Legal Updates: 26 to 30 August 2024

This edition of our weekly Legal Update provides a snapshot of essential updates from our comprehensive, subscription-only newsletters.

Highlights include:

Links to newly published Acts: the Electricity Regulation Amendment Act and the Appropriation Act.
Announcement about the forthcoming publication of the tenth edition of Amler’s Precedents of Pleadings in October 2024.
Recent journal articles on topics including the impact of cyberfraud and the future of collective bargaining between labour and employers.
Decisions from various Courts and Tribunals, including the Labour Court, Labour Appeal Court, Constitutional Court, High Court, Financial Services Tribunal and the Council for Medical Schemes Appeals Committee.

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Attorney Alert: 26 August 2024

Monday’s edition includes the Electricity Regulation Amendment Act 38 of 2024 and Appropriation Act 40 of 2024, published in the Government Gazette on 20 August 2024.

LexisNexis announced that the tenth edition of Amler’s Precedents of Pleadings will be available in October 2024. Contact our Book Supply Service at books@lexinfo.co.za for more information.

Several judgments are featured in this edition including Mamasedi v Chief of the South African Defence Force and Others (CCT 359/22) [2024] ZACC 17 (21 August 2024).

Articles from the most recent issues of Journal of South African Law, Journal of Financial Crime, South African Journal of Criminal Justice and Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal are included, such as:

Akinbowale, Oluwatoyin Esther; Klingelhöfer, Heinz Eckart and Zerihun, Mulatu Fekadu. The assessment of the impact of cyberfraud in the South African banking industry. – 2024 31(2) Journal of Financial Crime p287
Green, C. and Fourie-Viljoen, M.P. Pathways to review available to an organ of state acting in the public interest: The unintended loophole of the Gijima “exceptions”. – 2024 (3) Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg/Journal of South African Law p491
Nkuna-Mavutane, Matthews E. et al. The future of collective bargaining between labour and the employer after the case of Public Servants Association v Minister of Public Service [2021] 3 BLLR 255 (LAC). – 2024 (27) Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal

Employment and Labour Law Alert: 26 August 2024

Featured in this week’s edition are the following judgments from the Constitutional Court and Labour Appeal Court:

Also referred to are several recent Labour Court decisions, including:

Insurance Law Alert: 27 August 2024

Featured in this week’s edition are the following High Court judgments:

Also referred to are the latest Financial Services Tribunal decisions, including:

The following judgment from the Council for Medical Schemes Appeals Committee is also included:

K v South African Police Medical Scheme (POLMED); Registrar of Medical Schemes (CMS/80308) (19 June 2024)

Health Law Alert: 28 August 2024

Wednesday’s edition contains news and commentary regarding the signing of the Presidential Health Compact and the Special Investigating Unit’s investigation into medico-legal claims.

A reference to the following judgment from the Council for Medical Schemes Appeals Committee is included:

K v South African Police Medical Scheme (POLMED); Registrar of Medical Schemes (CMS/80308) (19 June 2024)

Also included is the following journal article:

Ndaradzi, Wellington and Dongo, Abraham. A comparative analysis of Namibia's medicines regulatory authority with regulatory authorities of South Africa, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom. – 2024 GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Energy Law Alert: 29 August 2024

Yesterday’s edition contains references to the following High Court judgments:

Also included is a reference to the following journal article:

Badenhorst, P.J. A theory of (subjective) rights to minerals in South Africa. – 2024 (3) Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg/Journal of South African Law p453

Media comments regarding recent High Court judgments are also included, such as:

Pretoria High Court grants Nkwe leave to appeal in Genorah Resources case. [Genorah Resources (Pty) Ltd v Nkwe Platinum Ltd and Others (2020/40523) [2024] ZAGPPHC 711 (22 July 2024)] – 2024 Aug 26 Sunday Times
Tshikalange, Shonisani. City Power allowed to appeal judgment in pay dispute with Eskom. [Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd v City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and Others (2024/048808) [2024] ZAGPJHC 794 (12 August 2024)] – 2024 Aug 14 BusinessDay

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Date posted: 30 August 2024