Archive for December 2022
Can historical inconsistency be invoked for serious criminal conduct?
In National Education Health and Allied Workers Union on Behalf of Buqa v Department of Health (Western Cape) and Others (2022) 43 ILJ 2363 (LC), the employee was employed by the Department of Health (the employer) at the New Somerset Hospital. While on duty, the employee stole a backpack belonging to a patient while the patient…
Read MoreViolence in the heat of the moment – assault incidents amid strike action
National Union of Metalworkers of SA on Behalf of Dhludhlu and Others v Marley Pipe Systems (SA) (Pty) Ltd (2022) 43 ILJ 2269 (CC) In South Africa (SA), the winter season has been dubbed as the ‘strike season’ as it is the time of the year when wage negotiation disputes breakout. Section 23 of the…
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