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Legalbrief Today - 'Rogue unit' saga gives Batohi toughest test yet

Publish date 12 July 2019
Issue Number 4738
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Marriott International is to contest a UK regulator's plans to issue it with a £99.2m fine for an alleged breach of data protection laws. The hotels business disclosed to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday that the ...

Kenya's Interior Ministry yesterday said it has not renewed the licences of 27 betting companies, including the country's biggest, SportPesa. …

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Yet another lawyer stands to see her career go down the drain for embezzling Road Accident Fund (RAF) money, says …

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The eThekwini Municipality last night obtained an interim interdict to stop protesters supporting suspended Durban Mayor Zandile Gumede from protesting …

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Minerals & Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has announced that SA needs to start planning now for new nuclear power capacity …

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Health Minister Zweli Mkhize will unpack the details of the approved National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill today. A Business Day …

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It appears the man who finally approved the clearance of the Guptas' Waterkloof flight may have done so to land …

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NPA boss Shamila Batohi will be faced with arguably her most politically fraught decision since taking office in February when …

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Former Public Investment Corporation (PIC) CEO Dan Matjila has denied he forced two empowerment companies to merge so they could …

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Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says the boards of Eskom and other state-owned enterprises have to be strengthened technically and …

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SA will get nuclear energy at a cost the country can afford. That was the message of Minister of Mineral …

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A team of pro bono lawyers and volunteers is being put together by Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi to defend Ambassador Zindzi …

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After months of delays, the Equality Court has finally heard DA MP Dianne Kohler Barnard’s testimony in the unfair discrimination …

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Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said government will soon cut support to struggling state-owned enterprises (SOEs), in what a Business Day …

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SA National Defence Force (SANDF) members will be deployed to the Western Cape’s worst-affected crime areas, Police Minister Bheki Cele …

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MDC Alliance deputy chairman Job Sikhala who has been charged with subversion has been remanded in custody until 24 July. …

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The SABC will receive an interim financial relief from the government within 10 days and may gain further financial assistance …

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The state has withdrawn a laptop theft charge against EFF MP Nazier Paulsen in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court. …

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A proposal by the biggest owner of Eskom’s debt to convert its $6.4bn holding into equity has become a rescue …

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The SABC has confirmed that Radio 2000 breakfast host Phat Joe has been ‘unscheduled until further notice’, in the wake …

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International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor will approach President Cyril Ramaphosa to discuss steps to be taken against Bruce …

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The public and other interested parties attending court hearings will now be able to live-stream the proceedings after a ground-breaking …

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There was no need to amend Section 25 of the Constitution to enable land expropriation in the public interest, former …

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Police in the Eastern Cape are facing civil claims of more than R2.3bn, provincial Safety and Liaison MEC Weziwe Tikana …

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The man accused of killing Matwetwe actor Sibusiso Khwinana still needs to undergo facial recognition tests to match him to …

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Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has refuted claims that he requested funding for the ANC from the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) …

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The National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill has finally been approved by Cabinet for tabling in Parliament. Minister in the Presidency …

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Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane says she is disappointed at the ‘personal insults’ by Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan in court …

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The Cabinet has called for heads to roll as it cracks down on fruitless, wasteful and irregular expenditure at municipalities. …

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Cell C has asked law firm Bowmans to investigate business units possibly involved in 'irregular' practices after its debt rating …

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US prosecutors have called for 'ruthless' drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman to be jailed for life plus 30 years …

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A competition pitting witch doctors against each other in a battle of skills this weekend has been banned. The Times …

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The Constitution makers were wrong to believe the Public Protector’s office was going to be above partisan politics. Attitudes to …

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A report on the Daily Nation site notes that Tanzania's Foreign Minister Paramagamba Kabudi has appeared to say that a …

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Commercial courts from around the world have set out their procedures for enforcing money judgments made by one another in …

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Four men in Nigeria's northern city of Kano have received death threats for planning a mock wedding on Facebook that …

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Marriott International is to contest a UK regulator's plans to issue it with a £99.2m fine for an alleged breach …

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Brazil's lower house of Congress has voted by a large majority to overhaul the country's generous pension system. The vote, …

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Lawyer Amal Clooney has joined UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in criticising Donald Trump's attacks on the media, saying the …

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When former President Jacob Zuma appears before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, he may not want to …

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Peers have overseen a culture of harassment and bullying in Britain's House of Lords which has been hidden because staff …

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Senior British judges have enthusiastically backed progress on the modernisation of court processes, and sought to quell some of the …

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European police have arrested six suspected members of a Spanish-based gang who trafficked Nigerian women for sex. BBC News reports …

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Namibia’s Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested a trade unionist for alleged bribery. The Namibian reports that Sakeus Shikongo, who is a …

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Children born more than nine months after the death of their mother's late husband are not entitled to inherit a …

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US Labour Secretary R Alexander Acosta has defended his handling of the sex crimes prosecution of the financier Jeffrey Epstein …

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Less than a month before her scheduled date in front of a military court on 7 August, SANDF Major Fatima …

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Ntate Manoel Mabesa, who practised as an advocate for many years after allegedly submitting a false qualification in his admission …

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Sphamandla Mtshali – who spent a 20 months in jail for housebreaking and robbery and was then told that the …

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The DA has called for former Buffalo City Mayor Zukisa Faku to be investigated after she resigned as an MP …

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East London Advocate Mike Maseti is seething over a murder accused’s bail application that has been postponed on no fewer …

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