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BDS South Africa recently won a freedom of expression case against the City of Johannesburg and Continental Outdoor Media after its pro-Palestinian billboards were removed without notice, apparently following pressure from the Israel lobby. 
Insurance giant Discovery was ordered by the High Court in Johannesburg to pay the partner of murdered business tycoon Jeff Wiggill R11,5 million last month. Discovery had argued that Wiggill was involved in unlawful activities and there were suspicions that his murder may have been an assisted suicide.
Banks are resorting to grabbing money out of customers' accounts in settlement of debts but this is soon to become illegal. Here's how to handle the situation, according to Wendy Knowler at Consumer Watch.
Cracks are starting to appear in the ANC's commitment to e-tolls and the effect these are having on Gauteng's economic growth. There is a growing fear the e-tolls issue will hurt the party's performance in local government elections in 2016, according to the Saturday Star.
A new generation of Americans has been born into the 9/11 myth that has been used to create the warfare/police state, writes former President Reagan economic advisor and Wall Street Journal editor Paul Craig Roberts.
The Constitutional Court will rule this week on whether a pensioner from the Cape should be given leave to appeal against her eviction, according to Sapa.
An inquiry into the demise of African Bank is likely to turn some stones and reveal some worms. The last major inquiry into a banking collapse involved Regal, by the same Advocate John Myburgh who has been asked to look into African Bank. His brief is to investigate reckless behaviour, possible fraud and negligence.
A Johannesburg guest lodge was liquidated by Nedbank this week despite accusations of fraud and perjury. Why would the bank shut down a lodge over a R62,000 debt when its lawyers fees would be more than this? We decided to take a look.
Deon Oberholster - whose wife is fighting her sequestration in the Constitutional Court - was attacked at his home on Wednesday evening by a thug who warned them against pursuing an interdict application to stop the liquidators from coming near their property.
Joburg man Damon Greville is claiming R30,5 million in damages from Sasfin after the bank shut down his business in 2011 and then attempted to foreclose on his house. Earlier this year Greville successfully defended the bank's attempt to foreclose on his house, claiming his debt to the bank is already discharged and the bank in fact owes him.
Ian Brakspear's trial came to a close last week in the Durban High Court. There were accusations of a forged court order that was used to liquidate his company, West Dunes, and lengthy argument on whether the case was actually heard by a judge. Points were scored by both sides, but overall, it was a shocking display of South African justice at work.
Standard Bank has denied allegations of reckless lending to companies involved in so-called "reverse mortgage schemes." Borrowers using this system found they had to pay back up to six times the loan amount, and had title of their houses transferred to the credit provider.
Class action suits are a rarity in SA, but that appears to be changing. Two recent class action suits - one involving the so-called "Satinsky R699 a month car scheme" and another being brought by Transnet pensioners against their pension fund - have changed the litigation landscape.
The government is contemplating new laws to curb lengthy and violent strikes that are blamed for lowering SA's investment status and pushing the country into recession. 
Absa bank was handed a stunning defeat in the South Gauteng High Court last week when it attempted to obtain summary judgment against two home owners. The judge argued that Absa's failure to produce the original loan agreements - which the bank says was destroyed in a fire - meant the matter has to go to trial.
The downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine has been seized by foreign policy opportunists as an excuse to pin the blame on Russia's President Putin, when all the evidence suggests this was a ghastly accident, writes Simon Jenkins in The Guardian.
The US pulled out of recession more rapidly than Europe due in part to improved consumer spending. This in turn was due in no small part to more kinder bankruptcy rules, such as no-recourse mortgages in some states and the ability of insolvents to get back on their feet within months rather than years. 
Ian Brakspear of Durban has subpeonaed one of SA's richest men, Johann Rupert, to testify at his upcoming trial in the Durban High Court in August. He says Rupert came to acquire Brakspear's Cape wine farm following a fradulent liquidation of of his business.
Cape farmer Yvonne Oberholster's home was invaded yesterday morning by the sheriff of Somerset West and agents of KPMG Services, despite her application to the Constitutional Court for leave to appeal against her sequestration as she was under debt review at the time. Now she is suing the liquidators for R10 million.
Trade union Solidarity is bringing an urgent interdict application against Telkom to halt what is says is a race-based retrenchment drive that will prejudice minorities working for the company. Telkom has announced a retrenchment drive in an effort to save R5 billion in costs over five years.
Jonn Basson is a few days away from being tossed out of his small farm outside Pretoria, He will then likely end up sleeping in his car. He went from millionaire to zero in three easy steps. This is how it happened...A recent judgment by the Supreme Court of Appeals sets out rules for a SARS audit. This is based on a case dating back more than a decade when SARS was found to have overreached itself in dealing with a taxpayer.
The list of catastrophic events confronting us seems to grow by the day. Bird flu, Islamic terrorists, Y2K, killer fruit juice. No-one seems to call the fear-mongers propagating these scare stories to account for their miserable track record in predicting the end times, according to Simon Jenkins in the Guardian.
The High Court in Johannesburg has rejected the claim by former Vodacom CEO Alan Knott-Craig that he was the inventor of the company's "Please Call Me" service. But the court also threw out - on technical grounds - a counter claim by former employee Nkosana Makate that he was the inventor.
Ian Brakspear won a crucial skirmish in the Durban High Court yesterday when the Judge President set down his case for August and offered to bring in a judge from outside the province. Brakspear claims he was liquidated on the basis of a forgery and a fictitious R7 million loan.The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Acts Online. Acts Online accepts no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the article, nor does the information contained herein constitute advice, legal or otherwise.
