must not be read in a static manner. However, in looking at our surroundings, there is a...

What Tlakula's alleged conflict of interest means for the IEC and the elections

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

We find ourselves between a rock and a hard place. Last year, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela found that Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Chairperson,...

opinion page

Financial Services Law Amendment Act: Commencement Gazette 37351

Topics

Immigration Act: Regulations: Draft (Gazette 37335 General Notice 97) - comments by 28 Feb 2014

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Liquor Act: National liquor norms and standards: (Draft Gazette 37322 General Notice 80)

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Merchant Shipping Act: Regulations: Eyesight and medical examination: Amendment: Draft (Gazette 37315 General Notice 72) - comments by 11 Mar 2014

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Merchant Shipping Act: Regulations: Safe manning, training and certification: Amendment: Draft (Gazette 37314 General Notice 71) - comments by 11...

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Occupational Health and Safety Act: Regulations: Construction (Gazette 37305 Regulation Gazette 10113 Government Notice 84)

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Consumer Protection Act: South African automotive industry code of conduct: Draft (Gazette 37301 General Notice 69) - comments by 10 Mar 2014

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Merchandise Marks Act: Prohibition on use of European Union words (Gazette 37296, Gen Notice 66)

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Electronic Communications Act (36/2005): Call termination regulations, 2014 (Gazette 37295, Gen Notice 65)

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Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (28/2002): Restriction on granting new applications for reconnaissance permits, technical...

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Postal Services Act (124/1998): Fees and charges for postal services (Gazette 37283, Gen Notice 49)

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Judicial Service Commission Act: Regulations: Disclosure of registrable interests (Gazette 37273, Regulation Gazette 10097, Govt Notice 56)

Topics

legislation page

LIZEL BLIGNAUTCompetition laws are fast becoming a regular feature of the regulatory landscape in developing countries

Competition policy, law can be used to regulate economy

Competition Law

SHAWN VAN DER MEULEN Criminal sanctions will further discourage and dissuade directors and managers from engaging in cartel activity

Criminalisation to deter cartel conduct

Competition Law

Merger won’t dampen competition

Competition Law

Namibia road merger prohibited

Competition Law

Record-breaking number of fines issued

Competition Law

LRA Amendment Bill puts pressure on CCMA

Labour 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: John Jeffery: Address by the Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, at...

STATEMENT

SA: Tsepe Motumi: Address by the Director General of the Department of Military Veterans, during...

SPEECH

President Jacob Zuma

SA: Jacob Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the National Teaching Awards Gala...

SPEECH

Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega

SA: Riah Phiyega: Address by the Police Commissioner, during the Limpopo Police Officials...

SPEECH

SA: John Jeffery: Address by the Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, at...

Justice & Constitutional Development

President Jacob Zuma

SA: Jacob Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the Presentation of Letters of...

The Presidency including National Planning and Pe

speeches page

SA businesses are not ready for new privacy protection legislation – Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton

Ngewu and Another v Post Office Retirement Fund and Others [2013]

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Learning by example: Attending a moot court in Amsterdam

VIDEO

National hospital network applies for exemption

WEBBER WENTZEL

The South African Society for Labour Law to launch a non-profit company

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Business law firm announces new chairperson

CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR

2014 Budget speech review: Infrastructure investment

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Skills development and the need to plan for the 2014/15 submissions

LABOURWISE

NewLaw is here

Whipping the Cat

Conflicting rights to exploit natural resources

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Adams & Adams awarded PMR Diamond Award for Best IP Law firm in SA

Adams & Adams

Is workplace victimisation prohibitted?

Labour Law Management Consulting

legal briefs page

Active citizen Maurice Smithers

Re-imagining post-apartheid Yeoville Bellevue

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Prince Mashele

The fall of the ANC: What next?

AUTHOR

Former diplomat and author Robin Renwick

Helen Suzman: Bright Star in a Dark Chamber

Author Interviews

Thaddeus Metz

Meaning in Life

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Dr Angie Mojakwana Mashabela

Surrendering

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Reg Lascaris

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

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

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Multichoice (Proprietary) Limited and Others v National Prosecuting Authority and Another, In Re; S v Pistorius, In Re; Media 24 Limited and Others...

North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria

Ghandi Sqaure Property Holdings (Pty) Ltd v Pension Fund Adjudicator and Others (62575/2013) [2014] ZAGPPHC 6

North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria

Estate Agency Affairs Board v Auction Alliance (Pty) Ltd and Others (CCT 94/13) [2014] ZACC 3

Constitutional Court

Ronald Bobroff & Partners Inc v De La Guerre; South African Association of Personal Injury Lawyers v Minister of Justice and Constitutional...

Constitutional Court

Ronald Bobroff & Partners Inc v De La Guerre; South African Association of Personal Injury Lawyers v Minister of Justice and Constitutional...

Constitutional Court

Kubyana v Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd (CCT 65/13) [2014] ZACC 1

Constitutional Court

ABSA Bank Limited v Mahomed and Another (876/12) [2014] ZASCA 1

Supreme Court of Appeal

Minister of Communications v Ngewu and Others (117/11) [2013] ZACC 44

Constitutional Court

Khumalo and Another v Member of the Executive Council for Education: KwaZulu Natal (CCT 10/13) [2013] ZACC 49

Constitutional Court

Dengetenge Holdings (Pty) Ltd v Southern Sphere Mining And Development Company Ltd and Others (CCT 39/13) [2013] ZACC 48

Constitutional Court

Director-General Department of Home Affairs and Another v Mukhamadiva (61/13) [2013] ZACC 47

Constitutional Court

Minister of Mineral Resources and Others v Sishen Iron Ore Company (Pty) Ltd and Another (CCT 51/13) [2013] ZACC 45

Constitutional Court

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SA: Statement by Dan Plato, Western Cape MEC of Community Safety, asserts that police brutality must never be tolerated (07/03/2014)

STATEMENT

SA: Statement by the Portfolio Committee on Police, calls for urgent police probe reported incidents of police brutality and negligence in the...

STATEMENT

SA: Statement by the Department of Science and Technology, on the launch of 54 new Research Chairs by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe (07/03/2014)

STATEMENT

PUDEMO: Statement by People's United Democratic Movement, Swaziland political movement, asserts that the conditions of Swazi women are testimony to...

STATEMENT

SA: Statement by the Ministry of Communications, on the North West Provincial Public Hearings on the National Integrated ICT Policy Green Paper...

STATEMENT

ANC: Statement by Jackson Mthembu, ANC National Spokesperson, on ANC and the effective use of social media (07/03/2014)

STATEMENT

SA: Statement by the Presidency, President Zuma available to answer questions in Parliament (07/03/2014)

STATEMENT

HEAIDS: Statement by the Higher Education and Training HIV/ AIDS Programme, 2014 Higher Education HIV testing campaign kicks off (07/03/2014)

STATEMENT

SA: Statement by AfriForum Youth, civil rights organisation, demands apology from Memela over racist statements (07/03/2014)

STATEMENT

CW: Statement by Corruption Watch, anti-corruption organisation, calls for the reintroduction of the Anti-corruption bureau into the new public...

STATEMENT

ANC: Statement by the Office of the ANC Chief Whip, asserts that those who value South Africa's democracy should defend the IEC against politcal...

STATEMENT

SADC: Statement by the Southern African Development Community, on SADC institutions meeting to prepare the Council meeting of March 2014 (07/03/2014)

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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