Civil Law

The Pitfalls of AI: A Word of Caution

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has grown significantly in recent years, with businesses increasingly adopting tools like ChatGPT to optimize customer service, improve marketing strategies, and generate content. This rising dependence on AI has also extended into the legal sector. The case of Mavundla v MEC: Department of Co-Operative Government and Traditional Affairs KwaZulu-Natal [...]

The Pitfalls of AI: A Word of Caution2025-03-24T18:43:20+02:00

Depression: misconduct and ill-health

The Labour Appeal Court in the matter of Legal Aid South Africa vs Ockert Jansen (2018) 39 ILJ 2024 (LC) considered the impact of depression on an employee who was disciplined for acts of misconduct. The facts of the matter are essentially the following: Mr Jansen was employed as a paralegal in the George Justice [...]

Depression: misconduct and ill-health2020-10-05T19:38:51+02:00

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY ACT AMENDMENT BILL 2020

The Department of Employment and Labour published the Employment Equity Amendment Bill, 2020 on 20 July 2020. The Bill has 4 main aims: Empowering the Minister of Labour to set numerical targets for representation of black people, women and disabled employees within the different levels of employment in the workplace. Improvement of administration. Enabling testing [...]

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY ACT AMENDMENT BILL 20202020-07-21T14:04:47+02:00
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