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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga

Motshekga has one month to set up school norms – EE

NORMS & STANDARDS IN EDUCATION

Equal Education (EE) is giving Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga another month to promulgate norms and standards for school infrastructure, it said on...

No proper decision on winelands toll, court told

TOLL ROADS

Sanral's public notice on the Winelands tolling project was unlawful because the national roads agency never took a proper board decision committing to the...

Andry Rajoelina

Madagascar's Rajoelina not eligible to run in election – AU

ELECTIONS

The African Union (AU) has said it will not recognise Andry Rajoelina as Madagascar's president if he wins July's presidential election, piling more pressure...

Cabinet confident of measures to create jobs

JOB CREATION

Cabinet has noted the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) which shows an increase in the unemployment rate from 24.9% to 25.2%. Briefing the media in Cape...

Names of new judges announced

APPOINTMENTS

President Jacob Zuma has announced the appointment of nine new judges who will take up their posts in various courts throughout the country in July. The...

Parliament

Gupta debate moved forward

GUPTAGATE

A Parliamentary debate on the unauthorised landing at the Waterkloof Air Force Base has been moved forward, the African National Congress (ANC) said on...

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Hamadziripi Tamukamoyo

South Africa needs credible leaders at the helm of its criminal justice system

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

Daily podcast – May 15, 2013.

PODCAST

Daily podcast – May 14, 2013.

PODCAST

Political analyst Aubrey Matshiqi

Guptagate reignites concerns about national security

POLITICAL INSIGHT

Daily podcast – May 13, 2013.

PODCAST

Daily podcast – May 10, 2013.

PODCAST

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Towards a just peace: Faith based ethics in challenging arms trade (May 2013)

ARMS TRADE

Have faith based organisations done...

World Health Statistics 2013 (May 2013)

HEALTH

The world has made dramatic progress in improving health in the poorest countries and narrowing the gaps between countries with the best and worst...

Swept Away: Abuses against sex workers in China (May 2013)

HUMAN RIGHTS

This 51-page Human Rights Watch report documents abuses by the police against female sex workers in...

The paradox continues (May 2013)

labour

Recent political news was dominated by the Guptas at Waterkloof and the unemployment numbers. We leave the Guptas to bigger forces and focus on the...

A Marshall Plan for Europe (May 2013)

LABOUR

For historical reasons Germany has to be careful with giving advice to other countries. Even more so at the moment considering Germany’s dominant...

NEEDU National Report 2012: The State of Literacy Teaching and Learning in the Foundation Phase (May 2013)

EDUCATION

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Swazi government's prayers answered

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

The African National Congress (ANC) issued a statement earlier this month saying that ‘the democratization of Swaziland must preoccupy the work of the...

New growth ‘bargain’

REAL ECONOMY: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

A leading International Monetary Fund (IMF) official last week urged South Africa’s social partners of government, labour and business to pursue a “broad...

Prospecting for solutions: The challenges of South Africa’s mining industry

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

In 1994, South Africa completed the monumental shift out of the oppressive apartheid system and towards democracy in an attempt to tilt the scales towards...

The Guptagate scandal in the broader context of political accountability

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

'Guptagate', as the media have dubbed the controversial circumstances surrounding the recent Gupta wedding in South Africa, is but the latest scandal for a...

Let's not monumentalise the National Development Plan – SACP

SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY

This document is intended to open up constructive discussion and debate on the National Development Plan (NDP) - in the first place within SACP ranks....

The balancing act in low income countries: Financial stability vs. growth

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Over the past decades Africa has increasingly opened up its economy to international trade and finance. This change has often been at the bequest of, or...

