Case summary written by Alisha Naik and checked by Jordan Dias  Background The appellants were jointly engaged in a rural bridge construction project in the Eastern Cape. The employees, who were construction workers residing in huts onsite, embarked on a 2-day unprotected strike (“the strike”) as they were aggrieved about their living conditions.  The employees

Case summary written by Phathu Ratshitanga and checked by Kirsten Chetty Background This case concerns an alleged unlawful nuisance in the form of an offensive odour. The matter was initially heard before a single judge in the Western Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa (“the Court a quo”) and was later taken

Case summary written by Snazo Tuswa and checked by Jordan Dias Background In February 2019, Women In Capital Growth (Pty) Ltd and Akhona Trade & Investment (Pty) Ltd (“The Appellants”) each gave an irrevocable undertaking in favour of Mpho Scott (“the First Respondent”) and Abdoolrawoof Ahmed (“the Second Respondent”) to vote their shares in African

Case summary written by Sean Buskin and checked by Stefan Bezuidenhout Background This case concerns a coal supply agreement (“the Agreement”, entered into in September 2011 between Kuyasa Mining (Pty) Ltd (“the First Applicant”), Delmas Coal (Pty) Ltd (“the Second Applicant”) and Eskom Holdings Soc Limited (“the Respondent”), sought to be cancelled by the First

By Chantelle Gladwin-Wood (Partner) and Maike Gohl (Partner) Introduction  A question commonly asked by consumers is whether the COJ will be compensating them for their difficulty in dealing with the COJ in investigating and resolving their queries.  This is because it can take months (or even years), and costs thousands of Rands in expert’s reports/assistance

Written by Megan Brook, Candidate Attorney and Justin Sloane, Partner Introduction Unfortunately, far too many unkind and insensitive individuals in society today spread private and sexually explicit videos or images of their former partners or lovers to the public and other individuals with the aim of punishing or humiliating them. This is a form of

Written by Dingumuzi Ndhlovu, Associate and Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner Introduction The primary function of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act 103 of 1993 (“COIDA”) is to facilitate the provision of assistance in the form of compensation to workers who suffer debilitating injuries, diseases, or even death during the course and scope of their

Written By Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner; Lauren Squier, Associate; and Kirsten Chetty, Associate Introduction The City of Johannesburg (“COJ”) has advised many sectional title body corporates that it has or will adjusted their municipal accounts to “change the sewer tariff from ‘block of flat’s’ to ‘multi-dwelling’”. In several cases that we have seen this has resulted

Written By Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner; Lauren Squier, Associate; and Kirsten Chetty, Associate Introduction Over the last few weeks, Schindlers has received an influx of reports confirming that the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (“COJ”) is currently embarking on a process of conducting section 78(5) valuation reviews. This process entails COJ the reconsidering the current valuation