South Africa:Alleged Fraud Forces City of Johannesburg to Implement New Hiring Measures: South Africa:Alleged Fraud Forces City of Johannesburg to Implement New Hiring Measures: The City of Johannesburg's Department of Public Safety has put several measures in place after a foreign national was arrested on Monday for allegedly using a fraudulent South African ID to […]
Media Advisory: Regulator Measures the Pulse of Railway Safety In South Africa
Media Advisory: Regulator Measures the Pulse of Railway Safety In South Africa: The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) will officially launch the 2016/17 State of Safety Report on 20 November. This comprehensive overview of South Africa’s state of rail safety is published annually by the Regulator. The Report measures the pulse of railway safety in South […]
SA News: IATA chooses Maputo International Airport to test new wildlife anti-trafficking measures
IATA chooses Maputo International Airport to test new wildlife anti-trafficking measures: Notice to rhino poaching syndicates: you may wish to reconsider your plans to keep smuggling horns from South Africa via Maputo Airport.” This is the underlying message from a major world airlines association’s announcement on new anti-smuggling … Source: “South Africa” – BingNews South […]
Investment Policy Monitor: New Laws, Liberalizing Measures, and International Agreements
Investment Policy Monitor: New Laws, Liberalizing Measures, and International Agreements: Some 36 countries took a total 53 investment policy measures in the six-month period between May and October this year, most of them relating to the foreign investment and most of them were liberalizing in nature, according to UNCTAD's latest Investment Policy Monitor. Boosting foreign […]
FAO urges Africa to immediately implement the Port State Measures Agreement
FAO urges Africa to immediately implement the Port State Measures Agreement: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is urging African governments to sign on to the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) and to consider taking immediate action to implement the treaty. The continent’s fisheries is scourged by persisting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) […]
Madagascar: We can avoid famine if we take preventive measures
Madagascar: We can avoid famine if we take preventive measures: In the past months a number of regions have been hit hard by the El Niño phenomenon, the effects of which are still posing a global threat to agricultural livelihoods. The most affected include the Horn of Africa, Southern Africa, Central America's Dry Corridor, Caribbean islands, Southeast […]
IRBA announces measures to strengthen auditor independence
IRBA announces measures to strengthen auditor independence: The Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA) today announced that it will begin a process to implement Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation (MAFR) for audit firms to strengthen their independence from their clients. The Board’s decision to pursue MAFR is also aligned to its objective to enhance audit quality, […]
The IRBA announces measures to strengthen auditor independence and enhance investor protection
The IRBA announces measures to strengthen auditor independence and enhance investor protection: The Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA) today announced that it will begin a process to implement Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation (MAFR) for audit firms to strengthen their independence from their clients. The Board’s decision to pursue MAFR is also aligned to its […]
