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Latest items of recent news relevant to South Africa as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.

South Africa: Top court legalises private use of cannabis

The decision of the Constitutional Court to legalise the possession of cannabis for private use will put further pressure on employers in the country and increase the international traffic of the drug to countries where it remains unlawful to consume it …

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South Africa: Government has been given 6 months to study equality report and act

The government has been given 6 months to study the Human Rights Commission’s Equality Report and act accordingly …

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South Africa: President alarms investors with land grab proposal

A recent speech by President Cyril Ramaphosa about the widespread requisition of land owned by white farmers without compensation has led to Tweet by US president Trump indicating that the move will be challenged by Washington …

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South Africa: ConCourt supports workers employed through labour brokers

The Constitutional Court has ruled that labour brokers must hire temporary staff who earn below  R205 433 (US$15,363) per annum as permanent workers after three months service with their client companies …

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South Africa: Power utility Eskom made a conditional pay offer

The cash-strapped major power utility Eskom has made a conditional pay offer after weeks of strikes that have closed power stations …

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South Africa: Labour Laws Amendment Bill is currently before parliament

The Labour Laws Amendment Bill is currently before parliament …

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South Africa: Where an expatriate should pay their tax is still uncertain

It is now uncertain where an expatriate working in South Africa should pay their tax …

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South Africa: Legal changes

A number of legal changes have recently taken effect …

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South Africa: Labour court confirms that bad behaviour should not be rewarded

The Labour court has ruled on an important case concerning the withholding of a performance bonus – even though the employee concerned had exceeded the necessary performance threshold …

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South Africa: Expats must act to avoid consequences of new tax law

The income tax position of South Africans working abroad is now very clear …

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South Africa: Hate speech bill approved by Cabinet

One of the hottest HR topics concerns what an employee may say in the workplace …

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South Africa: Unemployment is currently 26.7%

The country’s first universal minimum wage law came into force on May 1sy 2018 …

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South Africa: Award reinstatement

If an employer is found, through arbitration, to have unfairly dismissed an employee and ordered to reinstate them it is not necessarily contempt of court to have reemployed the individual concerned, rather than reinstated them on the same terms and conditions which prevailed at time of dismissal …

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South Africa: National minimum wage bill will not be rushed

Although a deadline for introducing the new national minimum wage had been originally set as May 1st 2018 by President Cyril Ramaphosa the fact that implementing legislation has not yet been passed by parliament raises questions about how realistic this date remains …

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South Africa: Rand Merchant Bank introduces robots into the bank

The Rand Merchant Bank has established a Robotics Centre of Excellence to automate back office tasks …

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