Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to South Africa as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
South Africa: Visa applicability
The procedure for granting temporary residence visas to South Africa has been recently updated …
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South Africa: Sabotage threat
There are serious concerns amongst employers in South Africa that industrial action may not only lead to strike action, but also sabotage …
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South Africa: wage deal after strike threat
The state-owned South African Nuclear Corporation (NECSA) has reached agreement with the Nehawu and Pelindaba Workers Unions …
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South Africa: Personal liability for unfair dismissal costs
The Labour Court has recently ordered senior executives at the state broadcaster SABC to submit within 5 days papers that justify why they should not be personally liable for all the costs (at a punitive scale) arising from an unfair dismissal hearing concerning several SABC journalists …
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South Africa: New public holiday
President Jacon Zuma has declared that August 3rd this year will be a public holiday …
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South Africa: Temporary agency workers
A legal question that often raises its head in different jurisdictions is ‘at what point will a temporary agency worker be regarded as an employee of the end user?’ In a recently-reported South African case the employees concerned claimed under section 198A of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) that they should be regarded as an employee of the client company …
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South Africa: Anti-trust restrictions not applicable to wage cartels
A rare challenge to the practice of wage cartels has been dismissed by the Gauteng high court in Pretoria …
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South Africa: Court rules on enforceability of non-compete clause following garden leave
A South African Labour Court recently considered for the first time the impact of garden leave on the enforceability of a non-competition clause …
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South Africa: Intervention plan adopted in an attempt to save jobs
In South Africa, employers and trade unions in the mining industry, together with the government, have adopted a ten point intervention plan in order to prevent significant job losses in the industry …
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South Africa: Northam, NUM sign three-year wage deal
South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) recently signed a three-year wage deal with one of the world’s largest platinum producers, Northam Platinum, for workers at the Zondereinde mine …
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South Africa: Slow progress in achieving employment equity
South Africa’s Department of Labour has just published the Commission for Employment Equity’s annual report for 2014-2015 …
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South Africa: Applications now open for one-stop premium visa service
A new one-stop premium visa service centre has been established in South Africa …
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South Africa: Female-only maternity policy found to be discriminatory
A maternity policy implemented by an employer in South Africa was recently found by the Labour Court to be discriminatory …
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South Africa: Proposed reduction of employers’ contributions
South Africa’s Ministry of Finance is proposing a temporary reduction of employers’ and employees’ contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Fund …
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South Africa: Long-term visas available for BRICS countries
The government of South Africa recently announced its endorsement of long-term port-of-entry visas for its BRICS partner countries …
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