In light of the State of Disaster in South Africa due to the COVID-19 virus the Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has issued directives which...

The Coronavirus outbreak has now reached South Africa as more and more cases are confirmed and South Africans from Wuhan Province in...

In mid-December 2019, the Supreme Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Komape & Others v Minister of Basic Education & Others ...

The Films and Publications Amendment Act which has been ratified but is not yet in operation handles essential aspects of publication of...

As employees increasingly turn to the civil courts in pursuing claims against employers, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has reaffirmed...

The Constitutional Court in Amalungelo Workers' Union and Others v Philip Morris South Africa (Pty) Limited and Another (26 November...

By the end of last year, an amendment to the Act was proposed to correct a technical error that would allow the absurd situation of the...

The South African legal fraternity is joining voices in support of the 2019 campaign for 16 Days of No Violence against Women and Childre...

In 2019, the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted a new Violence and Harassment Convention.

Whistleblowing is defined as raising a concern about wrongdoing within an organisation. The Protected Disclosures Act 26 of 2000 (PDA)...

Bekker CJ, Mohamed CJ and Zondo JP long observed that "racist conduct requires a very firm and unapologetic response from the courts...

The recent CCMA ruling in favour of Uber drivers now heads to the Labour Court. This is an extremely important case as South African...

In July last year the Labour Court handed down a very important judgment against the SABC, in which it reinstated a number of dismissed...

The Labour Appeal Court has set aside the judgment of Brassey AJ in the matter of Assign Services and NUMSA on 10 July 2017. The case...

Is labour broking in the South African Workplace at the tail end (in relation to employees who earn below the current threshold of...

South African labour relations has over time become dominated by a large number of advisors and it is important that an organisation...

SAFTU recently launched itself under the name South African Federation of Trade Unions and enters into the fray on the heels of four...

In a previous edition of our newsletter, we featured the very important Constitutional Court judgment in SARS v Kruger & Others where the...

This article examines whether an employer can be sued for defamation, by an employee for comments made during an investigation conducted...

Some general misconceptions we encounter in practice – Restraints of trade: Arising from the constitutional right to work, I've been...