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Legalbrief Today - Politicians wanted the money, Matjila claims

Publish date 10 July 2019
Issue Number 4736
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Marriott faces a $124m fine for failing to protect customer data, the second major penalty proposed this week by UK regulators under Europe's tough new privacy rules. The hotel chain said in a regulatory filing yesterday that Britain's Information Commissioner's ...

There are no signs the Constitutional Court is preparing to deliver judgment in the case between Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane …

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A Khartoum court has ordered the Internet to be restored, five weeks after it was shut down by Sudan's ruling …

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Parliament has called on Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams to continue talking to the SABC and the National Treasury to secure …

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The Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) has spoken the last word on the five-year legal battle regarding two monopole gantries in …

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Money spent on the Nkandla home of former President Jacob Zuma is part of the R14.7bn target of a special …

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The legal battle between Kubentheran Moodley – the former adviser of then Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane – and the …

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The National Health Care Practitioners Association (NHCPA) has led a charge of racial profiling against medical aids and administrators, but …

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Outa has announced it is willing to help government resolve the e-tolls impasse following a social media spat between Finance …

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Acting head of the Treasury’s budget office Ian Stuart believes the government’s fiscal hole is deepening as SA’s economy is …

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Former Public Investment Corporation (PIC) CEO Dan Matjila revealed yesterday he was subjected to immense pressure to finance the business …

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Deloitte has defended its auditing work on African Bank, saying there was nothing wrong in the way the rescued lender …

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The Reserve Bank’s remaining deputy governor, Kuben Naidoo, has defended its independence and insisted that policymakers take growth and employment …

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New NDPP Shamila Batohi told Parliament yesterday that the NPA faced a ‘massive credibility challenge’ and was ‘seriously divided’. She …

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Despite the view that many beleaguered parastatals are beyond redemption, it would be unconscionable to expect black professionals to withhold …

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Staff at state-owned arms manufacturer Denel learned yesterday that the cash-strapped company has paid their salaries, but not their pension …

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The UK is mired in a wild international crisis, most probably of its own making. This after scathing comments about …

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The UK is mired in a wild international crisis, most probably of its own making. This after scathing comments about …

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Marriott faces a $124m fine for failing to protect customer data, the second major penalty proposed this week by UK …

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Marriott faces a $124m fine for failing to protect customer data, the second major penalty proposed this week by UK …

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The SCA has ruled that a Northern Cape family has a right to bury a relative on a farm the …

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The government is forging ahead with plans to trim the unsustainable public sector wage bill, a stance likely to put …

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SA's largest mobile operators believe data prices could start falling once the government releases additional spectrum next month. But much …

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Zimbabwean MP Job Sikhala was charged yesterday with treason for allegedly saying he wanted to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The …

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The husband of the Chatsworth principal who was murdered during a property viewing of their home said they had placed …

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Former head of state protocol Bruce Koloane has admitted to using former President Jacob Zuma's name to put pressure on …

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The special tribunal set up to recover money looted from the state is expected to be operational by October, the …

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* The fate of murder accused Newcastle Mayor Ntuthuko Mahlaba lies in the hands of the acting DPP in KZN. …

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The DA in KZN has reiterated its call for government to remove embattled eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede from its ranks. …

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Over the past 10 years, the Department of Home Affairs processed 633 395 applications for asylum, granting only 99 624. …

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* A police sergeant and an alleged accomplice appeared in the Alexandra Magistrate's Court this week for allegedly trying to …

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The father of a Cape Town Hawks detective was gunned down in Melkbosstrand yesterday morning, according to the Hawks. A …

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A man has pleaded guilty to crimes in terms of the Animal Protection Act after being caught on video stabbing …

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The woman accused of the murder of 10-year-old Siphumelele Mzimba in Pinetown, Durban, will remain behind bars after she decided …

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A warrant of arrest has been issued for gqom-star Bongekile 'Babes Wodumo' Simelane and her partner Mandla 'Mampintsha' Maphumulo …

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The National Association of Democratic Lawyers (Nadel) has set up a team of attorneys and advocates to challenge the City …

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In the first major reverse of the state capture project that brazenly played out in the Zuma years, NDPP Shamila …

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In June 2019 – in S v S and Another – the Constitutional Court confirmed the constitutionality of section 16(3) …

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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) used national security laws to access the metadata of journalists nearly 60 times in just …

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British Airways (BA) faces a fine of more than £183m from the UK's data protection authority over a security lapse …

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Zimbabwean Qedindaba Arthur Dube – who pleaded guilty to several charges relating to the use of cloned bank cards – …

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A Randfontein serial rapist who pleaded guilty to all of his crimes has tried to argue the reason he raped …

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About 40 people have been killed, schools closed and livelihoods destroyed through ethnic violence in Kenya’s vast Marsabit County in …

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A group of seven Eastern Cape ‘in-laws’ accused of abducting and selling a girl (14) into forced marriage (ukuthwala …

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Chambers in the UK will be able to publish anonymised data about their members’ sexual orientation and religious beliefs without …

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Ghana’s parliamentary spokesperson Kate Addo has confirmed that plans for a new $200m debating chamber in Ghana have been shelved. …

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A decision on the land restitution of District Six will be made ‘soon’ by the Land Claims Court, says a …

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The international editor of The New York Times has admitted he approved a job advert for African correspondents that contained …

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An Italian court has sentenced 24 people to life in prison for their involvement in Operation Condor, in which the …

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The UN Security Council has called for a ceasefire in Libya as the death toll from a three-month offensive on …

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Brazil’s Justice Minister, Sérgio Moro, has been granted a leave of absence following damaging leaks that have cast doubts over …

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Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire financier and former friend of the Duke of York, Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, has pleaded …

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Labour union Solidarity has said it is confident that its complaint against members of Black First Land First (BLF) for …

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The US Labour Secretary Alexander Acosta is facing renewed calls for his resignation over the lenient 2008 plea deal he …

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Law firm Gray Moodliar Inc has accused the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality of wilfully ignoring a court order, and has …

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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam yesterday said the extradition Bill that sparked the territory's biggest political crisis in decades was …

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