Category Archives: Legislation and Power

When is a local government candidates list a candidates list, and when is it not?

by Rita Felgate (Adv.) Jacob Zuma’s public media admission yesterday, that some ANC local government candidate lists were tampered with, raises the interesting question of whether the ANC candidate lists can now be considered to amount to lists within the … Continue reading

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Powerful stuff, exemptions…

The Private Security Regulation Act, No. 56 of 2001 gives the Minister of Safety and Security extremely wide powers, after consultation with the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (“PSIRA”) and on notice in the Gazette, under s1(2) of the Act … Continue reading

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Power at the stroke of the Minister’s , not the President’s, pen…?

Its rare that South African legislation is commenced by the Minister rather than by the President. Some statistics Of the approximately 978 Acts promulgated 1994 to date, we identify only seven which allow the Minister, rather than the President, to … Continue reading

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