July 2022

The Law Reports – July 2022

May 2022 (3) South African Law Reports (pp 1 – 320); May 2022 (1) South African Criminal Law Reports (pp 447 – 556) This column discusses judgments as and when […]

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Constitutional Court sets aside conviction of former law student

Tuta v S (CC) (unreported case no CCT308/20, 31-5-2022) (Unterhalter AJ (Madlanga J, Majiedt J, Mathopo J, Mhlantla J, Theron J and Tshiqi J concurring)) In a matter between Liqhayiya […]

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New legislation – July 2022

Legislation published from 3 May – 3 June 2022 By Lauren Lloyd and Lizelle Rossouw   Acts Customs and Excise Act 91 of 1964 Amendment of sch 1 part 5A […]

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Employment law update – Requirements for constructive dismissal

In Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd v Nkosi and Others [2022] 5 BLLR 469 (LC) the employer approached the Labour Court (LC) to review an arbitration award by the Commission for […]

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Employment law update – Terminating employees’ services based on age: Automatically unfair or fair?

Solidarity obo Strydom and Others v State Information Technology Agency SOC Ltd (LC) (unreported case no C 148/18; JS 49/18; JS 67/18 JS 68/18; JS 338/18; JS 195/18, 9-5-2022) (Nkutha-Nkontwana […]

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Recent articles and research – July 2022

Abbreviation Title Publisher Volume/issue AHRLJ African Human Rights Law Journal Centre for Human Rights, Department of Law, University of Pretoria (2022) 21.2   Abortion law Adegbite, FR ‘Rethinking abortion laws […]

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Rule 17.6.3 of the Rules of the Legal Practice Act declared unconstitutional

In Ex Parte Lindumusa Hopewell Makamu (unreported case no 304/2021), the applicant brought an ex parte application for his admission as a legal practitioner before the Mpumalanga Division of the […]

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Municipal law: What is a penalty rate?

By Neels Engelbrecht In the recent Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment of City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality v Zibi and Another (SCA) (unreported case no 234/2020, 9-7-2021) (Saldulker, Mbha, […]

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