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The Daily Vox When you loan people your money, especially family and friends, they can let you down by not paying back their debt and, often, completely avoiding you as a consequence. In this article, we give you tips on how to deal with the situation.  Having everything on record Before you lend money to your family member or friend, create a contract or promissory note. The contract or promissory note should specify the amount borrowed, any agreed interest you will be charging a...

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Netwerk24 The Zondo Commission needs a further R90 million to complete its work by the end of June. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is discussing the matter with Treasury. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni in February said the commission shouldnt expect further funds. The Department of Justice and Correctional Services is in discussions with Treasury to find R90 million for the cash-strapped Zondo Commission to finish its work. On Wednesday, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola ...

Warning against making register for sex offenders public By Rapula Moatshe Share Pretoria - The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has warned against calls to make public the national register for sex offenders. It is believed that making the register public would curb sexual offences against children, but according to the department, this would fuel mob justice against perpetrators. The department was responding to a campaign called #unmaskthemonsters launched by a civil righ...

According to Elpideo Mutemba, the advocacy coordinator of the Khulumani anti-corruption project, the picket and the press conference took place in Pretoria because, in Mozambique, “there’s no freedom of speech. We can’t demonstrate and talk there.”  The picket successfully drew attention to continued delays in the decision of South Africa’s Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Ronald Lamola, regarding the extradition of Mozambique’s former finance minister, Manuel Ch...

New discrimination laws for South Africa could make employers liable for what their workers say or do GroundUp1 May 2021 Subscribe Draft amendments to the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act aim to provide greater protection to people who challenge unfair discrimination or who are victims of hate crimes. The amendment Bill, published for public comment by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, The Bill proposes to amend the definition of “disc...

. Draft amendments to the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act aim to provide greater protection to people who challenge unfair discrimination or who are victims of hate crimes. The amendment Bill, published for public comment by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, would make significant changes to the Act. The main purpose of the Act is to realise the constitutional right to equality so that people do not face unfair discrimination by either t...

LGBTQ+ community outrage after latest killing By Staff Reporter By Thandile Konco Cape Town - The assault and murder of 22-year-old Lonwabo Jack, just two days after a LGBTQ+ protest at Parliament demanding government intervention in hate crimes against the queer community, has enraged members of the public. Jack, who was an openly gay man, was allegedly raped and stabbed to death on his birthday in Mau-Mau, Nyanga East. Just a week prior, Andile “Lulu” Ntuthela, another member of the gay ...

defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - The Department of Defence and SA National Defence Force are headquartered in the Armscor building. South Africans, including those who represent them in Parliament and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), are seemingly not allowed to know the qualifications of senior military and national security personnel. This emerged from a Parliamentary question put to Public Service and Administration Minister Senzo Mchunu. Michele Clarke, the Democratic Alliance (...

  The death of Nelson Mandela, at age 95 on 5 December 2013, brings genuine sadness. As his health deteriorated over the past six months, many asked the more durable question:  how did he change South Africa ? Given how unsatisfactory life is for so many in society, the follow-up question is,  how much room was there for Mandela to maneuver ? South Africa now lurches from crisis to crisis, and so many of us are tempted to remember the Mandela years – especially the first democratic governm...