Following the Prince decision decriminalising cannabis and the Labour Appeal Court’s ruling in Enever, which declared the employer’s cannabis testing system irrational and discriminatory, South African employers remain in search of a rationally grounded drug testing methodology. The continued use of urine testing is fundamentally flawed, as it detects past or inaccurate drug impairment rather than current unfitness […]
Puke Maserumule will present the topic with reference to the recent judgment: “Is Dishonesty Always Dismissible? A Jurisprudential Analysis of Mpact Operations” Judgment: Mpact Operations (Pty) Ltd v Metal and Engineering Bargaining Council and Others (C181/2024) [2026] ZALCCT 2 (15 January 2026) Download the slides
Advocate Anton Myburgh SC and Advocate Craig Bosch presenting: In Vodacom v Makate [2025] ZACC 13 (31 July 2025), the Constitutional Court overturned the SCA’s judgment because the SCA failed in its “duty of proper consideration” emanating from the right to a fair hearing guaranteed in s 34 of the Constitution. Given that Sidumo found that s 34 (along with […]
Dr. John Grogan presented on the following topic: ENEVER, ALCOHOL POLICIES & THE RULE OF LAW What Enever tells us about employer disciplinary policies and employee dignity. What this means for “zero tolerance” alcohol policies in the modern workplace John Grogan obtained a BA (Hons), Bluris LLB, LLM and PhD from Rhodes University. He was […]
The 10-minute AGM will be followed by a webinar, presented by Bongani Luthuli | Bongani Khanyile Ka Luthuli Attorneys Inc “When do disciplinary hearings commence? The debate rages on” The presentation will look into the debate of when does disciplinary hearing commence, whether it commences at suspension when charges are served or when charges are […]
The 10-minute AGM was followed by a Seminar, presented by Advocate Colin Kahanovitz SC and Advocate Suzanna Harvey leading a discussion on the topic “Equity or Excess? ” Are the new Employment Equity Regulations and Legal Sector Code necessary steps toward redress or do they impose unconstitutional quotas? Join this debate to discuss the legal […]
Rutendo Mandimutsira, Executive Director of StratQuest (Pty) Ltd and Compliance Matters (Pty) Ltd
Tanya Venter, CEO of Tokiso/Advocate of the High Court and Deon Visagie, Employment Law Specialist at Webber Wentzel
Thembi Chagonda, Joint CEO of Global Business Solutions
