Van Wyk and Others v Minister of Employment and Labour; Commission for Gender Equality and Another v Minister of Employment and Labour and Others [2025] ZACC 20

The Constitutional Court of South Africa confirmed that both parents have equal entitlements to parental leave. The Court confirmed the declaration of invalidity of provisions of the BCEA and the …

ConCourt ruling allows parents to share four-month leave, ending maternal bias

The Constitutional Court on Friday handed down a landmark judgment, effectively equalising parental leave rights in South Africa by granting all parents equal entitlements, regardless of gender, sex, colour, or …

Setback for casual workers as court rules forum is not a union

The Simunye Workers Forum (SWF) has lost its bid to register as an official trade union, preventing its 6,600 mainly casual worker members from access to formal representation in disputes. …

Ex-miners compensated for occupational lung diseases

A total of 3008 Batswana ex-miners have been diagnosed with occupational lung diseases at Boswelakoko clinic in Molepolole and 471 of them have been compensated with P37.8 million as at …

Labour Court rules in favour of woman who was fired for smoking ‘a joint’ after work

Bernadette Enever filed an appeal against Barloworld South Africa’s decision to dismiss her on April 20, 2020, for going against their zero-approach policy to drugs and alcohol. In June 2022, …

UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Concluding Observations of South Africa

Please see below the full concluding observations from the the UN CERD on South Africa. In particularly look at paragraphs  20, 21, 22, 42 and 53, which focus on racial …

Ground-breaking judgment for gender equality in parental leave

Judgment was handed down at the Johannesburg High Court  by Deputy Judge President Roland Sutherland in the matter of Werner van Wyk & Others V Minister of Employment and Labour. It was …

Werner van Wyk & Others V Minister of Employment and Labour

On 25 October 2023, judgment was handed down at the Johannesburg High Court by Deputy Judge President Roland Sutherland in the matter of Werner van Wyk & Others V Minister of …

Nine Anglo American companies named in class action suit over harm to coal miners

Anglo American now finds itself in the crosshairs of class action specialist Richard Spoor, who last week filed an action in the Gauteng High Court for certification of a class …

Male domestic workers in South Africa – study sheds light on the experiences of Malawian and Zimbabwean migrants

An estimated 800,000 people work as domestic workers in South Africa. Most are black women from marginalised backgrounds. It’s therefore not surprising that the bulk of the literature about domestic work focuses …

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