Professional Update
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monthly newsletter for KZN Attorneys from the Kwazulu-Natal Law Society

14 August 2009

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InfoUpdate
18 of 2009

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
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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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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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Asia
Aung San Suu Kyi's ongoing trial
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Australasia
Right to die case ; camel cull
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Europe
Mafia boss speaks out ; merchant ship disappears ; US tax request settled
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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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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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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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