The courts do not normally interfere with an employer’s decisions relating to appointment of applicants to positions. However, exceptions to this norm might be made where the appointment constitutes a promotion of an internal applicant or where the employer has broken its own rules pertaining to...

South Africa’s labour laws severely restrict employers’ rights. Examples of these restrictions include: Employees appear to have the right to motivate for permission to bring an external representative (e.g. a lawyer or trade union representative) to disciplinary hearings Employers may not...

In October of last year we received a call from one of our regular clients who was keen to be quoted for a negotiation workshop for their shop stewards. Clearly this was a bit out of the norm so we set up an appointment and the following day met with their HR and General Manager. There we started...

Are private disciplinary hearings a thing of the past? BY lvan lsraelstam, Chief Executive of Labour Law Management Consulting. He may be contacted on (011) 888-7944 or 0828522973 or via e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.....

Layoffs are making headlines again – but the underlying labour-market signals are more nuanced than they appear. Part of my role at TCI is to track labour-market trends and shifts so we can make better, informed decisions for us and our clients. Here’s what I’ve noted recently: Job cuts and...

I have been in the fortunate position of being a facilitator in the leadership development arena for close on two decades now. I clearly recall when the analysts were starting to talk about a VUCA environment and how we need to prepare our leaders for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and...

Most organisations don’t sit in a boardroom one day and say, “We have a leadership problem.” What usually happens is quieter. Work gets done, but it takes more follow-up than it should. Issues linger longer than expected. Leaders are trying, but you can see the strain when it comes to managing...

South Africa finds itself in the precarious position of navigating a serious skills shortage, especially in the technology industries, while being home to the highest unemployment rate in the world. Small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs) often can’t compete with larger businesses for skills,...

The need for rapid change is impacting both job roles and organisations. We look at three industries and the effects of these changes… Change-readiness and Learning Agility plays an integral role in the building of a 5-10 year talent pipeline in conditions where it’s not clear how the business and...

Johannesburg, 4 February 2026 – New Leaf Technologies will host the Learning Indaba 2026, its flagship learning and development conference designed to equip South African organisations with global insights into the technologies, trends and strategies reshaping workplace learning. The event will...

18th of September 2018 - The Constitutional Court announced today that dagga is now legal in South Africa for private use. However, there are a number of concerns and questions around regulation and control that still need to be addressed to ensure the safety of both users and non-users –...

As the importance of upskilling employees continues to grow, it’s a sad reality that most small businesses struggle to provide sustainable workplace training programmes due to financial constraints. Lesson Desk, a South African online end-to-end training platform, has launched a new initiative to...

Written by Professor Barney Jordaan Mario Puzo's award-winning book The Godfather contains some very useful advice for negotiators (I would invite you, for the moment, to look beyond the fact that his main character and source of negotiation wisdom, Don Vito Corleone, was a mafioso). Here are some...

October has been declared Mental Health Awareness Month in South Africa. In support of this government-mandated event, local startup Mygrow is presenting a five-part video series in which Mygrow Co-Founders Mark Baker and Theran Knighton-Fitt will reflect on and explore the inevitable emotional...

The Logistics Management industry has been through an interesting past few years with global rise in costs affecting the industry by and large. Such costs relating to warehousing and transportation of goods have been directly affected by the rise in fuel, increased real estate pricing, etcetera....

BY lvan lsraelstam, Chief Executive of Labour Law Management Consulting. He may be contacted on (011) 888-7944 or 0828522973 or on e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Some employers are too soft and trusting when receiving...