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Competition Law

CompComm seeks historic revocation of Premier–RFG merger approval

Nazeera Mia, Xolani Nyali, and Tamara Dini 3 days

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Remuneration & Payroll

A guide to golden handshakes: Legal tips for untarnished employee exits

27 Jun 2025

Goodyear confirms closure of Kariega plant as Numsa vows to fight job losses

Manufacturing & Parts

Goodyear confirms closure of Kariega plant as Numsa vows to fight job losses

9 Jun 2025

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Labour Law & Unions

Quiet firing: Could your boss be encouraging you to quit?

31 Mar 2025

Source: © the Workers Union John Botha, joint-CEO of Global Business Solutions, emphasises the importance of collaboration to mitigate the effects of retrenchments

Management & Leadership

Rethinking retrenchments though collaboration and a combination approach

John Botha 27 Dec 2024

Sibanye-Stillwater's Marikana complex has faced the brunt of the PGM crisis

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater faces PGM headwinds, cuts jobs at ageing mine

Lindsey Schutters 19 Apr 2024

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Labour Law & Unions

Unemployment by death: What happens to employees when employers die?

Nasheetah Smith 16 Apr 2024

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HR & Management

Impala Platinum starts voluntary job cuts at SA mines

Felix Njini 7 Nov 2023

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Labour Law & Unions

Are employees entitled to severance pay? Not necessarily...

Jacques van Wyk and Michiel Heyns 17 Feb 2023

Big tech is firing employees by the thousands. Why? And how worried should we be?

Technology

Big tech is firing employees by the thousands. Why? And how worried should we be?

Nathalie Collins, Jeff Volkheimer, Paul Haskell-Dowland 15 Feb 2023

Calculating severance pay after retirement age

Remuneration & Payroll

Calculating severance pay after retirement age

Jonathan Goldberg 21 Jun 2021

Eskom head office

Energy

Kusile and Medupi design defects rectified, yet load shedding goes on

18 Mar 2021

Deputy president, David Mabuza

Energy

Eskom opts for passive headcount reduction. Will be be enough?

15 Mar 2021

SAA unions urged to accept final settlement offer

Labour Law & Unions

SAA unions urged to accept final settlement offer

8 Dec 2020

Unions accept SAA severance packages

Labour Law & Unions

Unions accept SAA severance packages

8 Jul 2020

SAA liquidation means financial hardship, DPE warns

Travel

SAA liquidation means financial hardship, DPE warns

2 Jul 2020

Alternatives to dismissal - contemplating retrenchments post Covid-19

Labour Law

Alternatives to dismissal - contemplating retrenchments post Covid-19

Johan Botes 15 Jun 2020

Numsa vs SAA - death knell to successful business rescue?

Labour Law

Numsa vs SAA - death knell to successful business rescue?

Wessel Badenhorst and Chris Rey 11 May 2020

Unions, government reach wage agreement

Labour Law & Unions

Unions, government reach wage agreement

11 Jun 2018

Voluntary retrenchment may no longer be an easy sell

Tax Law

Voluntary retrenchment may no longer be an easy sell

Stephan Spamer, Lauren Salt, and Ryan McKerrow 9 Mar 2018

Tax break for voluntarily retrenched employees

Labour Law & Unions

Tax break for voluntarily retrenched employees

Joon Chong, Dhevarsha Ramjettan, Nivaani Moodley a 12 Feb 2018

DA to ask UK Serious Fraud Office to investigate McKinsey

Corporate & Commercial Law

DA to ask UK Serious Fraud Office to investigate McKinsey

Linda Ensor 26 Sep 2017

Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan, CEO: AngloGold Ashanti. Picture: BusinessLIVE/Martin Rhodes

Mining

Unsolicited offer for gold mine

18 Sep 2017

Transnet set to ditch 8,000 jobs

Labour Law & Unions

Transnet set to ditch 8,000 jobs

Kyle Cowan 8 Sep 2017

Can employers embark on redeployment before retrenchment processes commence?

Labour Law

Can employers embark on redeployment before retrenchment processes commence?

Samantha Bonato and Aadil Patel 25 May 2017

FMCG

Glass half full for workers at AB InBev and Coca-Cola

Ann Crotty 30 Jan 2017

Yes, it's intentionally upside down... Hlaudi Motsoeneng, chief operating officer of the SABC, holds the corporation’s first quarterly media briefing in Johannesburg on Wednesday, 28 January 2015. Picture: SAPA stringer. ©

Media

#HlaudiHasFallen: End of the road for the SABC emperor and his board

Marianne Thamm 7 Oct 2016

Telkom CEO, Sipho Maseko Picture: Martin Rhodes via Business Day

Telecoms & Networks

Employees to benefit from Telkom deal

Thabiso Mochiko 8 Jun 2016

Lonmin, AMCU break ground on reducing job losses

Mining

Lonmin, AMCU break ground on reducing job losses

3 Mar 2016

Why state-owned enterprise retrenchments fail

Labour Law

Why state-owned enterprise retrenchments fail

Bradley Conradie 14 Sep 2015

Zimbabwe: NewsDay editor steps down

Newspapers

Zimbabwe: NewsDay editor steps down

Tendai Rupapa 25 Mar 2015

Competition Tribunal approves Ellerine transactions

Corporate & Commercial Law

Competition Tribunal approves Ellerine transactions

Leana Engelbrecht 9 Feb 2015

NY Times to cut 100 journalists' jobs

Media

NY Times to cut 100 journalists' jobs

2 Oct 2014

Media Freedom

A golden age of investigative reporting, then and now

Ed Herbst 1 Nov 2013

Amcu reads riot act to Amplats over plan to cut jobs

Labour Law & Unions

Amcu reads riot act to Amplats over plan to cut jobs

Karl Gernetzky 26 Sep 2013

Business Day to shed jobs in bid to slash costs

Newspapers

Business Day to shed jobs in bid to slash costs

Moyagabo Maake and Adele Shevel 25 Sep 2013

Amplats to retrench 3‚300

Mining

Amplats to retrench 3‚300

Max Gebhardt 2 Sep 2013

Telkom takes a knock with poor figures

Markets & Investment

Telkom takes a knock with poor figures

Thabiso Mochiko 18 Jun 2013

Solidarity, Telkom to resume wage talks

Labour Law & Unions

Solidarity, Telkom to resume wage talks

7 Jun 2013

From 8ta to Telkom Mobile

Network

From 8ta to Telkom Mobile

Thabiso Mochiko 20 Mar 2013

Paddy Hartdegen

HR Management

Forget BEE: our real wealth is in knowledge capital

Paddy Hartdegen 15 Mar 2013

CWU will fight Telkom job cuts

Network

CWU will fight Telkom job cuts

14 Mar 2013

Telkom offers staff voluntary retrenchment

Network

Telkom offers staff voluntary retrenchment

12 Mar 2013

Labour Law & Unions

Fedusa wants Denel to halt job cuts

22 Jan 2013

Denel chops 523 aircraft technicians

Aviation

Denel chops 523 aircraft technicians

14 Dec 2012

Union calls for intervention at Denel

Labour Law & Unions

Union calls for intervention at Denel

5 Dec 2012

Mobile

Nokia Siemens to cut jobs

19 Jul 2012

HR Management

Solidarity saves jobs at Gijima

17 Jul 2012