Legal Updates: 1-5 December 2025

The Lexinfo Team
Dec 5
4 min read

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This week's edition features draft Regulations that have been released for comments and summaries of several judgments and rulings. We also include references to recent journal articles.

The final edition of the Update for 2025 will be published on Friday, 12 December 2025.

ATTORNEY ALERT: 1 DECEMBER 2025

Monday's edition includes summaries of several judgments and rulings, including:

The following draft Regulations were released for comments:

Independent Police Investigative Directorate Act 1 of 2011. Draft Independent Police Investigative Directorate Regulations, 2025. Comments invited within 30 days of publication. – GenN3641 GG 53713 p3 24Nov2025
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Act 16 of 2023. Draft Regulations on the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech. Comments invited by 28 January 2026. – GenN3650 GG 53729 p165 28Nov2025

References to journal articles published in the latest editions of Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg/Journal of South African Law, Perspectives of Law and Public Administration, Pretoria Student Law Review and Law, Democracy and Development are included, such as:

Bilchitz, David. Towards repair? Incoherences in the Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and the need for legislative reform. – 2025 (4) Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg/Journal of South African Law p670
Du Plessis, Willemien. A case study of selected rural communities’ knowledge of the law and their rights regarding their access to water, energy and food in South Africa. – 2025 (29) Law, Democracy and Development p276

EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR LAW ALERT: 1 DECEMBER 2025

This week’s edition contains references to the following Labour Appeal Court judgments:

Various articles regarding recent Labour Court judgments are included, such as:

Booysen, Chevon. Employee awarded R310,000 after Labour Court overturns employer's decision. [Lewis v Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration and Others (C302/2024) [2025] ZALCCT 117 (25 November 2025)] – 2025 Nov 26 Cape Argus
Venter, Zelda. Impala Platinum Mines not required to disclose report following 2023 disaster. [Department of Mineral Resources and Energy and Others v Impala Platinum Mines Ltd and Others (2025/13373) [2025] ZALCJHB 551 (20 November 2025)] – 2025 Nov 30 IOL News

Also featured is the following journal article:

Maropefela, Alfred. Mahlangu and Another v Minister of Labour and Others 2021 (2) SA 54 (CC): A missed opportunity for the praxis. – 2025 (29) Law, Democracy and Development p179

INSURANCE LAW ALERT: 2 DECEMBER 2025

The latest edition contains a reference to the Council for Medical Schemes Appeals Committee ruling in Medihelp v M and Another (CMS 85444) (23 September 2025).

The latest Financial Services Tribunal decisions are included, such as:

Chaithram v Sasol Pension Fund; Alexander Forbes Financial Services; Pension Funds Adjudicator (PFA61/2025) (24 November 2025)

Also featured is the following article:

Smit, Eben. Land Bank decisions clarify insurers’ governance obligations and powers of the Prudential Authority. [Land Bank Insurance Company SOC Ltd v Prudential Authority (PA1/2022) [2022] ZAFST 155 (19 December 2022) and Prudential Authority of South Africa v Financial Services Tribunal and Others (2023/058536) [2025] ZAGPPHC 16; 2025 (3) SA 597 (GP) (15 January 2025)] – 2025 Nov 26 Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

HEALTH LAW ALERT: 3 DECEMBER 2025

This week’s edition features the following articles:

Maas, Chanel. Requesting access to clinical information without the patient’s consent utilising a subpoena duces tecum: A discussion of MEC for Health, Gauteng v Solomons 2023 (6) SA 601 (GJ). – 2025 Nov 24 MacRobert Attorneys
Page, Jay. Updates to the Health Professions Council ethical guidelines. – 2025 Nov 24 Bowmans
Peterson, Desnay. Zach’s Hunter Syndrome case back in court as Medihelp challenges orders. – 2025 Dec 1 Comaro Chronicle
Sinha, Shruti. The conundrum of patent waivers on COVID-19 vaccines: A critical analysis of South Africa, India, and WTO's position. – 2025 3(2) LawFoyer International Journal of Doctrinal Legal Research p91
Van Dyk, Joan. Calls for Nestlé to remove sugar from baby foods. – 2025 Nov 25 GroundUp

ENERGY LAW ALERT: 4 DECEMBER 2025

This week’s edition contains a reference to the Supreme Court of Appeal judgment in Tekoa Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd v Alfred Nzo District Municipality and Others (1094/2023) [2025] ZASCA 180 (28 November 2025).

Also featured are the following articles:

Graham, Katherine et al. Goal dependency and environmental impact assessments in the establishment of wind energy facilities in South Africa. – 2025 (396) Journal of Environmental Management
Ho, Ufrieda. Joburg’s Children’s Memorial Institute faces dark times as electricity is cut over unpaid bills. – 2025 Dec 2 Daily Maverick
Yeld, John. Eskom starts environmental assessment for a third nuclear power station. – 2025 Dec 2 GroundUp

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Date posted: 5 December 2025