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On 18 August 2025, the Minister of Employment and Labour signalled an intention to withdraw the 24 December 2003 ministerial determination that has, until now, excluded funds regulated by the Pension Funds Act, 1956 (PFA) from the BCEA time periods in section 34A of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA). Interested parties have 30 days to submit written representations, by 17 September 2025, to unathiramabulana@labour.gov.za.
Rental scams are unfortunately on the rise in South Africa, forcing victims to face cataclysmic consequences. A rental scam is when a scammer will pose as a landlord and attempt to obtain money from a potential tenant for a rental property that they are not the lawful owner of. The scammer will often place an advertisement for a property with pictures included and a seemingly legitimate rental agreement. The property itself may be real or fictitious.
Times are changing, and shareholders are now playing a more prominent role in shaping corporate behaviour. Activist shareholders are increasingly pointing out issues including environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations.
Albert Einstein once said that “the hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” If he were around today, he might have instead said that “the hardest thing in the world to understand is how to challenge a tax assessment in South Africa.” Whilst this may be overstating matters a tad, the SCA’s recent judgment in the case of The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Services v ABSA Bank Limited and United Towers Proprietary Limited lends some credence to this rejigged Einstein adage. We explain why below.
Employers may feel powerless to deal with employees who have committed offences away from the workplace and after work hours but which may still bring the company’s name into disrepute through mere association with those individuals.
Blanket visa exemptions for Zimbabweans illegally in SA were introduced in 2009 under the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP) . The long used Zimbabwean exemption permits will expire at the end of June 2023 which means 178,000 ZEP holders and their families will be declared illegal foreigners on 1 July 2023. Some have called this a massive humanitarian crisis.The expiry of the ZEP permits will likely leave huge gap in the South African work force as well and this danger has not been addressed by the South African Department of Home Affairs. Another issue which does not seem to have been considered is the likely pressure to be experienced at the South African Zimbabwean borders. There will be an estimated 178,000 ZEP holders leaving at the end of June 2023. Private travel between the countries, and logistics companies will also feel the effect of the ZEP cancellations and will not be able to cross the border freely.
Section 26(3) of the Constitution provides that no one may be evicted from their home, or have their home demolished, without an order of court, which can only be made after considering all the relevant circumstances.The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), in City of Cape Town v Commando and others, recently had occasion to consider the constitutional duty of a municipality to provide temporary emergency housing, specifically whether the constitutional obligation extended to making temporary emergency accommodation available at a specific location.
