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            <description><![CDATA[Constructive dismissal remains one of the more difficult claims to prove in South African labour law. Employees must do far more than demonstrate that the workplace was unpleasant or that their relationship with management had deteriorated. The legal threshold is a demanding one: the employer must have made continued employment objectively intolerable. The recent CCMA decision in Ramugondo v Rand Water provides an important reminder that employers can cross that threshold not only through active misconduct, but also through a failure to intervene when workplace bullying is allowed to flourish.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa recently published a notice of proposed amendments to its mandatory mediation protocol, which operationalises the Division's Mandatory Mediation Directive. The proposed amendments are an attempt to reduce the clogging in the Special Interlocutory Court (SIC).  The proposed amendments highlight that at any given time there are approximately 16 000 matters seeking allocation and hearing dates in the SIC, which causes congestion, delays and backlogs.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[In a recent ruling, Topigs Norsvin (Pty) Ltd v Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd and Others, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) considered whether pollution downstream of the Kusile Power Station (Kusile) justified court orders compelling Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd (Eskom) and the responsible authorities to comply with their environmental duties.  Environmental authorisations impose strict obligations which continue throughout the life of a project. In instances where unlawful pollution persists, preparing remedial plans does not discharge those obligations, and regulators cannot remain inactive in the face of non-compliance. ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly moving from answering questions to taking actions on our behalf. This emerging form of AI, often called agentic AI, can independently perform tasks such as sending emails, deleting files, or modifying customer accounts. As AI gains autonomy and attackers find new ways to exploit it, incident response plans must evolve. Organisations must now prepare for incidents in which AI may cause, facilitate, or amplify a security breach. In July, during an internal ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence (AI) is ubiquitous, and the gambling and betting sector is no exception. AI is increasingly embedded in gambling and betting products and platforms. The question is not whether to engage with AI, but how to develop, deploy, use and regulate it effectively and responsibly. The policy and regulatory choices made now will influence whether AI is ultimately used to protect consumers or to exploit them. For gambling operators, AI presents significant opportunities, from processing live information and developing advertising campaigns to creating new features, applications and games. But it also introduces regulatory challenges and risks. AI could support player safety, but it also has the potential to intensify harmful gambling behaviours.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A recent Labour Court decision provides employers with a useful warning: when designing voluntary severance or early-retirement programmes, age may be an administratively convenient dividing line, but convenience does not make discrimination lawful.   The dispute arose from PRASA’s efforts to reduce its wage bill and headcount. It introduced a voluntary severance package (“VSP”) for employees generally, while employees between the ages of 60 and 63 were instead offered voluntary early retirement (“VER”) where the VSP would have produced a higher amount.  The financial distinction was significant. Employees younger than 60 could receive a VSP incorporating a “sweetener” of 2.5 weeks’ salary for every completed year of service. Employees between 60 and 63 were limited to a lump sum calculated according to the months remaining until retirement.]]></description>
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            <title>Business rescue: Voting rights not afforded to post-commencement creditors</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[On 7 October 2026, the Constitutional Court delivered a unanimous judgment addressing a question on which the High Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal had reached opposite conclusions: whether post-commencement creditors are entitled to vote on the adoption of a business rescue plan. The court held that they are not. Pre-commencement creditors are those who have claims against the company prior to the commencement of business rescue proceedings. Post-commencement creditors, on the other hand, are those whose claims arise whilst a company is in business rescue. A critical group is post-commencement financers, who extend financing to companies while in business rescue. Post-commencement finance has rightly been described as the lifeblood of success rescue proceedings.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Constructive dismissal is not an escape route for employees who are dissatisfied with their working environment, nor does every workplace grievance entitle an employee to resign and demand compensation. The Labour Appeal Court’s (LAC) recent judgment in Royale Energy (Pty) Ltd v Commission for Conciliation, Mediation & Arbitration & others (2026) 47 ILJ 2419 (LAC) provides a welcome reminder that intolerability is a high threshold, and that employers must be afforded a reasonable opportunity to ...]]></description>
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