At the opening address of the Power and Electricity World Africa Conference, the Minister of Energy, Ms Dipuo Peters reiterated South Africa’s commitment to renewable energy by implementing the renewable energy program in accordance with the Integrated Resource Plan 2010-30.

As telematics is enabling insurers to gain a more accurate picture of the motorist’s driving behavior, motor insurance premiums can now be tailored to the driver’s individual risk behavior.

This is a landscape shift that goes far beyond customers using social media to complain about and praise brands. It is an environment where consumers are deeply engaged with brands beyond the shop front and the product.

An example of a trade mark afforded protection in terms of the South African Trade Marks Act is the triangular shape of the Toblerone chocolate bar.

The giraffe has great height and expansive vision, but it cannot obtain sensory input from the ground. The zebra on the other hand can smell advancing predators at the ground level and see them under trees, but cannot see danger from afar. Conscious of this, the animals forage together, doubly secure in their collaborative defence effort.

The rise of a country’s economic power is usually matched by the international acceptance of its currency – the British pound dominated the nineteenth century, the US dollar dominated the twentieth.

In a case that came before the CCMA, the employee was a cashier who was dismissed for breaching cash procedures. Her explanation was that she...

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There can be little doubt that the world’s wealthiest have a very different perspective when it comes to money. While most people are simply focussed on surviving financially until the end of the month, the wealthy are focussed on building and preserving wealth for future generations.

In South Africa, post-Marikana,where labour dissatisfaction is among the worst in the world and where the disparity between rich and poor continues to increase,there is a growing...