Human Rights: a South African context
Human rights laws in South Africa are multi-faceted. There have been significant improvements since the end of apartheid, but there is still much work to be done to ensure that all South Africans can enjoy their full rights. Progress has been made in some areas, such as the legal protection
PREGNANCY IN THE WORKPLACE AND MATERNITY LEAVE
It can further not be doubted that whilst on maternity leave, whether paid or not, pregnant employees by virtue of their absence from the workplace in certain instances invariably lose out on advantages of being at the workplace, such as bonuses, promotions, and career development in the form of training and development offered to other employees.
RESTRICTION OF ADMISSION OF FOREIGN NATIONALS FROM THE LEGAL PROFESSION
The issue of admission of foreign nationals into the legal profession has long been a contentious issue in South Africa. For example, a recent De Rebus article outlines the manner in which women were excluded from the profession in the 1900s on the grounds that ‘the law of nature destines
TRAVELING DURING LOCKDOWN ALERT LEVEL 3
The Coronavirus has taken the whole world by storm and the government has implemented strict restrictions to curb the spread of the virus. For the first time in our lives we found that we could be breaking the law by doing something as simple as getting a haircut, getting our
