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Can you discipline an employee for their comments on social media?

The recent dismissal of a staff member at a daily newspaper in Johannesburg for making inappropriate comments on Twitter about the publication poses new dilemmas for South African employers: Can they forbid their employees from disclosing their company...

5 things that you must do for your business in 2013

PUBLISHED ON 4 Jan 2013

With all the Christmas gifts having been unwrapped and the champagne corks on New Year’s Eve having been popped, it’s time to start planning how you will take your business forward in 2013. Catherine Wijnberg, director of enterprise development agency Fetola, shared her top five pieces of advice with Skills Portal that entrepreneurs and small business...

Department of Basic Education and Investec team up to train teachers

PUBLISHED ON 4 Jan 2013

Last year, the Department of Basic Education announced the launch of a public private partnership with Investec which aims to train 200 teachers in maths and physical science between 2013 and 2020, says Skills Portal. And although there was a marked improvement in the Matric pass rates for maths and physical science - 54% for maths (up from...

2012 Matric results: A vast improvement but more work needed

PUBLISHED ON 4 Jan 2013

Yesterday, the 2012 Matric results were released and there was indeed cause for celebration, said News 24. Angie Motshekga, Basic Education Minister, announced that the 2012 matric pass rate is 73.9%, which is up 3.7% from last year. In terms of each province’s pass rate: Gauteng scored the highest, with an 83.9% pass rate;

Then came the Western Cape with a 82.8% pass rate...

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Jacques van Wyk and Michiel Heyns

Jacques van Wyk is a director of Werksmans Attorneys and a member of the firm’s Cape-based Labour & Employment practice.He has extensive experience advising the South African corporate community on a diversity of employment law matters. He is well-versed in the employment aspects arising during mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructures. He also undertakes employment law compliance audits and due diligence investigations on behalf of clients and advises on recruitment, restraints of trade, and dismissals including executive employee terminations. His experience extends to drafting employment contracts and letters of appointment, disciplinary codes and procedures as well as chairing disciplinary enquiries and appeals. Jacques is named as an endorsed lawyer in Labour and Employee Benefits by PLC Which Lawyer and is mentioned by the Legal500.
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Lia Marus is the editor of HR Pulse. She has a BA in French, Italian and Linguistics from UCT, an MA in translation from Wits and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from the Wits Business School. She is currently studying towards her LLB through Unisa. Lia started her career off in corporate communications, where she worked as a sub-editor, researcher and marketing coordinator. She then heeded the call of the publishing world and went into the business-to-business publishing field. She worked as a sub-editor as well as a chief sub-editor. Before joining ITWeb, she managed an HR guidebook at a leading international publishing company.

Jonathan Goldberg

Jonathan is the CEO of Global Business Solutions and is a nationally acclaimed consultant, lecturer, attorney and author on matters relating to Labour Law, Industrial Relations and Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment. Jonathan is also an Arbitration and Mediation panelist, accredited Commissioner of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, member of Tokiso dispute settlement panel
Ndivhuwo Manyonga

Ndivhuwo Manyonga is the Deputy CEO of Aon Hewitt South Africa. She qualified in 2004 as the first South African Black African female actuary. Manyonga is a non-executive director and member of the HR & remuneration and Investment committees of the Rand Mutual Assurance group of companies.
Ivan Israelstam

Ivan Israelstam is the Chief Executive Officer of Labour Law Management Consulting. He is known as a leading practitioner in labour law and pragmatic labour relations management with many years experience in corporate human resources management. He has an honours degree from The University of the Witwatersrand and an IPM diploma in Personnel Management and in Training. Contact Ivan: [email protected].