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25 May 2021

Five changes to the Employment Equity Act amendment and what they mean for employers

BY: Advocate Tertius Wessels from Strata-G Labour Solutions The Department of Employment and Labour has proposed amendments to the Employment Equity Act, which seek to give the Minister of Labour, Thulas Nxesi, the authority to set employment equity targets for employers across the economy, among other notable changes. These are the five most notable changes...

15 Dec 2020

High Court orders SAB to stop using non-compliant labels on Brutal Fruit Spritzers

An order from the High Court of South Africa, Western Cape Division, interdicted and restrained The South African Breweries (SAB), owned by AB InBev, from distributing, marketing or selling two Brutal Fruit Spritzer variants with non-compliant labelling and advertising. Earlier this year, Distell lodged a formal complaint to South Africa’s Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) in...

13 Aug 2020

The importance of contracts in the food manufacturing industry

The days of doing business by handshake have long since come and gone. In not creating legally enforceable obligations a business opens itself up to the creation of financial and reputational risk, which risks could ultimately lead to litigation and/or huge financial losses. In the food industry the delivery of one end-product typically requires the...

03 Aug 2020

Professor PLO Lumumba to speak at ground-breaking supply chain conference

Renowned Kenyan pan-Africanist, Professor of Law and anti-corruption crusader, Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, has been confirmed as the opening keynote speaker at the upcoming “Africa Supply Chain in Action” (ASCA) event, Africa’s biggest ever virtual conference for supply chain and procurement professionals. Hosted by SAPICS (The Professional Body for Supply Chain Management) and Smart Procurement,...

02 Jun 2020

Looking to science for food security solutions

BY: Chyreene Truluck, Spoor & Fisher South Africa Global food security is increasingly challenging in light of population growth, the impact of climate change on crop production, and limited land available for agricultural expansion. One solution has been presented in the form of gene editing, a technology – based on a natural process – that...

06 Mar 2018

Are you entitled to compensation if you’ve contracted Listeriosis?

Victims who can establish they have contracted Listeriosis as a result of eating infected foodstuffs may be able to recover damages either by virtue of the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, or alternatively by way of a potential delictual claim as the result of negligence.