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Misconduct the main cause of dismiss

"For the past five years, the sin...

Students awarded advanced certificate in ADR

"The Advanced Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) was recently awarded to 34 students at an awards ceremony which took place at the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA) in Sandton. Of the 34 students who received this s...

South Africa: Adsolve for Advertising Industry Reduces Costs, Speeds Up Outcomes

"Advertising lawyer Gail Schimmel, has launched Adsolve, an alternative dispute resolution forum for the advertising and marketing industry that could see fees and processes be cheaper and faster than any of the current alternative resolution bodi...

Go to PFA, not CCMA, for employer-related pension complaints

"If you have a dispute with your employer over your pension benefits, the place to take your complaint is to the Pension Funds Adjudicator (PFA), rather than the labour dispute body, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA...

A Guide To Using A Dispute Adjudication Board

"Prior to 1987, the FIDIC suite of contracts did not contain any reference to a dispute adjudication board (DAB). When the 1999 first editions were published, the DAB was included in all 3 major FIDIC standard forms of contract. The introduction o...

Conciliation the first step to resolution

"One of the cornerstones of labou...

Strikes are not the only way to resolve disputes

"The spate of labour unrest in the country proves that our dispute resolution mechanisms have not worked...Other than running to courts, is there a place for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms in the current labour unrest? The Constit...

Problems cited in rental housing bill

"The Rental Housing Amendment Bil...

Electoral Dispute Resolution in South Africa

"With the recent publication of two new handbooks on electoral dispute resolution, Electoral Justice: The International IDEA Handbook (2010) and Guidelines for Understanding, Adjudicating, and Resolving Disputes in Elections (GUARDE) (2011) the BR...

Shabangu to mediate in Xstrata dispute

Johannesburg - The Minister of Mineral Resources, Susan Shabangu, is to help resolve a dispute between the National Union of Mineworkers (Num) and Xstrata.