by Dr John Grogan | Jun 4, 2020 | Talking Points
Since 1995, South Africans have become accustomed to life under a constitutional democracy. The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 is the supreme law and judicial authority vests in independent and impartial courts and tribunals. The rule of law has...
by Dr John Grogan | Jun 4, 2020 | Talking Points
After NEHAWU drew a blank with the first attempt to challenge a lockdown regulation (see Talking Points Issue 4 available on Juta Press Room) issued under the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002, Solidarity and Afriforum had another shot. The union and its pressure...
by Dr John Grogan | May 25, 2020 | Talking Points
John Grogan and Avinash Govindjee To date, the Covid-19 onslaught has killed more than a million people and nobody knows how many more deaths will follow. The death toll in South Africa is so far relatively modest. But like elsewhere in the world, efforts to...
by Dr John Grogan | Apr 24, 2020 | Talking Points
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT John Grogan and Avinash Govindjee NEHAWU obo Members Providing Essential Services v Minister of Health and Others (Labour Court case no J423-20 dated 11 April 2020 (WhitcherJ)) was the first case after the lockdown in which a trade union tried...