While labour unions are up in arms over the new Draft Code on Good Practice on Dismissal, recently released by the Ministry of Employment and Labour for public comment, which they say gives employers ...

October 2025, the Labour Law Colloquium was once again held at Stellenbosch University. This annual event, which brings together the leading minds in the labour law world, often celebrates ...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is taking the Minister of Employment and Labour to court over the recently gazetted Employment Equity (EE) targets for businesses in South Africa. The targets are part of ...

Deletion of part of the definition of a ‘designated employer’: An employer (other than a municipality, organ of state or an employer appointed as a designated employer in terms of a collective ...

South Africa is grappling with one of the highest unemployment rates in the world. According to recent statistics, nearly one in three South Africans of working age is unemployed. This is not only an ...

A new law aimed at increasing the employment of black people in South Africa has enraged some businesses and the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), who say qualified workers could lose their jobs.

Gig work using digital platforms has exploded over the past decade. South Africa has been fertile ground for Uber, Checkers 60Sixty and Takealot. Sustained unemployment alongside high levels of ...

It was an honour to have been asked by the Law Faculty at Stellenbosch University to pay tribute to the contribution of Justice Raymond Zondo, with particular focus on his remarkable influence in the ...

Carin Runciman is a member of the Casual Workers Advice Office's management committee. The biggest changes to South Africa’s labour laws since 1995, shortly after the country’s first democratic ...