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Electoral Act (Act 73 of 1998): Publication of reviewed lists of candidates (Gazette 36353, Notice 375)

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International Air Service Act (115/1990): Application for the Grant/amendment of domestic air service licence (Gazette 36431, Notice 448),

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International Air Service Act (60/1993): Grant/amendment of international air service licence (Gazette 36431, Notice 447)

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South African Schools Act (84/1996): Correction Notice: Amended National Norms and Standards for School Funding (Gazettes 36328, Notice 246)

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Gas Amendment Bill, 2013: For public comments (Gazette 36425, Notice 443)

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Civil Aviation Act (13/2009): Civil Aviation Regulations (Gazette 36416, Regulation 322)

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National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (10/2004): Biodiversity management plan for pelargonium sidoides in South Africa 2011-2020...

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Proposed ICT Policy Review Framing Paper, 2013: For public (Gazette 36408, Notice 429)

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Electoral Amendment Bill (73/1998): Publication of the Draft Amendment Bill, 2013 (G 36401, GeN 425),

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MPRDA (28 of 2002): Invitation for representations from relevant stakeholders on proposed prohibition against granting of new applications for...

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National Education Policy Act (27/1996): Proposed 2015 school calendar for public schools (Gazette 36386, Notice 299)

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National Animal Pounds Bill: for public comments (Gazette 36385, Notice 398)

Topics

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Environmental governance

Industry participation needed in environmental regulation drafting

Environmental Law

Urgent solutions needed

Legalised rhino horn trade to curb poaching – SAHGCA

Environmental law

Rooibos tea leaves

SA fighting to protect Rooibos trademark

Environmental law

Adams & Adams partner Jac Marais

Competition compliance programme important for companies

Competition Law

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr senior associate Lerisha Naidu

Information sharing may result in anticompetitive outcomes

Competition Law

Werksmans Advisory Services director Ahmore Burger-Smidt

Length of appeal process a concern for industry

Competition Law

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National Budget Review 2012 (4.309kb)

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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: Darek Hanekom: Address by the Minister of Science and Technology, on the occasion of the...

SPEECH

SA: Joe Phaahla: Address by the Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, during the Arts and Culture...

SPEECH

SA: Paul Sebegoe: Address by the acting MEC for Local Government and Traditional Affairs, on the...

SPEECH

SA: Paul Mashatile: Address by the Minister of Arts and Culture, at the delivery of the Arts and...

SPEECH

SA: Ebrahim Patel: Address by the Minister of Economic Development, in the National Council of...

STATEMENT

SA: Rob Davies: Address by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Budget Vote 36, Old Assembly...

SPEECH

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Cyril Ramaphosa on key issues affecting the public and private sector

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

The Compensation Fund aims to reduce claims backlog

SA LABOUR GUIDE

Safeguard against penalties with a tax opinion

Garlicke & Bousfield Inc

Cadbury wins the colour purple in the UK

ADAMS & ADAMS

The Employment Equity Amendment Bill and the New Employment Services Bill

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Corporate Governance Review: The South Africa chapter

WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS

Kentucky Fried Nuggets – the importance of the Trade Secret

ADAMS & ADAMS

Labour Law Amendments: No More Protection for Senior Executives?

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Adams & Adams Attorneys celebrate MTNSAMA19

Adams & Adams

Mozambique introduces Competition Law

Bowman Gilfillan

Where the value breaks: Voting procedures in South African business rescue proceedings

WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS

New proposals on recharacterisation of hybrid debt instruments

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

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Guinea opposition to renew protests as UN-led talks founder

ELECTIONS

Equatorial Guinea vote unlikely to be fair – right groups

ELECTIONS

Obert Mpofu

Zimbabwe to consult with miners before imposing election taxes

MINING TAX

Madagascar election set for July despite mediator's unease

ELECTIONS

Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina

Madagascar president Rajoelina to run in July vote, breaks promise not to

ELECTIONS

Failure to reach election agreement stirs up violence

ELECTIONS

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Ebrahim Fakir provides an analysis on the recent local government elections.

Local Government Elections – An analysis by Ebrahim Fakir

VIDEO

Professor Dirk Kotzé provides an analysis on the local government elections.

