The Labour Court in Cape Town has set aside a CCMA award that had found the dismissal of a former NSFAS accountant substantively unfair, ordering that the dispute be reheard by a different commissioner. The accountant was dismissed after sending private work-related emails to her personal Gmail account and is challenging the decision. The case will now return to arbitration, with the outcome of her dismissal still to be determined.

A former NSFAS employee's dismissal case has returned to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration after it emerged she used her Gmail account to send sensitive information. According to Sowetan, the emails contained confidential NSFAS details as well as a payroll schedule listing workers' salaries. The email trail has become central to the dispute over her dismissal, with the CCMA set to reconsider the matter in light of the evidence.

Luxury car brand Maserati has approached a South African court in a bid to overturn a judgment ordering it to pay R7 million to Black Coffee's company, Soulistic Music. According to The Citizen, the earlier ruling went in Soulistic Music's favour, but Maserati is now seeking to have the decision set aside. The legal dispute marks the latest chapter in a court battle involving the internationally renowned DJ's music enterprise and the Italian automaker.

A lecturer at a college in Tshwane has lost an appeal against his dismissal following sexual harassment allegations, according to TimesLIVE. An arbitrator upheld the institution's decision to dismiss him after finding that he had sent inappropriate messages to a student via WhatsApp. The ruling confirms the college's handling of the matter and brings the lecturer's challenge to an end, with the dismissal remaining in effect following the arbitration outcome.

Former Uchumi workers have submitted a petition to National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula regarding unpaid dues. They claim that their attempts to obtain payment through the company's management and administrators have been unsuccessful.

Moneyweb analysis examines Sun International’s latest results alongside a broader argument that South African employers should reconsider how they define a living wage. The piece frames higher pay not only as a social cost but as a potential business strengthening measure, linking wage policy to performance, resilience and employee stability. It questions whether prevailing wage benchmarks reflect household realities and suggests companies may need to reassess compensation strategies within South Africa’s economic pressures.