From 1 January 2020, South Africa’s workplace environment celebrated a breakthrough in the push for equality, with the implementation of new parental leave laws. The amendments may have particular implications for mining companies, whose employees already typically enjoy far more leave days and leave benefits than the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) prescribe. Mining [...]

By Nomfundo Jele The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) would like to notify legal practitioners that its Conveyancing Task Team is meeting regularly and had its first meeting for 2020 on 16 January. The Task Team was established by the LSSA’s House of Constituents in 2019 to review the concerns on the poor pass rate [...]

Interested parties have until Friday to comment on legislation amending Section 25 of the Constitution. © belchonock – 123RF.com Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation Amending Section 25 of the Constitution on Tuesday reminded all the stakeholders of the approaching deadline. This comes as written submissions are sought on the Draft Constitution [...]

14 Jan 2020 The Gauteng Division of the High Court, Pretoria and Johannesburg, is implementing a digital / electronic case management and litigation system, called the CaseLines system. The full implementation of the system will take effect from 27 January 2020. The Judge President issued Practice Directive 1 of 2020 in terms whereof the [...]

21 Jan 2020 The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) would like to notify legal practitioners that its Conveyancing Task Team is meeting regularly and had its first meeting for 2020 on 16 January. The Task Team was established by the LSSA’s House of Constituents (HoC) in 2019 to review the concerns on the poor [...]