“Faceless” on Facebook?
Introduction Social media and in particular Facebook have recently grown as a means of communication and expression with leaps and bounds within our society. On the one hand it has become a place where one can showcase yourself and those dear to you or share your views and sentiments regarding events being of interest to […]
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A Second Bite at the Proverbial Cherry
Introduction We are all human and we all make mistakes from time to time. Some mistakes may be so fatal, that it is irreversible or incorrigible e.g. causing someone’s death through negligence. Other mistakes may be easy to correct, such as just disposing with (tearing up or deleting) a sub-standard or incorrect first draft of […]
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The Quest for the Elusive Truth
Introduction Someone once asked a well-known sculptor how he goes about chiselling out a perfectly defined statue out of a block of granite rock. The sculptor replied: “I only chisel off every bit of that rock that does not resemble the object of the statue I am creating”. Through the art of chiselling, the sculptor […]
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Legal Representation in Internal Disciplinary Proceedings
Introduction Is the employee, being subjected to disciplinary proceedings, entitled to legal representation? This is indeed a vexed question within employee relations context. To make it more daunting, the considered answer to this question is “yes and no”, depending on the specific context. When researching this topic, it became evident that the CCMA, Labour Court […]
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Covid-19 lock-down – Who must bear the brunt?
Introduction The Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic (hereinafter “the pandemic”) has turned the world upside down. That involves virtually every single aspect of our lives – Our family life, our social life, our spiritual life, our political life, our sporting and recreation life, our cultural life and last, but not least, our work life. Even our constitutional […]
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