Looking back on the 1988 LRA amendments there is little doubt that when the former government accepted the recommendations of the Wiehahn Commission in 1979 they failed to understand the nature and effect of what changes to the...
Read MoreIn 1981 the Ford Foundation generously donated funds to enable a mediation service to be established in South Africa. Thanks mainly to the efforts and drive of the late Loet Douws Dekker steps were taken to arrange for...
Read MoreMan who changed the face of SA labour Nic Wiehahn obituary: 13 years ago Chris Barron paid particular tribute to the late Prof Nic Wiehahn on 9 April 2006 in the Sunday Times after his unexpected death and it is fitting that we...
Read MoreWorkplace mediation: Talk delivered on 7 March 2018 by Graham Giles at Mediation and Justice in South Africa conference “Who are the collaborators in and across the industries and how can we ensure that mediation achieves...
Read MoreZuma’s friends and foes may thank him one day for turning us into a dynamic democracy where conscious selection by voters replaces mindless loyalty. “I do not vote for what parties did in the past,” proclaimed Radio...
Read MoreThanks to ACCORD it is possible to read about the early history and development of the Independent Mediation Service of South Africa (IMSSA) and the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) seen through the...
Read MoreAccording to press reports at the Cosatu conference currently in progress a proposal was adopted that the deputy president should lead the alliance from 2017 and presumably become the president of South Africa thereafter. It...
Read MoreBased on a full report by Amy Musgrave on page 6 of the Star today and referred to by SALN today: Chasm at Nedlac between labour and business over minimum wage widens The Star writes that an agreement on a national minimum wage...
Read MoreCommunists in South Africa must be popping the corks of their champagne bottles as they witness the dream of a state-run economy coming true. Socialists must be wearing a wry smile as, despite their belief in a mixed economy,...
Read MoreMarievale Consolidated Mines Ltd v President of the Industrial Court The approach of the employer’s counsel to unfair labour practice and labour relations demonstrates a lack of appreciation of the nature and purpose of...
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