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Government
Gazette Update
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Legislation
Appropriation
Bill ; Child Justice Act ;
Companies
Act, 2008 ; Consumer Protection Act, 2008 ;
Criminal Procedure Amendment
Bill, 2010 ; Division of Revenue Bill ;
Electronic
Communications Act 36 of 2005, Broadcasting
Act 4 of 1999 and Independent
Communications Authority of South Africa 13 of 2000 ; Draft
Intellectual
Property Laws Amendment Bill ; National
Environmental Management : Air Quality Act 39 of 2004 ;
South
African National Cybersecurity Policy
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News
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Recent
Judgments
Competition Commission, Tribunal and Appeal Court - Poultry
industry gets the beady eye ; Commission considers Pioneer's fine too
lenient
Supreme Court of Appeal
- The Citizen loses its case against McBride ; asylum seeker to
be released from "unlawful" custody
Constitutional Court - Matatiele belongs in the Eastern Cape ;
president to grant victims of the perpetrators of political violence
an audience before granting pardons
Land Claims Courts
Eastern Cape High Court - AbaThembu King's secession plans are
publicly criticised ; 'Rasta' mother tries to reclaim two children who
were removed from her custody
KwaZulu-Natal High Court : Durban - Sutcliffe subpoenaed in claim
over delay in tender process ; alleged sugarcane field serial murdered
asks for girlfriend to be released from custody
KwaZulu-Natal High
Court : Pietermaritzburg - Nabolisa denied bail as court deems him
a flight risk ; Badul granted bail
North Gauteng High Court - Medical professionals challenge price
list ; court supports farmers whose land in Zimbabwe has been seized ;
Judgment has been reserved in the LSSA's RAF case ; 'Advocate Barbie' is sentenced
to seven years in prison but plans to appeal to the SCA
South Gauteng High Court - Eskom wants court to dismiss Maroga's
R85 million claim and gag him ; Matric pupil wins right to move to
Grade 12 ; last week's ruling in the UK on assisted suicide may have a
bearing on the Kebble trial ; Gilder testifies in Selebi trial and
judge rules the transcript is to be made public
Western Cape High Court - Happy Valley families lose eviction
appeal ; convicted molester has sentence reduced to fine
Commercial Crimes - Fidentia accountant stays behind bars
Equality Courts - Hate speech profile appears on Facebook urging
followers to kill whites ; date not yet set down for Malema's hate
speech trial to continue ; court rules that 'racist' comments by
Mbolweni were "nothing more than a storm in a teacup"
Labour Courts - SAPS ordered to promote captain in Employment Equity Act
case
Land Claims Court - Constantia development halted pending land
claim ; court rejects claim to currently productive agricultural land
Regional Courts - Xenophobia case against Councillor resumes ;
former prosecutor gets suspended term
Magistrates Courts - Reitz workers want criminal case rather than
restorative justice ; case against Dalton is re-opened ; family of
'blue light' victim dissatisfied with two-year suspended term for
driver
Legal
Profession
Law Society of South Africa welcomes
review of LLB qualification ; Nthai demands original tapes ; female
lawyers now permitted in Saudi courts ; could Obama be on his way to
the Bench?
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South
Africa
dti says draft 2010 Liquor Bill that requires special R50 000
licence is not intended to stifle business ; 2010 accommodation prices
to be audited ; Fifa turns attention to muti ; Deputy-Director of
Communications suspended following irregular expenditure of over R3
million ; contract of Correctional Services National Commissioner is
terminated ; alleged sugarcane field serial murderer injured during
attempted escape from prison, leading to retirement of prison official
; what recourse is there for failed IT projects? ; what effect will
Italy's conviction of two Google executives have on Internet freedom?
; government shifts its thinking on migration ; Gauteng goes all-out
to save money on contracts ; awarding of government tenders in the
spotlight ; Deputy-Minister of Home Affairs is not impressed with ID
book ; government intercepts North Korean armaments bound for Central
Africa ; couple suspected of genocide crimes living in South Africa ;
Asset Forefeiture Unit eyes properties of Cape Town woman convicted in
UK of heading child sex ring ; JSC prepares for interviews ; new
Director-General of Justice called to account for Simelane's audit
report ; Premier outlines priorities for KZN ; land transactions still
delayed by SGO's wage negotiations ; cost of supporting squatters ;
Nersa approves Eskom tariffs amid pleas to municipalities when
applying the increase, and parliament puts pressure on Eskom to
renegotiate favourable supply contracts with industry ; mineral rights
in South Africa ; audit of state's mining assets is completed ; Peter
Leon invited to join mining task team ; a
state-owned mining company is proposed ; Western Cape farmers and
environmental groups up in arms over proposed mining in the area ;
Msunduzi Municipality in chaos ; "name-changing is the opposite
of nation-building'" ; widow finally receives monies due to her
after calling presidential hotline ; Road Accident Fund is R31-billion
in the red ; public servants may not resign to escape charges ;
parliament enters fray over jogger allegedly harassed by 'blue light'
bodyguards ; SAPS accused of politically-motivated attacks in KZN ;
Cosatu proposes wealth tax ; government intensifies partnership with
traditional leaders ; auditors find irregularities to the tune of R18
million in Transnet ; Minister says no backlog on maintenance of
national roads ; illegal drag-racing to be banned ; learners' licences
now valid for two years ; residents attempt to halt funeral of
Zimbabwean man whose family could not be traced ;
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Vacancies
There is a vacancy for an attorney in Pietermaritzburg ; three
admitted Attorneys seek positions ; one person wishes to sign up for
Articles
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