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SA: Statement by Statistics South Africa, on Mid-year population estimates for 2013 (14/05/2013)

South Africa’s population size grew to 52.98 million, according to the latest Statistics SA (Stats SA) mid-year population estimates. This is a growth of just over one million people since the...

SA: Statement by the National Treasury, on outcome of meeting between National Treasury, the Financial Services Board and the South African Insurance Association (11/04/2013)

STATEMENT

Major short-term insurers have assured Government that motor car owners need not be concerned with the recent Pietermaritzburg High Court judgment (Mr Sherwin Jerrier vs. Outsurance Insurance...

SA: Department of International Relations and Cooperation, Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane in Namibia on a Working Visit (05/04/2013)

STATEMENT

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, is in Windhoek, the Republic of Namibia, today, 5 April 2013 on a working visit at the invitation of her Namibian...

Protection of Personal Information Bill of 2009 (POPI)

WEBBER WENTZEL

The POPI Bill has been referred to the Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Development of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) for consideration. Once approved by the NCOP, it will...

Avoid the pitfalls of losing privilege

WEBBER WENTZEL

In the recent, and as yet unreported, decision of UAP Agrochemicals KZN (Pty) Ltd & another v Nefic Estates (Pty) Ltd Case no: AR515/11, by the full bench of the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in...

Most funds have ‘head in the sand’ approach to climate risk – survey

CLIMATE RISK

A new survey by the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) has found that most of the world’s largest investment and pension funds are unprepared for climate change and lack climate risk...

Statement by Civil Society Groups, calling for investors to stop land grabbing (30/11/2012)

STATEMENT

Banks and pension funds are increasingly engaging in large-scale acquisitions of land with extremely damaging consequences for local populations. The London conference will bring together funds...

SA: Statement by the Department of Home Affairs, on the weekly media briefing by Deputy Director-General for Immigration (30/11/2012)

STATEMENT

At the outset of our media briefing today, let me state that Minister Naledi Pandor has today joined thousands of our people across the country in expressing her heartfelt condolences to family,...

IFP: Statement by Mario GR Oriani-Ambrosini, Inkatha Freedom Party Spokesperson on Trade and Industry, on launched daylightrobbery website (08/09/2012)

STATEMENT

This week the newly appointed National Commissioner of the National Consumer Commission Ebrahim Mohamed has assured the parliamentary portfolio committee that he and his Commission will be...

Cosatu: Dlamini: Address by the president, at the Sadtu policy conference, Kempton Park (23/03/2012)

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Comrades and compatriots Please accept revolutionary greeting from number 110 Jorissen Street – COSATU House – your new offices.

The focus of SARS shifts to insurance companies

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

It seems that the focus of the legislator and the revenue authorities has shifted from financial institutions to insurance companies. Apart from the elimination of so-called captive cell...

SA: Sisulu: Address by the Parliamentary speaker, at the globe legislative forum conference on climate change, in the National Assembly (03/12/2011)

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It is an honour for me to welcome this august gathering to Cape Town, at the foot of Table Mountain, which was recently declared one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Cosatu: Dlamini: Address by the president, to the central executive committee (21/11/2011)

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Source: The Congress of South African Trade Unions Title: Cosatu: Dlamini: Address by the president, to the central executive committee

Cosatu: Dlamini: Address by the president, at the Nafcoc conference, Midrand (18/11/2011)

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Date: 18/11/2011

Source: The Congress of South African Trade Unions

Title: Cosatu: Dlamini: Address by the president, at the Nafcoc conference, Midrand

The...

SA: Nene: Address by the Deputy Minister of Finance, at the annual audit committee conference, Johannesburg (05/10/2011)

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Date: 05/10/2011
Source: The National Treasury
Title: SA: Nene: Address by the Deputy Minister of Finance, at the annual audit committee conference, Johannesburg

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