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In South African law, gig workers, such as Checkers Sixty60 drivers, are classified as “independent contractors” with limited labour protections or benefits. Photo: Tariro Washinyira / GroundUp

Employee Wellness

South African law is failing gig workers

Nick Fabré 10 Jun 2025

Public Liability & Personal Injury

Joinder applications and third party liability: When does a prescription period actually commence?

Mtho Maphumulo 6 May 2025

Career Advice

3 benefits of being an independent consultant - do you have what it takes?

Johann van Niekerk 6 Dec 2024

Labour Law

Contracted out: Who is obligated to pay employee salaries?

Darcy du Toit 11 Sep 2024

Gary Silbermann, co-founder and innovation director at One Degree

Talent Acquisition

Resignation season is coming: Are you prepared?

Gary Silbermann 1 Feb 2024

Johan Botes, Partner and Head of the Employment & Compensation Practice, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Adapting to change and the growing call for DEI

Johan Botes 18 Jan 2024

Labour Law & Unions

When foreign employers hire South African employees...

Graeme Palmer 11 Oct 2023

SMEs

Three of the most common hiring mistakes in a small business (and how to avoid them)

Ben Bierman, Issued by Business Partners Limited 22 Sep 2023

E-commerce

Uber Eats to grow 'dark' grocery store concept in SA

16 Nov 2022

Tax Law

Employee tax considerations when contracting work to non-SA residents

Denny Da Silva 29 Sep 2022

Talent Acquisition

Talent is on the move. Is your business in the right place?

Johann van Niekerk 5 Apr 2022

E-commerce

Outlook: E-commerce and the race for rapid delivery

Lauren Hartzenberg 21 Feb 2022

Remuneration & Payroll

Unpacking the complexities of ETI

14 Jul 2021

Lana Visser, financial planner, Fiscal Private Client Service

Taxation & Regulation

Working from home: What you can claim from tax

23 Jun 2021

Labour Law

Dual faces of the gig economy and ride-hailing industry

Denine Smit and Grey Stopforth 22 Jun 2021

IP Law

Who owns the copyright to a computer program?

Galia Bloch 23 Nov 2020

Residential Property

Is real estate the career for you?

Chris Cilliers 2 Sep 2020

ICT

Covid-19 makes the gig economy even more relevant

Iza Grek 11 Mar 2020

Labour Law & Unions

Incorrect to assume that SA labour laws are one-sided towards employee

Bradley Workman- Davies 30 Aug 2018

Digital

#Newsmaker: 'Wunderwomen' Kagiso Musi and Astrid Ascar

Jessica Tennant 4 Jun 2018

Trends

#BizTrends2018: The rise and rise of NextGen Work

Lyndy van den Barselaar 8 Jan 2018

Management & Leadership

Calculating fair remuneration in the gig economy

20 Oct 2017

Taxation & Regulation

How do you define a worker in a gig economy?

17 Oct 2017

Media

Freelancing versus contracts

Issued by Freelancers Writing Services 28 Jun 2016

Taxation & Regulation

Sars issues rulings on non-executive directors' fees

Graeme Palmer 22 Mar 2017

Radio & Audio

Algoa FM's Gordon Graham swaps radio for the road

Issued by Algoa FM 22 Nov 2016

Facilities & Property Management

Seven reasons why property management helps protect your assets

Phillippa Delport 30 May 2016

Digital

Five ways to improve teambuilding among virtual employees

Hicks Crawford 12 Feb 2016

Labour Law

Labour Court quotes DLA Piper report

14 Apr 2014

Management & Leadership

Independent contractor can be an employee

28 Nov 2013

Labour

Alternatives to labour broking

Hugo Pienaar and Andrea Taylor 19 Aug 2013

Talent Acquisition

The great debate: permanent employee or contractor?

Yolandi Nortje 3 Jun 2013

Regulatory

University set to hand over names in red-meat study

Linda Ensor 4 Apr 2013

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Property giants go green as the penny slowly drops

2 May 2012

Newspapers

Bullard loses his unfair dismissal case against Avusa [EXCLUSIVE]

Issa Sikiti da Silva 1 Jun 2011

Supply Chain

Piggery pays off for beneficiaries

Siphiwe Nyathi 12 May 2010

Newspapers

Bullard gets his day in court

Chris Moerdyk 5 May 2009

Regulatory

Who owns the copyright?

Javad Heydary 25 Mar 2009

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