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Friday, 3 October 2025 marked legal victory, both for Werner and Ika van Wyk, and for the Commission for Gender Equality, who together challenged the care giving leave provisions in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (and the correlative benefits in the Unemployment Insurance Act) as being unconstitutional insofar as they conflicted with parents’ human rights in the Constitution to equality (section 9 of the Constitution) and to dignity (section 10 of the Constitution).
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The Western Cape High Court’s decision in Cash Crusaders Franchising (Pty) Ltd v Cash Crusaders Franchisees 2024 (4) SA 141 (WCC) marked a significant development in the evolving interpretation of Section 18 of the Superior Courts Act 10 of 2013, particularly in the context of execution of orders pending appeal.
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In a landmark ruling, the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) has ordered the provincial Department of Health to immediately provide treatment to patients on a long-standing backlog list of cancer patients awaiting radiation oncology services in Gauteng, some of whom have tragically died while waiting.
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A UK colleague, Jayne McGlynn (Strategic Corporate Partner, M&A at DWF), recently described a “quiet crisis”: experienced GCs being “restructured” out and replaced by contract lawyers, junior leaders or “AI-powered” alternatives.
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