Tag: adjudication

There is a moment in most disputes when emotion overtakes economics. Pride digs in. Letters become sharper. Threats of court proceedings follow. Yet, by the time a matter reaches trial, the real question often lingers in the background: was the game worth the candle?

Construction adjudication often receives treatment as interim. Arbitration or litigation then waits as the final forum. In a judgment delivered by the Eastern Cape Division in Makhanda on 30 April 2026, Krüger AJ issued a clear warning. He stressed that this assumption only holds if the contract supports it.

A recent Labour Court matter, Independent Municipal & Allied Trade Union on Behalf of Espach v Polokwane Local Municipality (2024) 45 ILJ 308 (LC) involved an application that was made under Section 158(1)(c) of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) 66 of 1995. The case involved an applicant who was employed by the municipality.

The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has launched the re-packaging of the Corporate Accounts service with a Pilot Project for Trusted Employers. The Trusted Employer Scheme (TES) aims to provide qualifying companies a means to a flexible pathway for skilled applicants to obtain work visas expeditiously in line with global best practice.

The Community Schemes Ombud Service is a regulatory body developed to assist with and resolve 'community scheme' related problems. The Community Schemes Ombud Service Act defines a community scheme as "any scheme or arrangement in terms of which there is shared use of and responsibility for parts of land and buildings, including but not limited to sectional titles development scheme, a share block company, a home or property 'owner's association, however constituted, established to administer a property development, a housing scheme for retired persons, and a housing co-operative as contemplated in the South African Co-Operatives Act".

Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEP) have been extended for another six months and additional internal changes have been made to South Africa's visa processing system.

The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has recently introduced a centralised adjudication system which sees that all long-term visa applications submitted through a South African Embassy or High Commission (Missions) (in countries where South Africa is represented) are being sent to the DHA Head Office in Pretoria.