Minister of Employment and Labour Thulas Nxesi Nxesi has urged businessman Mthunzi Mdwaba to bring evidence in court that he is implicated in the R500 million kickback scandal with other ministers. Mdwaba has named Nxesi, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, and ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula as four politicians who tried to solicit a […]

Do not retrench if operational circumstances do not merit it Section 213 of the LRA indicates that the reasons for retrenchment may be based on the economic, technological, structural or similar needs of the employer. It is necessary to look at each of these reasons more closely. Typically, economic reasons given for the need for […]

South Africa commemorates National Disability Rights Awareness Month between 3 November and 3 December every year. According to the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Disability Rights Awareness Month presents “an opportunity for all of us to remove these barriers and to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities through concrete […]

Almost two thousand senior managers in government at both national and provincial levels are considered to have no qualification for the position they occupy. This is according to the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) with data taken from PERSAL – the central system used for the administration of the public service payroll – […]