Court sets aside guidelines believed to be Stateâs attempt to curtail workersâ right to strike
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Johannesburg - A set of labour guidelines viewed by some as the governmentâs attempt to curtail workersâ right to embark on strikes have been set aside by the North Gauteng High Court.
Passed by then labour minister Mildred Oliphant in December 2018, the guidelines made it illegal for unions to embark on strikes and lockouts before conducting secret voting among members.
The guidelines came into effect on January 1, 2019, giving unions 180 days to amend their constitutions to include secret balloting to test whether members favoured a strike.
Judges slam ârudeâ lawyer, âobstructiveâ witness
By Kennedy Mudzuli
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Pretoria - Two judges, in separate cases, in no uncertain terms voiced their displeasure at the conduct they were shown as judicial officers by parties involved in cases before them.
Both a ârudeâ lawyer and an âobstructiveâ soon-to-be divorcee received more than a slap on the wrist for their attitudes towards the judges.
The lawyer got more than he bargained on when Gauteng High Court, Pretoria Judge Bert Bam found him to be in contempt of court and slapped him with a R30 000 fine or 30 days in jail.
In the other case, Judge Nicolene Janse van Nieuwenhuizen ordered a woman in a divorce case to foot the entire legal bill for missing two days of court, simply because the woman steadfastly refused to subject herself to a virtual court hearing.