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Recent Journal
Articles
Comparative
and International Law Journal of Southern Africa
South African Law
Journal
The Taxpayer
Recent Judgments
Competition Commission, Tribunal and Appeal Court
Constitutional Court - Promotion
of Access to Information Act ruling in favour of Mail and
Guardian ; right to electricity hearing ; State
Liability Act hearing ; can a
rape charge be laid nearly 40 years after the event?
Eastern Cape High Court : Mthatha
Free State High Court - School's governing body may appoint
principal
KwaZulu-Natal High Court : Durban - 'Sugarcane murders' trial ;
men thrown out of court for casual clothing
KwaZulu-Natal High Court : Pietermaritzburg - Long-standing case
between Magistrant Ashin Singh and Justice authorities reaches
conclusion ; Durban's transport woes ; Ezemvelo KZN
Wildlife and the Natal Zoological Gardens and Lion Park
North Gauteng High Court - Pikoli v President concludes ;
'Oilgate' decision
South Gauteng High Court
Western Cape High Court
- Glenister denied
leave to appeal 'Scorpions' decision ; pupil sues after skull
fractured in playground incident ; COPE eviction trial
Magistrates Courts
- Sifiso Zulu faces charges relating to fatal traffic accident ;
postponement of Umlazi 'pants' trial ; Inkosi
Mbongeleni Zondi murder trial
Regional Courts
- Charges against Peggy
Nkonyeni dropped for time being at least
South
Africa. Government Information
Speeches
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Legislation
Public
Administration Management Bill
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Legal Profession
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South Africa
Arms sales under scrutiny ; Shaik's parole up for discussion once
again ; branch courts become full service courts ; controversy
surrounds authorities' decision on boy who threatened fellow pupils
with a knife ; Cabinet wants to change perceptions of government ;
legislation to allow national government to intervene in provincial
and local government ; son circumcised against his will takes parents
to court ; comments on crisis in judiciary ; JSC to meet tomorrow ;
Gateway housing project leads to legal action against former municipal
manager ; discussion around release of crime statistics ; Child
Protection Unit to be restored ; cricket dispute resolved ; F1 plans
scrapped ; ANCYL's investment arm disbanded
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more
Africa
African Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone Treaty
is implemented ; Africa land grab? ; dangers of textile dumping in Lesotho
; decision in lashes for trousers case postponed
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more
Asia
Aung San Suu Kyi's ongoing trial
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more
Australasia
Right to die case ; camel cull
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more
Europe
Mafia boss speaks out ; merchant ship disappears ; US tax request
settled
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more
United Kingdom
Bid to reduce number of young re-offenders ; Lockerbie bomber
withdraws appeal ; Ronnie Biggs is released ; repercussions continue
as a result of Baby P's death ; refusal to supply encryption keys
leads to conviction ; new rules for financial institutions ; pension
age to increase to 68 ; victims of terrorist attacks abroad may
receive compensation
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more
United States and
South America
Argentinian general sentenced for human rights abuses ; Bolivia
declares right of indigenous people to self-government ; Microsoft
banned from selling Word in US ; man jailed for yawning in court ;
domain theft prosecution ; copying DVDs is legal but the software is
not ; unemployed graduate sues college
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more
International
Geneva Conventions
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Miscellaneous
E-Things
Blogging ; Mxit ; Social media ; Twitter
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Last Thoughts
In an underdeveloped
country, don't drink the water ; in a developed country, don't breathe
the air
http://twitter.com/tenaciousartist
Mind
mapping, radiant thinking [and] mental literacy - 4 August
Interview with Tony Buzan, author [and] inventor, mind-mapping
technique, learning and brain expert and Alec Hogg on the Moneyweb
website
"In Malaysia recently the Minister of Higher Education with me
and the International Conference on Thinking formally announced that
the Information Age, which everybody thinks we are in, has passed. So
has the Knowledge Age, which everyone thought we were in, passed. We
are now in - this is formally declared - the Age of Intelligence"
More at :
http://www.14ththinkingconference.com/
Highlights from Day 1
of the International Conference on Thinking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtTEAD-T8Xk
http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page295799?oid=309764&sn=2009%20Detail&pid=66578
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