Tag: Hugo Pienaar

We note the tabling of the delayed 2025 National Budget. As with previous budgets, the steps announced by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana highlighted the need for higher growth rates in the domestic mining sector and the broader economy.

Discrimination based on one’s appearance is an ever-changing area of law that impacts employees and potential candidates worldwide. Subconscious appearance preferences that are founded on societal norms lead to employees and potential candidates being the subject of discrimination when they fail to meet certain, unilaterally imposed standards.

The CCMA, empowered by s115(2A)(k) of the Labour Relations Act (LRA), enacted Rule 25 in January which allows a party in an arbitration dispute to appear in person or be represented by a legal practitioner, candidate attorney or an entitled party in terms of sub-rule 1(a).