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Labour Court of South Africa, Cape Town

The Labour Court has the same status as a high court. The Labour Court adjudicates matters relating to labour disputes. Appeals are made to the Labour Appeal Court. 

Physical address
Twinell House, 1st Floor, 113 Loop Street, Cape Town, 8001
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Judgment date
July 2025
Court reinstates lapsed review application due to reasonable delay explanation and significant prospects of success.
Labour Law – Application for reinstatement of a lapsed review – Reasonable explanation for delay, reasonable prospects of success, and potential prejudice considered.
4 July 2025
An urgent application to interdict a municipal workers' strike was dismissed due to lack of urgency and procedural non-compliance.
Labour Law – Strike Action – Interdictory Relief – Urgency and Compliance with Section 68 (3) of the LRA – Unprotected Strike – Substantial Redress
2 July 2025
Urgent application to halt demotion dismissed for lack of demonstrated urgency and available alternative reliefs.
Labour Law – Urgent applications – Requirements for urgency – Protected disclosures and unfair labour practices – Court jurisdiction over internal processes.
1 July 2025
June 2025
Employee's dismissal for dishonest shift swaps upheld; delay in review record filing condoned.
Labour law – Misconduct dismissal – Dishonesty in shift swaps – Procedural fairness in disciplinary action.
17 June 2025
Condonation refused for late review application of arbitration award due to insufficient explanation and weak prospects of success.
Labour Law - Condonation for late filing - requirements for condonation - interests of justice - review of arbitration award
6 June 2025
The court upheld the arbitrator's decision replacing a dismissal with a warning, finding it not unreasonable.
Labour Law – Dismissal – Procedural fairness – Misconduct – Breach of company policy – Review of arbitration award.
5 June 2025
Court addressed whether the OSD agreement applied to post-inception appointees in a collective bargaining context.
Labour law – application of collective agreement – Occupational Specific Dispensation (OSD) – interpretation and application for post-inception appointees
5 June 2025
The court lacks jurisdiction in unfair dismissal cases not subjected to conciliation.
Labour Law - Jurisdiction - automatically unfair dismissal - referral for conciliation - Protected Disclosures Act.
5 June 2025
Deemed dismissal invalid due to prior suspension; appellant remains employed with capped compensation awarded.
Employment Law – Public Service Act – Deemed Dismissal – Employer Knowledge – Suspension vs. Dismissal
4 June 2025
The Labour Court dismissed a review application contesting a CCMA award variation due to salary dispute.
Labour Law - unfair dismissal - variation of arbitration award - salary dispute - CCMA guidelines adherence
3 June 2025
May 2025
The Labour Court ruled the dismissal for negligence unfair due to misapplied progressive discipline and delayed disciplinary action.
Labour law - Arbitrary dismissal for negligence - Review of arbitral award - Fairness of disciplinary delay - Application of progressive discipline.
30 May 2025
Court reviews arbitration award, finds dismissal substantively fair but procedurally unfair due to denied witness questioning.
Labour Law – Review of arbitration award – Substantive versus procedural fairness in dismissal – Rights to cross-examination in disciplinary proceedings.
29 May 2025
April 2023
5 April 2023
March 2022
3 March 2022
September 2021
10 September 2021
August 2021
30 August 2021
13 August 2021
June 2021
24 June 2021
May 2021
17 May 2021
September 2020
4 September 2020
4 September 2020
August 2020
27 August 2020
December 2019
12 December 2019
12 December 2019
3 December 2019
November 2019
26 November 2019
14 November 2019
August 2019
2 August 2019
April 2019
2 April 2019
March 2019
6 March 2019
February 2019
28 February 2019
December 2018
27 December 2018
13 December 2018
November 2018
6 November 2018
December 2015
7 December 2015
November 2015
17 November 2015
17 November 2015
6 November 2015
September 2015
17 September 2015
10 September 2015
1 September 2015
August 2015
12 August 2015
July 2015
29 July 2015
June 2015
26 June 2015
25 June 2015
18 June 2015
May 2015
29 May 2015
28 May 2015
18 May 2015
6 May 2015