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The Western Cape High Court has ruled that SAQA recognises foreign qualifications, but only the courts determine whether they are equivalent for admission as advocates.
A High Court judgment has clarified that body corporates are not automatically responsible for replacing faulty prepaid water meters in sectional title schemes.
Judge R Parker has held a Western Cape landlord fully liable after an unsafe sliding gate toppled onto an eight-year-old boy, leaving him with severe head and leg injuries.
The Western Cape High Court has left intact a R1.97 million damages award for a DJ who lost an eye in a police shooting.
The Johannesburg Labour Court has ruled that while employers may retrench for genuine operational reasons, they must still prove that the method used to select employees for dismissal is fair. The dispute began in September 2020 when Procter & Gamble (P&G) terminated part of its facilities management contract with Sodexo Southern Africa after deciding to bring its end-of-line splicing operation in-house. The contract ended on 22 October 2020, leaving 16 employees in the splicing department without work and triggering a Section 189A retrenchment process. Although the splicing operation had ended, the affected employees continued working by filling in for absent…
Appeal judges found the trial court relied on the wrong facts when assessing Pretty Nontando Chuma’s future earning capacity, resulting in a R3.7 million award.
A dispute over Uitzicht and Durbanville has raised questions about suburb boundaries, online property searches and consumer transparency.
An interim interdict has halted the removal of material from disputed gold-bearing rock dumps worth more than R225 million while a mineral rights dispute heads to court.
The R178.7 million Taylor Bequest Hospital tender award was declared unlawful after the court found material irregularities in the procurement process.
The Labour Court confirms that swearing at and physically confronting a subordinate can amount to dismissible workplace misconduct.