Parental Leave Rewritten by the Constitutional Court: What Employers Must Do Now

by Lezaan van Jaarsveld | 3 Oct, 2025 | Employment Law, Family Law, Insights

By Ali Sonday | Senior Associate and Paula Phukuje | Associate The Constitutional Court has confirmed that South Africa’s parental-leave regime in the BCEA unfairly discriminated between different kinds of parents and has ordered a temporary “reading-in” that changes...

WhatsApp in Court: When your Chats become your Best (or Worst) Evidence

by Lezaan van Jaarsveld | 9 Sep, 2025 | Commercial Litigation, Employment Law, Insights

By David Short | Director A recent Western Cape High Court judgment (Gerritsen Trading CC t/a Gerritsen Drilling SA v Blydskap Holdings (Pty) Ltd (2024/146798) [2025] ZAWCHC 400 (27 August 2025) in a provisional liquidation matter quietly but firmly confirms what many...

Sexual Harassment: Why Employers Should Follow Chief Justice Maya’s Lead and Create Robust Policies

by Lezaan van Jaarsveld | 14 Aug, 2025 | Employment Law, Insights

By Paula Phukuje | Assocate In a landmark move this Women’s Month, Chief Justice Mandisa Maya introduced a comprehensive Sexual Harassment Policy for the Judiciary, a powerful reminder that institutions must exemplify confidence, dignity, and justice from within....

What South African Landlords Should Know About “Unit-Hopping” Tenants and Withheld Rent

by Lezaan van Jaarsveld | 13 Aug, 2025 | Employment Law, Insights

By Celani Mchunu | Associate When the Lease goes Sideways In a textbook example of how quickly a straightforward lease can unravel – a client’s tenant has taken it upon herself to occupy a different unit, without consent – while the client (the landlord), in...

How Anton Piller Orders Rescue Your Data Before It Disappears

by Lezaan van Jaarsveld | 17 Jul, 2025 | Commercial Litigation, Competition Law, Data Privacy, Employment Law, Insights

By Jodi Poswelletski | Director Imagine discovering that an ex-employee has copied your client database and is already trading on it. In minutes they can encrypt, delete or dump that data offshore. Under POPIA your company now faces fines of up to R10 million,...

Fifty Cents, Zero Trust: How a Trivial Shortfall Cost a Teller her Job

by Lezaan van Jaarsveld | 9 Jul, 2025 | Employment Law, Insights

By David Short | Director & Zethembe Manukuza | Candidate Attorney Khumalo v CCMA & Others (Labour Court, JR 2680/22, 25 June 2025) When Standard Bank teller Nomfundo Khumalo returned from sick leave, a surprise cash check exposed a mystery bag of R20 in R1...