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At last, revised mediation rules

"It is official: the Rules Board of the Department of Justice has published the new Mediation Rules for comment by 22 May 2013, and that court-based mediation will be implemented by August 2013. Not surprisingly the Rules Board ha...

SA bids to enhance efficiency of courts

"A PLANNED management system will make South Africa’s courts run efficiently, notwithstanding the ever increasing number of people turning to the judiciary for redress." Select the link to read more from this article....

North West Solicits Inputs On Mediation Strategy and Plan for Mining, Tourism and Land Claims

"The Office of the Premier in the North West province is to host a workshop on the mediation strategy to manage relations between tourism, mining and land claims. The two-day provincial engagement involving key stakeholders in the sectors is to be he...

The private agency’s mandate

This is part of a series of weekly columns about the workings of labour laws written for The New Age by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).Select the link to read this article. 

‘SA needs better labour dispute models'

"Johannesburg - South Africa must find ways to resolve labour disputes before they undermine the economy, SARB governor Gill Marcus said on Friday.

Racec secures $40m short-term funding amid Sierra Leone dispute

"Rail engineering group Racec has secured a R40-million short-term mezzanine funding facility from an undisclosed financial institution to meet its short-term working capital requirements and fund any dispute resolution proceedings relating to a proj...

Legal Representation At The CCMA - A Constitutional Right?

"At present, the approach adopted by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) in regard to parties' rights to legal representation is that there is no absolute right to legal representation at any stage of the proceedi...

Dispute Resolution Chambers taking no nonsense

The PSL Dispute Resolution Chambers (DRC) have hammered the pockets of NFD club Polokwane City by ruling against the club in favour of former player Moemedi Moatlhaping. Select the link ...

Social Media is Game Changer for Ubuntu and Mediation

Social media platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and Google+, the instant messaging and camera applications of cell phones are profoundly changing our world. A new culture encouraging collaborative and sustainable dispute re...

When all else fails – mediate

This is part of a series of weekly columns about the workings of labour laws written for The New Age by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).Select the link to read more from this article.