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23 May 2013
                       
 
 
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23 May 2013
 
 
Directors face potential criminal liability for over 500 environmental offences
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
Environmental legislation has mushroomed over the last few years to the extent that there are now over 500 offences that company directors can be held personally and criminally liable for. That’s...
 
 
21 May 2013
 
Legality of stringent product recall guidelines in question
Bowman Gilfillan
Product recalls are a common occurrence internationally, and it is only a matter of time before South African products are recalled as frequently. According to Lior Nickig, associate attorney at...
 
 
02 May 2013
 
BG: Statement by the Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group, pan-African legal services group, on social media in the workplace (02/05/2013)
STATEMENT
As much as employers stand to benefit from the ease, speed and cost-effectiveness of social media, economic gains can be just as quickly lost on industrial and public relations crises, as well as...
 
 
Social media in the workplace: Balancing rights to privacy with freedom of expression
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
As much as employers stand to benefit from the ease, speed and cost-effectiveness of social media, economic gains can be just as quickly lost on industrial and public relations crises, as well as...
 
 
09 Apr 2013
 
COMESA Commission issues competition guidelines
Fasken Martineau
The COMESA Competition Commission (CCC) has heeded calls for further clarity on various aspects of the COMESA Competition Regulations (COMESA Regulations), by issuing draft guidelines which have...
 
 
02 Apr 2013
 
Bowman Gilfillan advises Oryx Energies on SA gas acquisition
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
Bowman Gilfillan, the pan-African legal services group, has advised on the South African leg of a major international transaction that will see Oryx Energies acquire liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)...
 
 
08 Mar 2013
 
VF+: Statement by Corrie Pypers, Freedom Front Plus Midvaal Councillor, asks Public Protector to investigate victimisation of whistle-blowers in DA controlled Midvaal council (08/03/2013)
STATEMENT
The FF Plus has submitted a complaint, along with some exhibits, to the Public Protector, adv. Thuli Madonsela, to investigate the continual victimisation of whistle-blowers in the DA-controlled...
 
 
26 Feb 2013
 
Fewer individuals in financial trouble, but more companies opt to shut shop
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
The number of insolvencies, which refers to individuals, partnerships or trusts placed under final sequestration after being unable to pay their debt, continues to fall, according to statistics...
 
 
24 Feb 2013
 
DA: Statement by Natasha Michael, DA Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises, calls for urgent task team to investigate alleged irregularities at South African Airways (24/02/2013)
STATEMENT
It is alleged that SAA's general manager of legal services, Fikile Thabethe, has indicated that the legal opinion given to the board of SAA regarding alleged contraventions of the Public Finance...
 
 
29 Jan 2013
 
Declines in company liquidations and individual insolvencies encouraging
BOWMAN GILFILLAN
The latest liquidations and insolvency statistics, released by Stats SA today, give insight into economic performance and the state of consumer debt in South Africa. Adam Harris, director of the...
 
 
28 Jan 2013
 
BG: Statement by Bowman Gilfillan, litigation firm, on the encouraging declines in company liquidations and individual insolvencies (28/01/2013)
STATEMENT
Adam Harris, director of the litigation department at pan-African legal services group Bowman Gilfillan, said that liquidation figures applicable to companies for December 2012, and insolvency...
 
 
18 Sep 2012
 
SA: Statement by Civil Society Organisations, supporting the Marikana Solidarity Campaign call for action to address the growing humanitarian crisis in Marikana (18/09/2012)
STATEMENT
As is becoming increasingly clear, beyond the immediate tragedy and trauma of the violent events from 10-16 August, there are other continuing forms of suffering in Marikana associated with the...
 
 
12 Sep 2012
 
SA: Statement by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, on framework for the transformation of the State Legal Services (12/09/2012)
STATEMENT
The Policy Framework for the Transformation of State Legal Services aims to address the requirement by the government of South Africa for efficient, coordinated legal services, to promote the...
 
 
17 Aug 2012
 
Policing sex work in Zimbabwe – an appropriate response?
Southern Africa Litigation Centre
For the past three months police in Harare have been conducting operations to arrest women in bars and night clubs. According to the Harare police, these operations are part of an effort to reduce...
 
 
25 May 2012
 
News this week
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Political analyst Moeletsi Mbeki says South Africa is being de-industrialised and turned into a welfare state because of an alliance between the black political elite and the poor. "There is an...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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