Local government elections – An analysis by Prof Dirk Kotzé

VIDEO

Cosatu: Statement by Patrick Craven, Congress of South African Trade Unions spokesperson,...

IEC

IFP president Mangosuthu Buthelezi

IFP: Statement by Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Inkatha Freedom Party president, on the coalition between...

KwaZulu-Natal

NFP, ANC form partnerships in KZN

LOCAL ELECTIONS

General analysis of the Local Government Election 2011 (May 2011)

LOCAL ELECTIONS

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Master Currency (Pty) Ltd v Commissioner for South African Revenue Services (155/2012) [2013] ZASCA 17

Supreme Court of Appeal

Agri South Africa v Minister for Minerals and Energy (CCT 51/12) [2013] ZACC 9

Constitutional Court

Independent Outdoor Media (Pty) Ltd and Others v City of Cape Town (222/2012) [2013] ZASCA 46

Supreme Court of Appeal

Mr Property Developers (Pty) Ltd v MEC for the Department of Health of the North West Provincial Government (1177/2012) [2013] ZANWHC 33

North West High Court

Minister of Mineral Resources of the Republic of South Africa and Others v Sishen Iron Ore Company (pty) Ltd and Another (394/12) [2013] ZASCA 50

Supreme Court of Appeal

Scalabrini Centre, Cape Town and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Others (11681/12) [2013] ZAWCHC 49

Western Cape High Court

Lagoonbay Lifestyle Estate (Pty) Ltd v Minister for Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning of the Western Cape and Others...

Supreme Court of Appeal

Vermaak and Others v Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs and Others (224/2013) [2013] ZAECPEHC 16

Eastern Cape High Court, Port Elizabeth

Pilane and Another v Pilane and Another (CCT 46/12) [2013] ZACC 3

Constitutional Court

National Director of Public Prosecutions v Elran (CCT 56/12) [2013] ZACC 2

Constitutional Court

Ngewu and Another v Post Office Retirement Fund and Others (CCT 117/11) [2013] ZACC 4

Constitutional Court

UASA and Another v BHP Billiton Energy Coal Suth Africa Ltd and Another (J 354/13) [2013] ZALCJHB 26

Johannesburg Labour Court

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IFP: Statement by Velaphi Ndlovu, IFP Spokesperson on Police, calls for improved security measures in schools (17/05/2013)

STATEMENT

DA: Statement by Annette Lovemore, DA Shadow Minister of Basic Education, on Minister Motshekga missing deadline to gazette infrastructure norms...

STATEMENT

DA: Statement by Anthony Benadie, DA Mpumalanga Provincial Leader, condemns ‘all-white’ matric dance (17/05/2013)

STATEMENT

IFP: Statement by Mkhuleko Hlengwa, IFP Spokesperson on Sports and Recreation, calls for cut down on the amount of money used for the Sports Awards...

STATEMENT

IFP: Statement by Petros Sithole, IFP Spokesperson on Public Works, concerned by the conditions that some Gauteng government departments operate in...

STATEMENT

DA: Statement by Ian Davidson, DA Shadow Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, welcomes Professor Karabus back home (17/05/2013)

STATEMENT

BG: Statement by the Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group, pan-African legal services group, on the Companies Act in fighting oppression and prejudice...

STATEMENT

SA: Statement by the Parliament of South Africa, on the first bilateral meeting with European Parliament in South Africa (16/05/2013)

STATEMENT

SA: Statement by the Gauteng Provincial Government, Gauteng Executive Council welcomes the mid-year population estimates for 2013 by Statistics...

STATEMENT

VF+: Statement by Corné Mulder, Freedom Front Plus Arts and Culture Spokesperson, on nation building and social cohesion in South Africa (17/05/2013)

STATEMENT

NYDA: Statement by the National Youth Development Agency, on the agency's new vision (17/05/2013)

STATEMENT

IFP: Statement by onnie Zikalala, IFP Spokesperson on Water and Environmental Affairs, calls for an end to the recreational killing of lions in...

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)

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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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