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News this week
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South Africa's government is appealing a decision by its own regulators to allow Wal-Mart to buy control of local retailer Massmart, a move that could tarnish the nation's credentials as an...
 
 
21 Jul 2011
 
 
 
Daily podcast – July 21, 2011
PODCAST
The biggest issue around the drive to toll the freeways, which were refurbished under the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project, was the lack of consultation, says South African Transport and Allied...
 
 
Releasing frozen funds to Libyan rebels would be a violation
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
On 15 July, the ‘International Contact Group on Libya’ held its fourth meeting in the Turkish capital, Istanbul. This meeting saw the participation of two-dozen foreign ministers and other...
 
 
19 Jul 2011
 
 
 
Daily Podcast – July 19, 2011
PODCAST
The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa (or Seifsa) signed a three-year wage agreement with six trade unions on Monday. However, they said that the National Employers...
 
 
18 Jul 2011
 
SA, UK to double trade
BILATERAL TRADE
British Prime Minister David Cameron has committed to double bilateral trade with South Africa by 2015, as he began his first working visit to sub-Saharan Africa to bolster trade links with the...
 
 
Mbeki to Zuma: South Africa in the UNSC
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
South Africa’s almost ‘back to back’ re-election to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as a non-permanent member for another two-year tenure in October 2010 affirmed the nation’s...
 
 
08 Jul 2011
 
News this week
UPDATE
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela did not break any laws when her company offered services to the Department of Justice while she was the South African Law reform Commissioner (SALRC).
 
 
01 Jul 2011
 
Software Patents In South Africa - To Be Or Not To Be?
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
The patenting of South African software is the subject of much heated debate. While the concept has never having been examined by our judicial system, software patent applications are being...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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