The positive reaction to the swearing in of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s multi-party Cabinet of national unity (GNU) will continue only if it is able to grow the economy and help provide much needed jobs, experts say, reports Legalbrief. Jobs emerged as ... Read More

Several recent pieces of data show that South African salaries have ticked higher at the start of the year and the rest of the year should remain positive. Stats SA’s latest Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) showed that the average formal ... Read More

Unlike her predecessors, newly appointed Minister of Employment & Labour Nomakhosazana Meth does not have strong ties with trade unions and is an unknown quantity to both business and the labour sector. Former Minister Thulas Nxesi was left off the ... Read More

The already fragile labour relations in SA’s steel and engineering industry are being tested further, with a key trade union and employer body not accepting or even endorsing to their members a recently concluded pay rise offer. The conclusion of ... Read More

A new Minister of Education for the first time in 15 years, opens the door for the overhaul of a portfolio which oversees a deeply unequal system riddled with corruption and myriad other challenges. The number one priority for the ... Read More

SA has large reserves of coal, gold, manganese and platinum. It also has ‘critical’ minerals and metals. And despite the decline in the industry’s economic contribution, it continues to play an important role in the economy and the lives of ... Read More

About 70 people from organisations and unions representing farm dwellers and workers protested outside Parliament in Cape Town last week calling for transparency and consultation over regulations on pesticides. Colette Solomon, director at Women on Farms Project, said in a ... Read More

The UK’s new Labour Government plans to act on its promise of a ‘New Deal’ to boost workers’ rights, says a Financial Times report. A clampdown on zero-hours contracts – giving workers the right to an agreement reflecting the hours ... Read More

The World Benchmarking Alliance found that 90% of the world’s 2 000 most influential companies do not meet social expectations relating to human rights, in its recently published report. A Jurist report notes that the alliance called on policymakers and ... Read More

Justice Minister Yvonne Dausab says the green hydrogen, oil and gas sectors would present Namibian law graduates with many opportunities. The Namibian reports that she was responding to opposition lawmaker Maximalliant Katjimune who questioned whether the market could sustain the ... Read More

* The Health and Allied Workers Indaba Trade Union wants Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi to initiate the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) ‘as soon as possible.’ ‘The Minister (Motsoaledi) was the architect of the NHI Bill and we ... Read More

* Several municipal managers have been suspended or placed on special leave in five municipalities in the North West over the past two months and three other municipalities are without permanent municipal managers. According to chairperson of the SA Local Government ... Read More

* Former SA A and Cape Cobras captain Omphile Ramela has been suspended from his position of Border Cricket CEO pending an investigation into ‘serious allegations’ against him – just a year after he took over the reins. Ramela occupied the ... Read More

Constitutional Court: Afgri Animal Feeds v Numsa and others Judgment: 21 June 2024 Keywords: Sections 161 and 200 of the Labour Relations Act – locus standi of trade union – trade union constitution – definitive of powers – admission of ... Read More

SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF VICARIOUS LIABILITY OF AN EMPLOYER Y Ndema  | Juta | PRINT ISBN: 978-1-48515-198-2 Sexual Harassment in the Workplace by Dr Yondela Ndema, an expert in compliance and ethical behaviour, shines light on the ... Read More