Legal Updates: 19 to 23 January 2026
- The Lexinfo Team
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This update includes a brief selection of highlights from our paid subscription-based comprehensive newsletters and the latest blog posts. View free sample copies of our newsletters at https://www.lexinfo.co.za/newsletters or contact us at alert@lexinfo.co.za for more information or a quotation.
This week's edition references summaries of the judgments handed down by the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal during December 2025. We also feature Government Gazette notices and a Draft Directive published by the Financial Intelligence Centre.
The next edition will be published on Friday, 30 January 2026.
CASE LAW: DECEMBER 2025 |
Read the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal judgments summaries for December 2025 here.
ATTORNEY ALERT: 19 JANUARY 2026 |
The following highlights are selected from the latest edition of our premium newsletter:
Advertising Regulatory Board Ruling
Constitutional Court case
Government Gazette notices (including Regulations and Draft Bills)
Draft General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill, 2025. Comments invited within 30 days of publication of this notice. – GN6997 GG 53955 p3 14Jan2026
Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act 36 of 1947. Draft Regulations Relating to Farm Feeds, 2025. Comments invited within 30 days of publication of this notice. – GN6998 GG 53956 p13 16Jan2026
Public Procurement Amendment Bill, 2026. – GenN3726 GG 53956 p136 16Jan2026
+ 29 more Government Gazette notices
High Court cases
+ 13 more High Court cases
Journal articles, law firm articles media comments and statements
Bekink, Mildred and Owusu-Akyaw, Jennifer. Access to information in a derivative action in terms of the Companies Act 71 of 2008: A comparative analysis. – 2025 (58) De Jure Law Journal p221
+ 18 more journal articles and several law firm articles, media comments and statements
Supreme Court of Appeal case
+ 2 more Supreme Court of Appeal cases
EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR LAW ALERT: 19 JANUARY 2026 |
Monday's edition contains the following highlights:
Government Gazette notices
Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997: Withdrawal of the variation notice (GN1827 GG 25846 p5 24 December 2002) issued in terms of s 50(9)(a), which excluded the application of s 34A to employers and employees in respect of the payment of contributions to any benefit fund regulated under the Pension Funds Act 24 of 1956. – GenN6994 GG 53951 p3 13Jan2026
High Court case
+1 more High Court case
Internet Article
Gogodla, Cwenga Chris. Shared parental leave: when the law changed faster than the workplace. [Van Wyk and Others v Minister of Employment and Labour; Commission for Gender Equality and Another v Minister of Employment and Labour and Others (CCT 308/23) [2025] ZACC 20; [2025] 12 BLLR 1213 (CC); (2025) 46 ILJ 2811 (CC); 2026 (1) SA 38 (CC); 2026 (1) BCLR 45 (CC) (3 October 2025)] – 2026 Jan 12 Consolidated Employers Organisation (CEO SA)
Labour Court cases
+ 6 more Labour Court cases
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INSURANCE LAW ALERT: 20 JANUARY 2026 |
Highlights selected from this week's issue:
Council for Medical Schemes Appeal Committee decision
Draft Bill
Draft General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill, 2025. – GN6997 GG 53955 p3 14Jan2026
Draft Directive
Financial Services Tribunal decisions
+ 2 more decisions of the Financial Services Tribunal
Government Gazette notice
Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997: Withdrawal of the variation notice (GN1827 GG 25846 p5 24 December 2003) issued in terms of s 50(9)(a), which excluded the application of s 34A to employers and employees in respect of the payment of contributions to any benefit fund regulated under the Pension Funds Act 24 of 1956. – GenN6994 GG 53951 p3 13Jan2026
HEALTH LAW ALERT: 21 JANUARY 2026 |
Our specialised Alert service referenced these brief highlights:
Council for Medical Schemes Appeal Committee decisions
High Court decision
Journal articles, media comments and statements
Booysen, Chevon. Kimberley High Court awards damages to army official in pothole accident. [Mofoka v Member of Executive Council, Department of Roads and Public Works, Northern Cape and Others (132/2015) [2026] ZANCHC 1 (16 January 2026)] – 2026 Jan 17 IOL News
Coetzee, Renier and Wright, Johandri. Pharmaceutical waste: A hidden threat in municipal waste management. – 2025 20(4) Nov/Dec Local Government Bulletin
Thaldar, Donrich et al. Why the South African National Health Research Ethics Council is wrong about ownership of human biological material and data. – 2025 25(4) Developing World Bioethics p259-267
+ 3 more journal articles and 31 media comments
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ENERGY LAW ALERT: 22 JANUARY 2026 |
A brief selection of highlights from yesterday's issue:
Constitutional Court case
High Court cases
Journal article, media comments and statements
Labuschagne, Hanno. Eskom threatens to cut off people with solar panels in South Africa. – 2026 Jan 20 My Broadband
Stevens, Curtly. High Court finds NERSA's approval of municipal electricity tariffs unconstitutional. [Afriforum NPC v National Energy Regulator of South Africa and Others (2025/137620) [2025] ZAGPPHC 1176 (31 October 2025)] – 2025 20(4) Nov/Dec Local Government Bulletin
+ 4 media statements and 30 more media comments
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Date posted: 23 January 2026