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The US government is living in a web of self-deception if it thinks that its waning global power has gone unnoticed in the East. Russia, China and Iran are formulating a new global order that will see the US and its allies increasingly isolated and economically marginalised, writes Seyed Mohammad Marandi in Al Jazeera.
India's new primine minister Narendra Modi achieved economic miracles while running the state of Gujarat. Now his has the entire country under his stewardship. He could teach our own Jacob Zuma a thing or two about turning around a sinking ship, writes Leon Louw of the Free Market Foundation. 
New amendments to the Labour Relations and Employment Equity Acts could have far-reaching and unintended consequences. Though intended to promote pay parity between temporary and permanent workers, they may end up achieving the exact opposite.
Johannesburg businessman Damon Greville defended himself in the South Gauteng High Court this week against Sasfin Bank, which liquidated his 67 year-old business in 2012 and is now attempting to repossess his house. The judge found "substantive evidence" that the bank's legal standing was in question after Greville presented evidence of securitisation and bogus accounting by the bank.
The latest election results show the Western Cape is all but lost to the ANC. But the ruling party came perilously close to losing Johannesburg and Tshwane. Now the game is on to wrest Gauteng - South Africa's economic heartland - from the ANC in the 2016 local elections.
Despite the fact that the Democratic Alliance got more than three quarters of a million black votes, the latest election results show that South Africans continue to vote along racial lines.
The revised Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BEEE) codes represent both a threat and an opportunity for companies. In this article, the first in a series, Jako Liebenberg and Arnold Cornelissen show how it is possible to improve your B-BEEE rating at minimal cost.
Trade union Solidarity says minorities in South Africa suffer unfair discrimination in employment. A case in point is the Western Cape, where coloureds are in the majority, yet they qualify for less than 10% of jobs due to the application of national demographic quotas, as was pointed out in a recent court case brought by Solidarity. 
For a disturbing insight into modern banking ethics, look no further than the case of Royal Bank of Scotland and its "business turnaround" division called Global Restructuring Group. South African banking customers would be well advised to pay attention to this case.
Are crime syndicates operating out of our courts? The Auction Alliance scandal appears to be just the tip of the iceberg. There is mounting evidence of corrupt syndicates operating out of our courts, bankrupting solvent businesses for personal financial gain, and undermining the judiciary and the Constitution. 
Corruption Watch has called for the police to investigate the R10 billion tender granted to Cash Paymaster Services in 2012 after a losing bidder claimed the tender process was flawed. The Constitutional Court agreed, prompting the SA Social Security Agency to re-run its tender. 
The Competition Commission recently launched dawn raids on two firms suspected of collusive conduct. This proactive trend is likely to continue, according to an areticle by legal firm Norton Rose.
President Zuma's days are numbered if the ANC fails to win 60% of the popular vote in the upcoming elections. Opinion polls show the ruling party is doing better than it was six months ago, when it looked like they would win just 56% of the vote.
High Frequency Trading (HTF) is blamed for market crashes and has invited the attention of regulators who are programmed to strangle anything that moves. While Wall Street-bashing has become popular and - in some cases - deservedly so, there is a positive side to HTF argues Leon Louw. 
The SA Institute for Race Relations recently published a 12 point plan for a better SA. It was accused of casting pearls before swine. Maybe. But the same was said of its policy advices to the apartheid government, which eventually implemented most of the Institute's recommendations.
A 37 year-old apartheid law has quietly crept back in Durban, as Metro police are attempting to criminalise traffic offenders. The problem is the Pietermaritzburg court has already labelled such attempts at criminalisation "fatally defective."
A R1 million reward is being offered by a judicial rights group for information relating to the alleged forgery of a signature on a liquidation order that resulted in Durban businessman Ian Brakspear losing his business in 2008. The reward has apparently set the Durban High Court alight with intrigue.
Simon Jenkins argues that the West was inept in its attempt to rope Ukraine into its orbit, and is now facing the consequences of its actions. For Russian President Putin, there is no going back. Crimea will from here on form part of Russia.
What is a "pattern of racketeering" as defined in the Prevention of Organised Crime Act? That was what the Constitutional Court deliberated on recently in a case dubbed the "Amigos" trial. The Court dismissed the case which, incidentally, means racketeering charges against Julius Malema still stand.
Opposition MPs have threatened to launch impeachment proceedings against President Zuma should the Public Protectors report reveal misuse of public funds over the R230 million spent on the president's palace at Nkandla.
Any South African who owns a car, a house or a unit trust is at risk of having these assets expropriated without compensation should the Investment Bill make its way into law. 
At least five candidates appearing on the ANC election list left office under a cloud, face criminal charges or have been accused of maladministration. 
All political parties in South Africa should be worried over the findings of a recent survey that nearly half the country is disillusioned with politics and a quarter had no intention of voting in the up-coming elections.
While Ukraine and Russia are on a war footing, China is busy doing what it does best - quietly take over another country without spilling a drop of blood, according to Tyler Durden at Zero Hedge. This time it is Zimbabwe.
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