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Round Table Discussion on Corporate Governance and the Companies Act

Thina Siwendu, a director specialising in Corporate Governance at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, held the first of a series of Round Table discussions on corporate governance and the Companies Act...

DA: Statement by Marian Shinn, DA Shadow Minister of Communications, welcomes the moves by ICASA to get its house in order (30/04/2013)

STATEMENT

According to a reply to a DA parliamentary question, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) is owed R501 million - over half a billion - by companies and state departments...

Vodacom unveils R4.2m rainwater harvesting project

ENVIRONMENT

Telecommunications group Vodacom on Thursday unveiled its latest initiative to minimise the environmental impact of its head office, in Midrand. The R4.2-million rainwater harvesting project, which...

Moving from human resources management to human capital consultancy in Africa: An exposé of dynamics, challenges and opportunities

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Africa is home to countless multinational companies (MNCs) operating alongside an ever expanding number of local entrepreneurs. All this has led to heightened competition, with survival depending...

Pilot plants on way for platinum, titanium value-add – Science Minister

PLATINUM

Pilot plants are on the way for both platinum and titanium beneficiation, Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor has revealed.

Minister lauds PPP mother and child centre in Hillbrow

HEALTH

Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsolaedi on Friday praised the development of the newly launched Shandukani Maternal and Child Health Centre in Hillbrow, which focuses on antenatal, post-natal and...

Local interest in IP growing – IP law institute

Intellectual Property Law

Awareness of the value of intellectual property (IP) is growing steadily in South Africa, as significantly more companies are becoming aware of the opportunities it can offer, not only locally but...

SA: Pule: Address by the Minister of Communications, on the budget vote for the Department of Communications, Parliament (08/05/2012)

Topics

One of the key decisions taken at WRC-12 was to allocate the frequency band 694-790 MHz to the mobile service. This frequency band is currently used by television broadcasters. It is ideally suited...

Daily podcast – June 01, 2011

PODCAST

South Africa's government said it could take legal action if the conditions imposed on WalMart's $2.4-billion bid for local retailer Massmart were not enough to prevent large-scale job cuts,...

Communication vacancies to be filled ‘in six months’

ICT

The Department of Communications (DoC) would work “faster, harder and smarter” to provide policy leadership, Minister Roy Padayachie said at a meeting with the country’s top information and...

Public, private sector team up to boost inner city health precinct

CORPORATE SOCIAL INVESTMENT

Celluar service providers Vodacom, Altec, and Altron have partnered with the City of Johannesburg, the Gauteng Department of Health and the Wits Institute for Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV...

Cabinet approves 6-month Rica extension

TELECOMS

Cabinet has approved an amendment to the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-related Information Act, or Rica, giving operators and customers a six-month...

ANC: Statement by Siphiwe Nyanda, African National Congress NEC member, on an integrated ICT strategy (18/09/2010)

Statements

In the coming week the ANC will hold its largest political school, the National General Council (NGC). The NGC's task is to assess where we are since the 2007 Polokwane National Conference. The...

New law may lead to increasing class-action lawsuits

Mergers and Acquisitions

With the new Companies Act, No 71 of 2008, which will change the way in which mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are dealt with in South Africa, coming into effect soon, Bowman Gilfillan Attorneys...

SA: Statement by Sue van der Merwe ,Deputy International Relations and Cooperation Minister, on South Africa’s Rescue Package to the Republic of Haiti (14/01/2010)

Statements

The South African Government will coordinate the country's aid package through the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC). The South African Government has decided that the country's aid...

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