STRIKE SEASON

As we are now in the midst of strike season 2013, we are probably going to see more and more violence and illegal strikes.  Over and above this Parliament seems hell bent on ensuring that Unions can go on strike without having to balance the membership. It is...

STRIKE SEASON 2013

Whilst I am sitting in my office contemplating the negativity of the annual strike season, I listen to the news of the administrative arm of the police force going on strike.  This is clearly setting the tone for the next few weeks.  Yesterday morning President Jacob...

LICENSING OF BUSINESS BILL

We South Africans are very strange.  We are desperately trying to encourage people to open up new businesses and to employ people.  We all know that the only way in which we are going to create five million new jobs is to open up a million new small businesses.  We...

APPEAL FROM THE CCMA

It is important to note that there is no Appeal from the CCMA, only review. Review means that we have to prove that the Commissioner (Arbitrator) misdirected him or herself and/or made a fatal error in the award. We have been faced with a few examples of where the...