English: South African labour law is forever evolving to address new issues in the modern workplace. One such new consideration is weight-based discrimination. With obesity increasing worldwide, it permeates every ...

English: International humanitarian law (IHL) strives to improve and protect human dignity during the most tumultuous periods known to mankind. As such, every endeavour to strengthen and enhance the functioning of this ...

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English: The National Credit Act 34 of 2005 came into operation in 2006 with the purpose to promote and regulate the credit market and industry and to protect consumers by promoting development of the credit market, ...

English: The term “cloud computing”, i.e. “the cloud”, is used to describe a virtual platform in cyberspace from and to which a user can process store data that is literary, musical, artistic or informative in nature, ...

English: It is commonplace to hear politics and law extol the importance of "pluralism" and "diversity". In addition to difference, however, and less discussed, but certainly important, is the notion of "the common good". ...

This dissertation critically considers the application of and necessity for the right to strike, especially regarding employees that are employed in an essential service. The South African position on the issue is examined ...

English: The world of work has certainly benefitted much from the revolution in information communications technology and the wave of digitisation of the 21st century - e-mail, websites and virtual marketing platforms ...

Section 23 of the Constitution is an embodiment of fundamental labour rights. Section 23(1) reads as follows: “(1) Everyone has the right to fair labour practices.” The fair labour practice concept is a rather recent ...

English: Economic efficiency is used as a proxy for the social welfare of a country's citizens and therefore it is held that if the efficiency of a country improves, so will the social welfare of its citizens. The efficiency ...