A recent High Court ruling has dealt a blow to the government’s efforts to introduce the first transformation framework for the legal sector with new broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) policies, writes Legalbrief. Solidarity and some of SA’s top law ... Read More

Judge Graham Moshoana last week failed in his bid to become the Deputy President of the Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court over his failure to circulate a full Bench court judgment to a colleague before declaring it. Despite having ... Read More

Cosatu says SA workers face ‘unprecedented attacks’ on collective bargaining and conditions of employment by private and public sector bosses. The federation has embarked on a national strike and day of action around the country to mark World Day for ... Read More

Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) president Elias Monage reports that it is aiming to speedily conclude yet another multi-year wage agreement with representative labour unions in the sector during upcoming collective bargaining in 2027. Monage, who ... Read More

The JSC is sitting to interview more than 40 candidates for 22 vacancies on superior courts. These interviews take place after last month’s settlement of Freedom Under Law’s litigation against the JSC. The challenge, prompted by the JSC’s problematic handling ... Read More

Poor sleep can cause employees to clash with their supervisors and other higher-ranking colleagues, according to a series of new studies from the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and other institutions. The primary study collected data among US Army soldiers ... Read More

The post-pandemic push to bring workers back to the office has left many nostalgic for more flexible arrangement, such as hybrid or remote work. But, the associate research professor of information systems at Arizona State University; Institute for Humane Studies ... Read More

The UK’s jobs market is stuck in its longest downturn since the early 2000s, according to a closely-watched survey, surpassing the decline during the financial crisis. S&P Global’s UK purchasing managers’ index said employers cut back on staff for a ... Read More

Amazon employees have reported a new round of job cuts across several parts of the company. Business Insider reports that a group of employees wrote in an internal Slack channel that they had received emails telling them their roles had ... Read More

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has promised to curb companies' ability to restrict what their workers can do after leaving their job, says a BBC News report. Burnham said the use of non-compete clauses in employment contracts had ‘gone too ... Read More

* As local government elections draw closer, more wards in the Buffalo City Metro are being accused of driving what the opposition parties call ‘jobs-for-votes’. The ATM, in its formal complaint to council Speaker Humphrey Maxegwana, has alleged that jobs in ... Read More

* Two company directors and three mining firms linked to the Gupta family have been convicted of fraud and money laundering involving R107.5m from mine rehabilitation trusts meant to repair environmental damage at Mpumalanga coal mines. They were convicted for ... Read More

* Sol-Tech, founded in 2007 by Solidarity with three staff members and 64 students, was founded to provide world-class vocational and technical training in Afrikaans. Today, it is an accredited private tertiary institution which focuses on scarce practical skills. Read More

Labour Court (Cape Town) Bester v CCMA & Others Judgment: 12 October 2026 Keywords: Labour law – Dismissal for placing company diesel in private vehicle – Result unreasonable only if no reasonable arbitrator could reach it on all material presented – ... Read More

Labour Court (Gqeberha) Minister of Police v Safety & Security Sectoral Bargaining Council Judgment: 7 October 2026   Keywords: Labour law – unfair labour practice – promotion – review – in limine objection – late referral of dispute – condonation – ... Read More