Rian Malan writes on the cycle of conquest and humiliation, and the process of coming to terms with the past and grateful thanks to Politicsweb for publishing his article. “The single most important legacy of colonialism...
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Read MoreThree Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story (original German title: Glennkill: Ein Schafskrimi) is a work of detective fiction which features a flock of anthropomorphic Irish sheep out to solve the murder of their shepherd....
Read More“Chandelier bids are so named because the auctioneer announcing the bids may point to the ceiling or other areas of the room rather than at actual bidders. This gives the illusion that bids are being made. Chandelier bids are...
Read MoreHillside Aluminium (Pty) Ltd v Mathuse (D178 /2014) [2016] ZALCD 10 [2016] 10 BLLR 1041 ; (2016) ILJ 2082 (LC) (24 May 2016) per Prinsloo J. The Labour Court reviewed and set aside an arbitral award because reference was made to...
Read MoreThe “Frequently Asked Questions” document was misleading and may have constituted a misrepresentation. However, the respondent did not plead misrepresentation and neither did he seek rectification of the agreement....
Read MoreEmployment Equity Commission’s latest report shows that males falling outside the category of ‘black people’ continue to ‘dominate the upper echelons of the corporate hierarchy’. The Minister of Labour has warned that after a...
Read MorePioneer Foods (Pty) Ltd v Workers Against Regression (WAR) (C687/15) [2016] ZALCCT 14 [2016] 9 BLLR 942 ; (2016) ILJ 2872 (LC) (19 April 2016) per Anton Steenkamp J. Newly appointed employees do not have the right to demand the...
Read MoreFree-market capitalism allows “conscious capitalists” to adhere to their code of ethics and unconscious capitalists to ignore it. What upsets irrational critics of capitalism — a derogatory term derived from...
Read More“Mining Weekly reports that gold producer Sibanye Gold confirmed on Monday that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) had served notice that it would begin a pay strike on Wednesday”. Comment: Failing...
Read MoreEconomic Freedom Fighters v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others; Democratic Alliance v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others (CCT 143/15; CCT 171/15) [2016] ZACC 11 (31 March 2016) per Mogoeng CJ [Moseneke DCJ,...
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