South African businesses face heightened legal and reputational risk following a stark warning issued by ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula on 26 May 2026. Speaking after the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) weekend meeting, Mbalula confirmed that the government will actively pursue and penalise companies found to be employing undocumented migrants. If your business employs foreign [more…]
URGENT WARNING TO EMPLOYERS: Hiring Undocumented Migrants Is Now a Compliance RiskFefaTech2026-05-27T12:42:13+02:00
A protected strike doesn’t lose its legal protection if it is tainted by violence and intimidation – and employers can’t use this violence as a basis to fire all workers involved.
This was the main outcome of a recently settled case by the Labour Court, as analysed by the director at Werkmans Attorneys, Jacques van Wyk.
It is advisable to inform your workers that any absences related to the protest action will be treated on the following basis in term of the Labour Relations Act:
No work, no pay;
No disciplinary action;
A shift for leave pay and leave enhancement pay qualification purposes will be lost in respect of the day’s [more…]
No work, No pay, No penalty for COSATU’S intended protest action on 13 February 2019s26superu2019-02-13T07:09:49+02:00
This protest action is as far as we know not a trade union initiative but a ‘mass action campaign’ by women (The Total Shutdown’?) and therefore does not fall under S77 of the LRA and has not been approved by NEDLAC in terms of the Labour Relations Act and therefore it will be within the [more…]
Protest action on 1 August 2018s26superu2018-08-01T09:07:15+02:00
African National Congress President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday called for equal pay for men and women in South Africa.
Ramaphosa was speaking at a Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) May Day Rally held at a packed Isaac Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth where he was warmly received by the crowds.
The Star reports that bus companies say that if they agree to the demands of striking workers, they might have to increase their fares. Bus drivers have been in a three-week-long strike over salary increases.
They are demanding a 9.5% salary hike, while the employers are offering a 9% [more…]
Pay hike to impact bus fares, bosses warn striking drivers26superu2018-05-02T13:53:08+02:00
Business Report writes that the taxi industry, whose protests last week resulted in many of the streets around Johannesburg and Midrand becoming gridlocked, is planning to embark on a national strike and protests next month.
MP Filtane, spokesperson for the Mass Taxi Industry Protest Action Committee, a taxi [more…]
Taxi industry planning on a national strike and protests on 15 Julys26superu2017-06-28T16:18:25+02:00
The Star reports that bus companies say that if they agree to the demands of striking workers, they might have to increase their fares. Bus drivers have been in a three-week-long strike over salary increases.
Business Report writes that the taxi industry, whose protests last week resulted in many of the streets around Johannesburg and Midrand becoming gridlocked, is planning to embark on a national strike and protests next month.