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JSC recommends only one labour court judge, leaves two vacancies open
JSC recommends only one labour court judge, leaves two vacancies open! The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has concluded its Labour…
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Tapiwa Gandidze: Zimbabwe-born candidate for Labour Court questioned on citizenship during JSC interview
A Zimbabwe-born legal candidate, Tapiwa Gandidze, faced questions about her citizenship status during her interview with the Judicial Service Commission…
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CT police sergeant dismissed for stealing meat at Checkers Hyper loses Labour Court appeal
A Cape Town police sergeant, Noreen Bam, has lost her appeal in the Labour Court after being dismissed for shoplifting…
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PRASA executive Zolani Matthews fired
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has fired group executive, Zolani Matthews. PRASA said Matthews’s termination was in…
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NUMSA: Workers who participated in Ford SA wage strike won’t face disciplinary sanction
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) says its members at Ford South Africa who participated in a…
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NUMSA and Ford SA reach agreement after wage dispute
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and Ford SA have reached an agreement following a wage dispute.…
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Ford workers persist in strike despite court order
National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) members continued to strike at the Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa…
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Woman wins case against Woolworths after she was fired for submitting suspicious sick note
A Woolworths employee who was fired after submitting two ‘suspicious medical certificates’ won her case in the Labour Appeal Court…
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NUMSA: August hearing to determine whether strike interdict at Ford SA permanent
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) said that a hearing to determine whether the strike interdict against…
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NUMSA welcomes ruling in favour of SA Steel Mills workers
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has welcomed a Labour Court judgement preventing SA Steel Mills from…
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LexisNexis ordered to employ worker after revoking his contract after a criminal record from over 20 years ago
The Labour Court in Gqeberha ruled that data analyzing company LexisNexis should employ a man who had signed a work…
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Nedbank HR head dismissed after saying ‘black people are lazier & more incompetent than white people’
A former Executive Head of HR at Nedbank, who was dismissed after making racially discriminatory remarks by stating ‘black people…
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Labour court rules ban on Samwu members in political party jobs unconstitutional
The Labour Court has ruled that the prohibition of all municipal employees from holding office in a political party to…
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Court finds there’s no need to protect trade secrets
A cleaning company urgently turned to the Labour Court in a bid to try to prevent its former employee from…
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Minister Kubayi welcomes Labour Court decision to set aside irregular appointment of 9 officials
Minister of Human Settlements Mmamoloko Kubayi says they will soon begin to implement the decision of the Labour Court that…
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Labour Court upholds Tshwane decision to withhold striking employee salaries
The Labour Court has upheld the Tshwane municipality’s decision to withhold the salaries of over 300 striking employees. In August,…
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City of Tshwane granted interdict against striking workers
The Labour Court has granted a permanent interdict against striking City of Tshwane workers ordering Samwu-affiliated workers to go back…
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City of Tshwane bus services set to resume this week
The City of Tshwane said its bus services will resume operation this week. The metro immediately suspended both Tshwane bus…
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City of Tshwane: Samwu strike a deliberate effort to turn metro into a dumpsite
The City of Tshwane said there are deliberate efforts to turn the capital city into a dumpsite, as the ongoing…
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City of Tshwane fires over 90 employees involved in strike
The City of Tshwane has fired 93 employees in a space of two weeks for taking part in an unlawful…
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Worker dismissed for failing to follow orders and telling HR officer to shut up
An employee of the South African Property Owners Association who apparently refused to follow instructions from her employer and is…
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Sars employee fired after he called in sick, then spotted on TV protesting
The Labour Court in Johannesburg on Thursday, 20 July, overturned a CCMA decision not to dismiss a South African Revenue…
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No compensation for employee who sent rude emails to employer & threatened to involve EFF after resigning
The Labour Court in Johannesburg ruled that a former employee who sent hostile and malicious emails to her employer after…
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Mining company ordered to reinstate employee after dismissing him for using the wrong word during dispute
An employee who was dismissed for dishonesty and misrepresentation after erroneously using “dismissal” instead of “suspended” during a dispute with…
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Ex-municipal manager who unlawfully invested R80m in VBS, not eligible for R1.29m payout
