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HUNTINGTON — The Marshall University School of Music will kick off its new semester with a faculty recital.

Recently appointed Managing Partner of Baker McKenzie in Johannesburg, Lerisha Naidu, plans to implement a new way of working in the legal sector, ensuring that all contributors to the working environment are able to show up as their true selves. Naidu started her career wanting to be a human rights lawyer and an advocate for change, but soon came to understand that the transformative project was not confined to NGOs and civil society groups, and that such change could be achieved from with...

Baker McKenzie partners and our African Relationship Firm colleagues share some of their thoughts on the many opportunities that the continent offers.

On 25 May 1963, the Organization for African Unity was established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to promote unity, solidarity, collaboration and development amongst African member states. To celebrate this important day, Baker McKenzie partners and its African Relationship Firm colleagues share some of their thoughts on the many opportunities that the continent offers. <

Mercedes-Benz aims to become a dedicated pure-play luxury car company and will strategically target higher profitability...

South Africa’s employment tribunal has issued its first decision on the dismissal of an employee for refusing to get vaccinated against Covid-19.  The case was heard in January 2022 at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) offices in Johannesburg. An incapacity inquiry was convened by the employer, Goldrush, which argued that the employee’s decision to not get vaccinated incapacitated her.  The CCMA issued an arbitration ...

South Africa’s employment tribunal has issued its first decision on the dismissal of an employee for refusing to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

Presenter Zain Johnson employment law expert Johan Botes about employee rights when it comes to sick and annual leave.

Self-confessed WhatsApp sex-pest Nicolaas van der Merwe, who pleaded guilty to 13 counts of contravening the Sexual Offences Act, was sentenced to six years imprisonment on Wednesday.

WhatsApp sex pest Nicolaas van der Merwe, who used the app to indecently expose himself to women across the country, pleaded guilty on Friday to 13 counts of contravening the Sexual Offences Act.