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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.
I am honored to have been elected Chairperson of FASA for 2023/2024.
In the recent judgment Cooper N O and Another v Curro Heights Properties (Pty) Ltd [2023] ZASCA 66, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) highlighted again why it is so important that any purchase of land complies with the law.
Employers have a common law duty to maintain discipline in the workplace.
On September 1, 2023, the long-anticipated amendments to the Employment Equity Act of 1998 will take effect in South Africa.
Section 2(a) of the Labour Relations Act, 66 of 1995 does not apply to personnel employed by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
On 5 May 2023, a full bench of three judges in the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Pretoria (“the Court”) ordered that the Minister of Public Enterprises (“the Minister”) shall take all reasonable steps, within 60 days from the date of the court order, to ensure that all public health establishments, public schools and the South African public service and police stations are no longer affected by load-shedding.
