by Melanie Hart | Feb 5, 2026 | Employment, News
The Department of Employment and Labour has formally announced the annual adjustment to the National Minimum Wage, as published under Regulation Gazette 11941, in terms of the National Minimum Wage Act, 2018. The adjusted wage rates will come into effect on 1 March...
by Melanie Hart | Nov 10, 2025 | Employment, News
The recent landmark judgment of the Constitutional Court in Van Wyk and Others v Minister of Employment and Labour [1] marks a significant shift in parental leave rights, ensuring equal and non-discriminatory treatment for all parents, regardless of gender or family...
by Warren Beech | Nov 4, 2025 | Employment, Health and Safety, Mining, News
In last week’s Top Tip Tuesday we addressed the importance of the exercise of the “stop work authority” on health and safety grounds to prevent workplace injuries and fatal accidents. We discussed the judgment handed down in the matter of National Union of...
by Mbuyi Katumba | Sep 5, 2025 | Mining, News
BACKGROUND The illegal mining pandemic in South Africa, and the African continent at large, which is often blended with artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), presents a severe threat to the country’s formal mining sector, economic stability, and security. In South...
by Melanie Hart | Sep 4, 2025 | Employment, News
The Minister of Employment and Labour has published and gazetted a Code of Practice on Dismissals, in terms of Section 203(2A) of the Labour Relations Act, which takes effect from date of publication, being 04 September 2025. The Code repeals Schedule 8 of the Code of...
by Warren Beech | Jul 31, 2025 | Environmental, News
On 14 July 2025 the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Pretoria handed down judgment under case number 9952/2019 in the matter between Petrus Johannes Barnard & Others v The Minister of Environmental Affairs and Others (Barnard Judgment). Barnard...