The Labour Court rule against a former municipal manager who unlawfully invested R80 million with the liquidated Venda Building Society…
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Gauteng teacher fired for hugging pupil, loses labour court battle
A natural science teacher, who hugged a grade 9 pupil and told her he loved her and was subsequently fired,…
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Labour Court denies Nehawu strike interdict appeal
The Labour Court has upheld an interdict against the ongoing public sector strike following the National Education, Health, and Allied…
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Labour court to rule on Nehawu strike action
The labour court will rule on an application to overturn an interdict against National Education, Health, and Allied Workers’ Union’s…
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Western Cape Nehawu’s strike interdicted
The Labour court in the Western Cape has granted the provincial health department an interdict against Nehawu’s illegal strike. Workers…
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Worker fired for reporting boss allegedly peeping at him over wall in toilet
A worker at an engineering firm got more than he had bargained for when he reported his boss for “peeking…
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Prasa financial woes to worsen as Untu demands intensify
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (Prasa) financial woes look set to escalate as the United Transport and Allied…
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119 fired Ugu district municipality workers get their jobs back 3 years later
Three years after they were sacked for allegedly engaging in an illegal municipal strike, the 119 workers fired by the…
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DPE DG Kgathatso Tlhakudi claims Pravin Gordhan suspended him to hide shenanigans
Suspended Public Enterprises director-general (DG) Kgathatso Tlhakudi on Tuesday said Minister Pravin Gordhan suspended him because he feared his wrongdoings…
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Numsa contempt application matter postponed
The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) remains defiant. It’s vowing to discipline members who were charged with different…
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Numsa studying Ruth Ntlokose judgment
Numsa says it is currently studying a court judgment on the suspension of its second deputy president Ruth Ntlokose. The…
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Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s lawyers accuse Tebogo Kekana of being unreliable & dishonest
Lawyers for suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane have accused a former senior investigator of being unreliable and dishonest. Tebogo Kekana…
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Mhlathuze Water Board CEO loses reinstatement court bid following his suspension
The suspended chief executive officer, Mthokozisi Duze, has lost his urgent Labour Court case where he wanted it to make…
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Numsa is trying to strong-arm contracting companies, says Impala Platinum
The urgent application to interdict the ongoing strike at Impala Platinum’s Rustenburg operations was heard on Tuesday afternoon in the…
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Labour Court dismisses case against Unisa by former employees
The Labour Court has dismissed a case against Unisa brought by five of its former employees. The Nehawu shop stewards…
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Numsa to meet with workers after Labour Court interdicts ArcelorMittal strike
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) said it will be meeting with its members after the Labour…
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City of Joburg employees celebrate court victory
130 City of Johannesburg employees will remain in permanent employment following their Labour Court victory. This means the city will…
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Labour Court rules in favour of 130 former City of Joburg employees
The Labour Court has ruled in favour of the City of Johannesburg employees whose contracts were terminated. This pending the…
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ConCourt rules in government’s favour on public sector wages
The Constitutional Court has dismissed Nehawu’s application to appeal a 2018 public sector salary ruling. The Labour Court previously ruled…
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SABC fires Head of News Phathiswa Magopeni
The SABC’s head of news, Phathiswa Magopeni, has been fired. She was subjected to a disciplinary hearing in December after…
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Court sets aside Joseph Mathunjwa’s election as Amcu president
The Labour Court has set aside and declared Joseph Mathunjwa’s 2019 election as president of union Amcu unlawful. The case…
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Labour Court sets aside Joseph Mathunjwa’s 2019 election as Amcu president
Joseph Mathunjwa’s 2019 election as president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) has been declared unlawful and…
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Tshwane metro insists it will not rehire dumped waste pickers
The City of Tshwane has reiterated that it will not rehire workers who were left unemployed following the expiration of…
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Unions and government face off in court over wage dispute
The protracted wage dispute between the government and public servants is playing out in the country’s highest court on Tuesday.…
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Sama given deadline to provide documents to avoid liquidation
The South African Medical Association (Sama) has until 16 April to submit its court documents defending why it should not…
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Top cop suspended allegedly for lying when giving reasons to suspend officers
A senior police officer stationed in the Northern Cape has been placed on suspension for allegedly lying in giving reasons…
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