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3 February 2012

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InfoUpdate
4 of 2012

Government Gazette Update
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Legislation
Companies Act ; Protection of State Information Bill ; South African Languages Bill
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Recent Judgments
Constitutional Court - Extradition decision relating to death penalty to be appealed
Eastern Cape High Court : Port Elizabeth - Women sentenced under
Sexual Offences Act for raping disabled child
KwaZulu-Natal High Court : Pietermaritzburg
- Wife accused of arranging murder of pensioner husband ; financial advisor may be responsible for investors' losses
South Gauteng High Court : Johannesburg - Moodley's 'retrial' bid fails
Ventersdorp High Court
- Police, widow, on stand in Terre-blanche murder trial
Magistrates Courts
- Sentence finally handed down in homophobic murder case

Invitation

Seminar on the Legal Representation of Children in terms of the Children's Act no.38 of 2005 - 9 March (Umhlanga)

South Africa
Dog euthanased after attacking a child in a public area for the second time ; rhino poachers each handed twenty-five year sentence ; Chaskalson comments on progressive views of ConCourt ; fracking report due at end of March ; centralised provincial hotline for Gauteng ; justification for selling organs ; Dalai Lama application dismissed ; fifty thousand critically skilled professionals to be granted entry to country ; spanking to be criminalised? ; debate around judges' disclosing financial interests continues ; Frankie's wins current battle with Woolworths ; ANC, editors and Public Protector among others address hearings into press freedom ; report on nationalisation apparently discourages land grabs ; striking platinum miners dismissed ; Minister unhappy with KZN municipal spending ; social protest on Rondebosch Common revives memories of "The purple shall govern" ; municipal population estimates released ; Public Protector praised for her handling of son's accident in state vehicle ; applications under way for new business tax ; Wild Coast toll road challenged in court
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Vacancies
Available positions :
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Associate Employment Attorney (Cape Town)
- Senior Associate Employment Attorney (Johannesburg)
- Collections Paralegal

Positions being sought :
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Professional Assistant / Legal Consultant / Advisor
- Articles (four individuals)

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