Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to South Africa as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
South Africa: Government to introduce stricter BEE rules for South African businesses in 2022
A totally new approach is set to be followed later this year concerning national equity plans …
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South Africa: Secondary strikes – the Constitutional Court provides some clarity
The Constitutional Court has pronounced on the thorny issue of how far union members taking part in a secondary strike are protected under S66 (2) of the Labour Relations Act …
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South Africa: Cosatu affiliates Limusa, NUM merge
Union mergers have brought representation within the mining and metals industry together …
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South Africa: Leaky border
A rapid rise is taking place in the country’s population because of uncontrolled immigration along its borders with the rest of Africa …
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South Africa: Government to clamp down on foreign drivers
Foreign professional drivers are likely to be banned …
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South Africa: Overtime and working from home laws
The legal position of professional and managerial employees has put them under greater pressure during the lockdown …
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South Africa: Labour market more favourable to men than women (Q2 2021)
According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey of Q2 2021, the South African labour market was more favourable to men than it was to women …
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South Africa: A new law may finally make public who owns South Africa’s companies
A draft Companies Amendment Bill is now open for public comment …
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South Africa: A new facility to extend ICT work visas
Holders of Intra-Company Transfer (ICT) work visas who are currently residing in South Africa are now eligible to apply for an additional 24 months in respect of their current ICT work visas within the country …
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South Africa: Discovery orders staff to get vaccinated
The major medical scheme insurer Discovery Health has announced that it will be making vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory for all its employees from the beginning of 2022 …
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South Africa: Proposal to expand maternity leave rights
There has long been a huge gap in the welfare system due to the country’s huge informal self-employment sector …
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South Africa: Validity of temporary visas extended until September 2021
Visas or permits of foreign nationals who have not departed South Africa since the announcement last March of the National State of Disaster, and who had arrived with a valid visitor’s visa between December 2019 and 14th March 2021, are still officially deemed to hold valid immigration credentials until the end of September 2021 …
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South Africa: Youth still find it difficult to secure jobs (Q1 2021)
According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), over the year to Q1 2021, the percentage of young persons aged 15–34 years who were not in employment, education or training (NEET) increased by 1 …
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South Africa: Proposed amendments to the equality act
Potential changes have been proposed to the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act (PEPUDA) …
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