Past Articles of Interest
B-BBEE Commission calls for non-compliance penalties
...... article dated 2 February 2022 ..... Commission says transformation too slow... A delegation from the B-BBEE Commission has told Parliament that far from satisfactory transformation results are being achieved by business and industry in...
Minister Creecy introduces Climate Change Bill
.......... article dated 2 April 2022........ Parliament gets compliance framework The Climate Change Bill has now been formally introduced to the National Assembly by the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, Barbara Creecy, the aim of...
Window on Parliament
...... article dated 2 April 2022....... Legislation in the pipeline..... (This is not an exhaustive list of all Bills before Parliament but those considered by the editor to be of major interest to business. It is a compilation of notes. For...
Zikalala renews attack on judiciary
...... editorial dated 2 April ...... Shifting the blame for failure..... It has happened again. Many have assumed that the disgraceful outpourings of Lindiwe Sisulu, who labelled the Constitution as an impediment in the way of the...
Copyright Bill at provincial hearings stage
......article dated 5 October 2021..... Comments on final draft called for.... The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry has now met on five separate occasions with the purpose of re-drafting portions of the Copyright Amendment Bill in order to...
A light in the night
..... editorial posted 3 March 2022...... The judiciary could be winning against the radicals.... Some good things are beginning to happen at last. If you can ignore the international breaking news endlessly pouring in with pictures of Putin’s...
Parliament told mining charter policy not law
......article dated 10 December 2021...... ANC wants BEE law to replace charter At its core, a mining right is the basis on which all mines generate income; its validity (and the potential of future empowerment transactions) must be clearly...
Countrywide report on expropriation reaches Parliament
With the focus back on the original public works Expropriation Bill, a report on the countrywide public participation process has now reached Parliament, the input having now been consolidated by parliamentary staff who ventured for the first time into countrywide online public e-mail contributions and with hearings conducted by virtual input.
Late changes on Employment Equity Bill
.....article dated 4 December 2021.... Compliance with regulations made easier..... Further parliamentary debate on more changes to the Employment Equity Amendment Bill is now programmed for February 2022 to account for certain minor changes...
They still walk amongst us
....editorial dated 1 February 2022...... State Capture Report adds substance.... Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo’s well-crafted, highly professional State Capture Report makes for good reading and is must on this month’s top bookseller list. ...
Ebrahim Patel
Minister of Trade Industry
Pravin Gordhan
Minister of Public Enterprises
John Steenhuizen
DA Leader
Natasha Mazzone
DA Advocate
Enoch Godongwana
Finance Minister
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula
Speaker of the House
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