The Land Question & the Perils of Magical Thinking

The Land Question & the Perils of Magical Thinking RW Johnson | 19 March 2018 RW Johnson writes that at the root of the EWC debate is an insatiable symbolic hunger The decision by the ANC to back expropriation without compensation (EWC) has occasioned a tremendous gale of comment. Ramaphosa seems to have gone along …

Workers have to submit to employer’s control

Workers have to submit to employer’s control   Davies Ndumiso SibandaMANY workers have been dismissed for either failing to submit themselves to the employer’s control or failure to adhere to a lawful order out of ignorance of the law as they will be thinking the employer is victimising them. In the matter Innscor Africa vs …

The law and rulings by labour officers and DAs

The law and rulings by labour officers and DAs   Davies Ndumiso Sibanda, Labour MattersWHERE the labour officer or designated agent makes a ruling against the employee, there is no requirement to have the labour officer’s ruling confirmed by the Labour Court. This position was confirmed by the Labour Court in the matter Muchovo, N Matenda …