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            <description><![CDATA[When we think of disciplinary hearings, we tend to picture the workplace: an employer, an employee and a body of law developed to hold the two in a fair process. Yet the demands of fairness are not confined to the conditions of employment. In Divine Life Society of South Africa and Others v Avinash Parshotam (107/2025) [2026] ZASCA 89 (24 June 2026), the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) confirmed that the principles of natural justice may govern the disciplinary proceedings of a voluntary ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s energy landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. The country’s recently gazetted Integrated Resource Plan 2025 (IRP 2025) envisages a diversified energy mix that includes significant allocations for energy generated through both gas-fired power generation and renewable energy technologies. As developers in both sectors move to secure project sites, the likelihood increases that proposed renewable energy project development sites may overlap with areas subject to upstream ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Can an employee who has signed a mutual separation agreement later claim unfair dismissal on the basis that the agreement was, in substance, a retrenchment? In WBHO Construction (Pty) Ltd v Masenye NO and Others (JA124/24) [2026] ZALAC 10 (26 February 2026), the Labour Appeal Court (LAC) answered this question in the negative. The court held that where a mutual separation agreement is freely and voluntarily concluded, no dismissal arises. Consequently, the statutory unfair dismissal regime under the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 (LRA) is not engaged. This judgment reaffirms the importance of contractual autonomy in employment law. The Facts]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[With Africa expected to account for more than half of global population growth between now and 2050, and home to the world's youngest population, businesses are increasingly turning to the continent as a long-term growth market. Against this backdrop, legal and compliance risk has emerged as a critical consideration for employers operating across multiple jurisdictions. In response, leading African commercial law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) has launched its Labour Laws in Africa 2026 Guide,a practical reference resource offering employers, investors, legal counsel and HR leaders comparative labour law insights across 20 African jurisdictions.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As South Africa faces the prospect of a strengthening El Niño cycle, agricultural producers, agribusinesses, input suppliers, processors and commodity traders should be paying close attention not only to weather forecasts, but also to the allocation of risk in their commercial contracts. Forecasts indicate that El Niño conditions are likely to bring hotter and drier weather to much of Southern Africa, increasing the risk of supply chain disruptions, drought, wildfires, water shortages, reduced crop yields and livestock losses. While El Niño itself is a recurring climatic phenomenon and not a legal event, its consequences as mentioned above, may have significant contractual implications.]]></description>
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            <title>What South Africa must get right to win back mining investment</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The 2026 Joburg Indaba (Indaba) comes at a critical moment for South African mining. Demand for secure mineral supply is rising, but capital remains selective. South Africa has abundant mineral resources, mining expertise and private-sector capability. The constraints are well known: unreliable logistics, slow permitting, uneven regulatory administration and the high cost of doing business. The question is whether South Africa can convert its considerable strengths, and the momentum behind ...]]></description>
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            <title>The witness you may not need: When cell phone records speak for themselves</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In the recent decision of Mohapi Thabo and Another v The State (A41/2024) [2026] ZAGPJHC (21 May 2026), the High Court considered whether cell phone records relied on by the state were admissible in circumstances where the state had failed to call a witness from Vodacom to authenticate the records formally. The judgment is significant for its treatment of electronically generated evidence and, in particular, for its confirmation that cell phone records may, depending on how they are created, constitute real rather than hearsay evidence. This decision would also impact arbitrations which deal with employment disputes. Facts]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s renewable energy ambitions are increasingly running into a practical constraint: the grid cannot yet carry all the new electrons/energy power being planned and construct by developers. While developers are advancing major wind, solar and hybrid projects, limited transmission and distribution capacity means that new generation cannot always be connected where and when it is needed and/or moved across the grid. This makes battery energy storage systems (BESS) more than a supporting and local technology. They are becoming central to how South Africa manages grid congestion, integrating renewable power and improves energy reliability for businesses. At the moment, South Africa has 72 GW of renewable energy projects at advanced stages of development, and a 220GW pipeline of renewable energy projects. But the national grid lacks the capacity to connect them to the businesses and homes that need them. ]]></description>
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