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22 Oct 2012
 
 
 
 
Daily podcast – October 22, 2012.
PODCAST
President Jacob Zuma said at a Presidential Infrastructure Investment Conference that South Africa would spend as much as R4-trillion on infrastructure development projects over the next 15 years.
 
 
19 Oct 2012
 
Apartheid-era laws being used for media coverage on Nkandla – lawyer
LAW
The media coverage of the upgrades to President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla home required government to "dust off" apartheid-era legislation, media law expert Dario Milo said on Friday. "The Public Works...
 
 
12 Oct 2012
 
SA: Statement by Webber Wentzel, South African law firm, classification of "The Spear" overturned (12/10/2012)
STATEMENT
Webber Wentzel successfully acted for the Goodman Gallery (the Gallery) in its appeal against the "16N" classification of Brett Murray's artwork "The Spear" by the Films and Publications Board (FPB).
 
 
26 Apr 2012
 
Media team submissions to the Press Freedom Commission
WEBBER WENTZEL
At a time when the protection of media freedom has been in the constant spotlight, the media team has again played a role in the processes established to enhance the constitutional rights and...
 
 
26 Aug 2011
 
News this week
UPDATE
Jobs are not being created fast enough to absorb the rising labour force, Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel says. Taking questions in the National Assembly, he says this is despite two...
 
 
23 Aug 2011
 
ANC narrows definition, scope of Info Bill
INFO BILL
The African National Congress (ANC) on Monday made good on a promise to drastically restrict the application of the Protection of Information Bill, and also proposed narrowing the grounds for...
 
 
01 Jul 2011
 
 
 
South Africa’s judiciary favourable towards media freedom
Media Law
South Africa’s judicial branch has been favourable toward media freedom, if previous judgments from recent court cases involving the media are anything to go by; however, there is concern with...
 
 
23 Nov 2010
 
MPs clash on appeals to release State information
PROTECTION OF INFORMATION
The African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday rejected the idea of having a retired judge handle appeals against government refusal to release information classified under the contentious...
 
 
06 Sep 2010
 
 
 
Cutting through the confusion: A step-by-step guide to the Protection of Information Bill and the Media Appeals Tribunal
WEBBER WENTZEL
In recent weeks there has been much publicity about the Protection of Information Bill and the ANC's proposal for the establishment of a Media Appeals Tribunal and how both of these developments...
 
 
23 Jul 2010
 
 
 
Daily podcast - July 23, 2010
PODCAST
In today's podcast, SA is confirmed as the top developing country investor in Africa; Burundi is found to be the most corrupt nation in East Africa; and, a lawyer warns that the Protection of...
 
 
22 Jul 2010
 
Information Bill unconstitutional — lawyer
PARLIAMENTARY HEARING
Lawmakers were warned again on Thursday that the Protection of Information Bill would not survive Constitutional Court scrutiny because it rode roughshod over media freedom and the democratic...
 
 
25 Mar 2010
 
Important ruling on the effect of amnesty on defamation claims handed down by the SCA
WEBBER WENTZEL
In 2008 the High Court ruled in favour of controversial former Ekhuruleni police chief, Robert McBride, in his claim for defamation and infringement of dignity against The Citizen. The claim...
 
 
21 Oct 2009
 
Protection of Personal Information Bill
WEBBER WENTZEL
The Protection of Personal Information Bill, 2009 (the "Bill") was tabled in Parliament on 25 August 2009. Public hearings are taking place this week.
 
 
11 Sep 2009
 
Presume openness, not secrecy
WEBBER WENTZEL
Once the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) decided to have a formal hearing into the complaints against Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe, the burning legal question was whether the JSC...
 
 
23 Jul 2009
 
Companies Act clears some muddy water
WEBBER WENTZEL
One of the most controversial aspects of our company law concerns whether a company can indemnify its directors when they breach their common law or fiduciary duties, and, related to this, whether...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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