Legal Articles and Guides
Arbitration hearing on Islamic dress code
The CCMA is conducting an arbitration hearing to ascertain if a hospital acted unfairly towards a Muslim medical practitioner over her religious beliefs of keeping her arms covered, reports IoL.
Doctors back right-to-die activist
Ten SA doctors have told right-to-die activist Sean Davison that they, too, have helped people die. Davison told the Cape Town Press Club that some doctors were fighting for legal euthanasia as they stared death in the face daily while treating gravely ill patients.
SIU to probe dodgy medical negligence claims
President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the SIU to conduct a sweeping investigation into dodgy medical negligence claims against the state – a move expected to rein in soaring sums being paid out by provincial health departments.
High-profile lawyer involved in custody battle
A prominent lawyer and his former partner are engaged in nasty High Court litigation after the lawyer obtained an interim court order last month restricting the mother’s access to their two minor children to two hours a day, reports the Sunday Times.
Ruling on maintenance for adult children after divorce
A parent can claim maintenance for adult dependent children from the other parent upon divorce, the SCA has ruled.
Bank to re-employ unvaccinated staff
Standard Bank wants to re-hire staff it fired for refusing to comply with its now scrapped mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policy, a workplace health and safety regime it repealed last week after union threats to challenge the policy in court.
Cosatu to challenge mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations
Cosatu plans to challenge mandatory Covid-19 vaccination at a ‘national, policy level’ and says it wants companies that have dismissed workers for non-compliance to reinstate them, reports BusinessLIVE.
Standard Bank withdraws mandatory vax policy
Standard Bank has withdrawn its Covid-19 mandatory vaccination policy just days after finance union Sasbo vowed to challenge the lender’s dismissal of at least 40 of its members for not complying with the policy.
Health Department paid R228m in negligence claims
The Gauteng Health Department has 78 court-ordered attachments of its bank account to pay for medical negligence, reports City Press.
Cannabis user loses bid to get job back
A long-serving employee who was fired after repeatedly testing positive for cannabis, in breach of the company’s rules, has failed in her bid to be reinstated, reports GroundUp.
Gaseous explosion may have killed 21 in tavern
A government pathology expert has said a gaseous explosion on the ground floor of the Enyobeni tavern which resulted in chemical asphyxiation, was probably the cause of the death of 21 young people in the early hours of Sunday morning, says a Mail & Guardian Online report.
Ruling has ‘serious implications’ for NHI
The Department of Health’s ambitions for controlling where doctors work have been dealt a huge blow by the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria), after it declared the National Health Act’s provisions for issuing health establishments with a ‘certificate of need’ unconstitutional and invalid.
Department shuts down parts of Beaufort hospital
A large section of Fort Beaufort Provincial Hospital has been shut down by the Eastern Cape Department of Labour which has deemed 13 wards to be a health hazard, reports GroundUp.
Prejudice warning as monkeypox hits SA
Health professionals have called on South Africans not to resort to bigotry around monkeypox after the first case of the disease was confirmed in a 30-year-old man in Johannesburg, reports News24.
Last Covid-19 restrictions scrapped
Health Minister Joe Phaahla last night published a notice in the Government Gazette recalling the last three Covid-19 significant regulations.
