With the diplomatic spat over whether SA will attend the G20 summit to be held in the US in 2026 continuing to make headlines, there is debate over whether the agreements reached at the 2025 iteration held last month in ... Read More

Minister of Trade, Industry & Competition Parks Tau announced both a short-term and long-term review of SA’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) policy, to relook at what has and what hasn’t worked. ‘What we have said, is that any policy ... Read More

New laws that aim to dramatically change how SA’s public service operates are now sitting on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s desk, waiting for his signature. These amendments to the Public Service Act and the Public Administration Management Act have been approved ... Read More

A new indicator introduced by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) shows that the country’s unemployment crisis runs far deeper than merely having a high percentage of people who are unemployed. Using this new measure, Stats SA found that the country’s ... Read More

For many of us, broad-based BEE (B-BBEE) wasn’t policy on a page; it was the moment a corporate buyer finally signed a first purchase order, the first time our invoice was paid in 30 days instead of 90, the first ... Read More

The widow of former England cricketer Graham Thorpe says he would still be alive if he had received more support from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) after leaving his coaching role. BBC News reports that Thorpe, one of ... Read More

India has announced it would implement what many say are its most far-reaching economic reforms in decades – compressing 29 federal laws that regulated labour into four simplified codes. As a result, the number of rules that govern labour have ... Read More

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing backbench anger after Ministers abandoned plans to give workers day-one protection against unfair dismissal, a U-turn that breaches the Labour manifesto. MPs including a former Minister who spearheaded the Employment Rights Bill with ... Read More

The US Supreme Court said this week it would defer a decision about whether President Donald Trump can fire the nation’s top copyright official until after it handles a pair of other cases weighing the legality of Trump’s removal of ... Read More

* Management and technology consulting firm IQbusiness has concluded its restructuring exercise, which resulted in some employees losing their jobs. Reunert Group completed the merger of its subsidiaries – IQbusiness and +OneX – into a business and technology services ‘digital integrator’ ... Read More

* Two former members of the State Security Agency appeared in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on charges related to the misappropriation of R12m in state funds. Patrick Mshothola and Thulani Dlomo were arrested by the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption ... Read More

* A standoff is looming between Bafana Bafana players and the SA Football Association (Safa) over the forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations match bonuses. The players’ delegation is led by captain Ronwen Williams and senior players. Safa’s bone of contention is ... Read More

Labour Appeal Court (Johannesburg): MTN v CCMA Judgment: 24 November 2025 Keywords: Labour law – constructive dismissal claim – application to review and set aside commissioner’s refusal to postpone and default award – application to review and set aside Labour ... Read More