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Recent Legal Updates: Week of 14-17 April 2025

  • The Lexinfo Team
  • Apr 17
  • 4 min read

Featured in this week's selection of legal updates from our subscription-based newsletters are Government Gazette notices (including the Discussion Document on the Review of the White Paper on Local Government); numerous judgments; a journal article looking at merger provisions in the Companies Act and Income Tax Act and law firm articles discussing insurance law matters.


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ATTORNEY ALERT: 14 APRIL 2025

This week's edition refers to South African Municipal Workers’ Union v Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and Another (334/23) [2025] ZACC 4 (9 April 2025), a judgment confirming the order of the Labour Court declaring the inclusion of the phrase “staff member” in section 71B of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 unconstitutional and invalid.

 

Also included are references to six recent Supreme Court of Appeal judgments, including Minister of Environmental Affairs v Trustees for the Time Being of GroundWork Trust and Others (549/2023) [2025] ZASCA 43 (11 April 2025) which relates to the enforcement and implementation of the Highveld Priority Area Air Quality Management Plan.

 

Highlights from the Government Gazette notices referred to in this edition include the Discussion Document on the Review of the White Paper on Local Government, the Draft Strategy relating to the Design of Product Life Cycle, Re-Use, Controls, and Disposal of Absorbent Hygienic Products, and withdrawal of the Regulations relating to the Prohibition of the Sale, Importation, and Manufacture of Foodstuffs containing any part of the Plant or Component derived from the genus Cannabis Sativa L, Hemp, Hemp Seed Oil, or Hemp Seed Flour, originally published on 20 March 2025.

 

This edition also refers to journal articles published in the latest editions of Obiter and Stellenbosch Law Review, as well as law firm articles and media comments focusing on recent judgments, such as:


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EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR LAW ALERT: 14 APRIL 2025

Monday's edition refers to South African Municipal Workers’ Union v Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and Another (334/23) [2025] ZACC 4 (9 April 2025), a judgment confirming the order of the Labour Court declaring the inclusion of the phrase “staff member” in section 71B of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 unconstitutional and invalid.

 

The latest Labour Appeal Court judgment is included:


Various recent Labour Court judgments are referred to, including:

 

Also featured are the following journal articles:

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INSURANCE LAW ALERT: 15 APRIL 2025

This week’s edition contains references to the latest Financial Services Tribunal decisions, including Mate v Lukhaimane; Pension Funds Adjudicator; Old Mutual Superfund Provident Fund; Dameni (PFA70/2024) (8 April 2025); and various High Court judgments reported in the All South African Law Reports, such as Municipal Workers Retirement Fund v Groot Kei Municipality and Others [2025] 1 All SA 258 (ECG).

 

The following Council for Medical Schemes Appeals Committee ruling is included:

 

Also featured are the following articles:

HEALTH LAW ALERT: 16 APRIL 2025

Yesterday’s edition features the following Council for Medical Schemes Appeals Committee ruling:

 

Also included are the following articles:

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Image design: Daniélle Geldenhuys

Date posted: 17 April 2025


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