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CAPE CONFERENCE

Female pastor successful in constructive dismissal claim

Judgment confirms that where employers fail to properly address grievances or mitigate the cause of a complaint, a constructive dismissal claim may succeed

  • Deon Visagie
  • Jamie Jacobs
3 min read
The labour court last week halted an attempt by the South African Police Service management to subject Major General Feroz Khan, its head of security and counter-intelligence, to an expeditious disciplinary process which could have led to his summary dismissal. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CRIME INTELLIGENCE

Labour court ruling throws light on internal battles in police crime intelligence unit

SAPS counter-intelligence head Major General Feroz Khan tells court he is being ‘persecuted for doing my job’

  • Paddy Harper
8 min read
Around the world, women continue to face structural barriers in accessing justice systems that are often expensive, complex, slow and, at times, retraumatising
ARBITRATION AWARD

KZN government continues costly legal battle against former top official despite futile case

In his ruling, the presiding judge characterised the Office of The Premier’s attitude as amounting to betrayal

  • Clive Ndou
4 min read
Nineteen former Telkom employees who won a protracted legal battle after being unfairly dismissed during the implementation of a labour outsourcing agreement are still fighting for their jobs (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
WNS

Former Telkom staff win court appeal against new employer

The employees have won an appeal against WNS after being unfairly dismissed during the implementation of a labour outsourcing agreement

  • Lyse Comins
5 min read
Justice Minister Mmamaloku Kubayi
ANC

Mmamokolo Kubayi ‘vindicated’ in deputy director general ruling

The deputy director general was found to have acted unlawfully by going against the department and hiring nine staff members without the minister’s say so

  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
Nineteen former Telkom employees who won a protracted legal battle after being unfairly dismissed during the implementation of a labour outsourcing agreement are still fighting for their jobs (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
CCMA

‘Don’t throw the dice’, judge warns in Telkom labour dispute

A group of former employees are fighting for their jobs which were outsourced to WNS Global Services SA eight years ago

  • Lyse Comins
4 min read
COMMISSION FOR CONCILIATION

Labour court upholds dismissal of lying municipal chief financial officer

The court overturned the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration ruling that Paul Mpele had been unfairly dismissed

  • Tania Broughton
3 min read
A silent vigil for dismissed SAPS General Jeremy Vearey outside St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town. (Photo by David Harrison)
ARBITRATION

Vearey hearing adjourned over Covid-19 scare

The fired cop’s arbitration hearing was postponed to next month just as police put forward video material

  • Eunice Masson
4 min read
The labour appeal court previously found in favour of the city that physical ability was an inherent requirement of the job and that all firefighters.
ADAM DAMONS

Injured firefighter wants ConCourt leave to appeal ruling favouring City of Cape Town

Adam Damons argues he has faced unfair discrimination, and that the City’s promotions policy did not make provision for discrimination based on disability

  • Eunice Masson
4 min read
Opposition parties have slammed the department of defence and state-owned military manufacturer Denel after the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) told parliament it had uncovered irregularities in procurements and the awarding of contracts
DENEL

Denel vows still to pay employees ‘where possible’

The arms parastatal has, however, so far failed to comply with an August court order to pay its staff their salaries

  • Eunice Masson
1 min read
A recent Constitutional Court judgment empowers employers to change their workers’ employment conditions if the further functioning of a company requires this. If workers refuse, they may be dismissed without severance. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
AVENGE

Constitutional Court ruling on restructuring dispute is good for employers

A judgment from the apex court empowers employers to change their workers’ contracts — without consultation

  • Sarah Smit
4 min read
Recently-appointed Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille says she took on the role to “clean up” the department, in the wake of the recent R1 billion Tottenham Hotspur sponsorship scandal.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

De Lille unfazed by acting-DG’s baggage

Latest twist in public works saga suggests minister quashed query into doctored corruption report

  • Sabelo Skiti
4 min read
The Food and Allied Workers Union. (Gallo Images / Alet Pretorius)
ATWELL NAZO

Fawu fires deputy general secretary. Again.

Moloko Phakedi plans to fight the decision. Again. The Food and Allied Workers Union says it will continue its inquiry into the R19-million written off in the union’s investment…

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
The Food and Allied Workers Union. (Gallo Images / Alet Pretorius)
COSATU KATISHI MASEMOLA MOLOKO PHAKEDI LABOUR COURT MAYOYO MNGOMEZULU ATWELL NAZO

Labour court rules in round four of Fawu vs Fawu

More court action is likely to follow as sitting faction wins the latest round of the infighting plaguing the Food and Allied Workers Union

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
The tit-for-tat factional battle for control of the Food and Allied Workers Union has taken yet another twist. (Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images)
ATWELL NAZO

No end to Fawu’s factional fight

Leaders of two competing groupings in the Food and Allied Workers Union have fired each other

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Jerome Ngwenya, who heads up the Ingonyama Trust Board. (Bayede News)
AMIN MIA

Court orders that Ingonyama Trust Board staff be paid their salaries

Embattled KwaZulu-Natal land trust loses in court, after ceasing paying salaries to some workers in March

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
ITB chairperson Jerome Ngwenya. (David Harrison/M&G)
INGONYAMA TRUST

Case lays bare Ingonyama’s dealings

Staff members claim they are fall guys for the failure of the Ingonyama Trust Board, which manages large swathes of KwaZulu-Natal

  • Paddy Harper
6 min read
Former State Security Agency boss Arthur Fraser goes on the offensive as allegations mount against him at the inquiry into state capture. (Felix Dlangamandla/Media 24)
ANGELO AGRIZZI

‘Fraser vs Nxele’ heads back to court

The controversial KwaZulu-Natal corrections head has again been suspended by the former spy boss

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
The pandemic is testing the resilience of most economies, especially those of developing countries. (Madelene Cronjé)
AMCU

‘More needed’ for miners to work again

Amcu and experts agree that mineworkers and their communities face a unique risk without a detailed response to Covid-19 from the sector

  • Sarah Smit
4 min read
The service provider, LNG, has been ordered to pay back the profit earned from the R113.2 million PPE contract
COLIN KAHANOVITZ

Labour court refuses to allow Nehawu to withdraw case on protective gear

Instead the labour court heard and then dismissed the case, with costs. Judge Benita Witcher will give reasons at a later stage

  • Franny Rabkin
2 min read