Focus
Regulator cracks down on errant pension funds
The enactment of the two-pot retirement system last year exposed many incidents of pension non-payments and other financial mismanagement allegations within the pension fund administration sector, writes Legalbrief. A large number of municipalities and private employers who did not pay ...
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South Africa
Port strikes ban boosts logistics investment appeal
In a move that makes private sector participation in the logistics sector more appealing, the state has widened the scope of essential services employees who will be barred from striking to include key operations at the country’s ports, says a ...
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Transformation Fund contributions to be ring-fenced
The enterprise and supplier development (ESD) contributions by the private sector to the Transformation Fund will be ring-fenced, aggregated and managed centrally. So says Trade, Industry & Competition Minister Parks Tau whose spokesperson, Kaamil Alli, made it clear that this ...
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Agreement on need to improve informal sector data
Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie stood his ground when he met a government delegation last week, repeating his assertion that SA’s unemployment rate is much lower than the official data suggests. Fourie, who has led the expansion of Capitec over the ...
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Tshwane must honour wage increases – Samwu
Numsa asks Gautrain operator for ‘meaningful’ wage offer
Non mask-wearing employee fails to get job back
US demands B-BBEE exemption, says FF+
Nkabane defiant as net draws closer
Using bargaining councils to fight construction mafia
Takealot may employ retrenched Sapo staff
Minister presents R4.15bn budget for 2025/26
Former DG unsuccessful in overturning dismissal
Letsoalo accuses judge of bias in suspension appeal bid
Meth welcomes alleged UIF fraudsters’ arrests
Bidvest school bursary programme under fire
Unions oppose new KZN CFO appointment
Municipality wants wrongly-hired workers fired
KZN doctor’s death from ‘overwork' still being probed
Transgender pilot takes to the air again
Demoted primary school principal reinstated
Attorney must pay for false assault charges
US tariffs will kill SA economic growth – expert
Police unions react after Mkhwanazi accusations
Ex-Popcru CEO accuses NPA of abuse of power
Mbenenge says complaint laced with lies
Analysis
Disconnect between legal theory and workplace reality
The recent Johannesburg Labour Court ruling in Mbuyane v Dekker NO & Others sends a ‘chilling’ message to employees throughout the country: you are on your own when faced with impossible choices between competing duties. The law will not protect ...
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Economic growth stifled by race laws
In a recent newsletter to the nation, President Cyril Ramaphosa said: ‘Since 1994, we have built a robust legislative framework to advance the transformation of our economy, anchored in the B-BBEE Act and the Employment Equity Act.’ He later ...
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Stalled progress in alleviating inequalities
SA’s extraordinarily high levels of inequality bring a range of social ills, from slow economic growth to social and political conflict. The recently published Income & Expenditure Survey for 2022/2023 finds that over the past decade progress in alleviating ...
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Health
Using ‘health span’ not ‘life span’ to calculate pension age
The UK may need to increase the age at which people can get their state pension up to 74, according to economists. iNews reports the move will be needed by 2068 if the government is to retain the pension ‘triple ...
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World
UK expected to ban NDAs
Employers will be banned from using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to silence victims of workplace sexual misconduct or discrimination, the UK Government has said. A BBC News report notes that an amendment to the Employment Rights Bill, which is expected to ...
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Irish unions demand a year’s maternity leave
A demand for a year’s maternity leave on full pay for workers is set to intensify after being backed by most trade unions in the Republic of Ireland. The Irish Independent reports it is now official Irish Congress of Trade ...
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UK Government fails to check expiring visas
The Home Office does not know whether foreign workers are leaving the UK or staying to work illegally after their visas expire, BBC News reports a cross-party committee of MPs has said. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which scrutinises government ...
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Four-day week could boost bottom line
UK gender and ethnicity pay gaps exposed in study
Concern over Australia’s fair work ruling
Briefs
Accused candidate attorney to get vocational training
* A candidate attorney has won her battle with the Legal Practice Council to be allowed to do her compulsory vocational training – even though she is an accused in the Mhlathuze Water Board corruption matter.
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Report on staffing issues presented to EC health officials
* A report on staffing issues that have led to doctors leaving the Livingstone Hospital in Gqeberha in droves is expected to be presented to senior officials in the Eastern Cape Department of Health. The hospital’s departments – including internal medicine ...
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DBE blamed for assistant payment delays
* The Gauteng Department of Education has blamed ongoing payment delays affecting education and general assistants on administrative problems within the Department of Basic Education (DBE), which is responsible for vetting and processing payments nationwide. The DBE recently introduced a new ...
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NUM unhappy with Rotek Industries CEO appointment
Sassa welcomes employee’s prison sentence
Case Law Briefs
National Union of Mineworkers v CCMA (Dismissal)
Labour Court (Cape Town):
National Union of Mineworkers obo B Lekwa v CCMA & Others
Judgment: 26 June 2025
Keywords: Labour law – Dismissal – Review of CCMA arbitration award – Gross negligence and failure to secure safe workplace – ...
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Jukes v Malekjee (Defamation)
Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg):
Jukes v Malekjee
Judgment: 26 June 2025
Keywords: Defamation – Attorney making false assault allegations against law firm partner – Malicious prosecution – False criminal complaint leading to arrest and incarceration – Damages quantification – Aggravating ...
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