President Cyril Ramaphosa's January 8 Statement promised much the same in 2026 as the ANC did in 2016, writes Legalbrief, with the striking similar resolutions to strikingly similar conditions to corruption, service delivery and economic transformation showing either extraordinary ... Read More
The SA sugar industry is calling on the government to scrap the Health Promotion Levy, commonly known as the sugar tax, warning a surge in sugar imports, coupled with the tax burden, is threatening the viability of the local sector ... Read More
The labour market is showing subtle signs of movement, but structural barriers to employment persist, a reality underscored by recent labour force data and highlighted by political controversy over unemployment. Statistics SA’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), which tracks the ... Read More
SA’s manufacturing sector lost momentum in November 2025, with production contracting year-on-year and month-on-month as structural pressures and weakening demand weighed heavily on key industries, according to recent data released by Stats SA. Manufacturing production declined by 1.0% in ... Read More
The groundswell of activism from movements such as Women for Change is forcing a long-overdue reckoning with the dangers women face in SA, and the CEO of Wyzetalk writes that as the conversation rightfully dominates our public discourse, we must ... Read More
In his 2024 State of the Nation address, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the participation of black people in the mining industry was increasing. ‘Black ownership stands at approximately 39% ... compared with 2% in 2004,’ he said. Duma Gqubule, an ... Read More
Across the globe, industries are rapidly integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation into their operations, with technology changing how people work, how decisions are made, and how businesses compete. For SA, the challenge is not only technological adoption, but workforce ... Read More
Almost a third of men in the UK (30%) fear that being diagnosed with cancer could put their job at risk or leave them being viewed as unreliable in their workplace. Personnel Today reports that the survey of 3 000 ... Read More
The UK’s Interior Ministry has launched an independent inquiry after an internal review found London’s Metropolitan Police hired more than 5 000 police officers and staff without required background checks between 2018 and 2023. According to a Daily Maverick report ... Read More
Lesotho’s garment industry employed 50 000 people at its peak in 2004, nurtured by the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), which was passed in 2000 and offered tariff-free access to the US market for thousands of African goods. Agoa ... Read More
For the past three years, the corporate world has been locked in a territorial dispute. The return-to-office wars were defined by geography: the home versus the headquarters. But as 2025 unfolded, the front line shifted. According to a survey from ... Read More
* The suspension of 233 police members between April 2024 and October 2025 has cost taxpayers more than R25m in salaries. This was confirmed by Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia in a written reply to Parliament after a question by Rise ... Read More
* Cosatu in the Western Cape has claimed victory following the Labour Court's recent ruling to reinstate Wesley Neumann as the principal of Heathfield High School. ‘This outcome is a vindication of our position,’ said Malvern De Bruyn, Cosatu ... Read More
Labour Court (Cape Town): Cape Thai t/a Simply Asia v CCMA & Others Judgment: 9 December 2025 Keywords: Labour law – Unfair dismissal – Review of CCMA award – Distinction between misconduct and poor performance – Arbitrator impermissibly entering ... Read More
Western Cape High Court: Raubenheimer v Western Cape Education Department and Others Judgment: 2 October 2025 Keywords: Labour law – Review of arbitration award – Principal dismissed for insulting pupil – Reasonableness test – Commissioner's failure to properly consider ... Read More
Labour Court (Cape Town): Passenger Rail Agency of SA v Office of the Public Protector and Another Judgment: 5 December 2025 Keywords: Labour law – Organ of state seeking to review own irregular appointments – Public Protector (PP) remedial action ... Read More
