On 11 August 2025, the Labour Appeal Court (LAC) in CEPPWAWU obo Tabata v Aspen Pharmacare Ltd (PA17/2024) [2025] ZALAC 43 (24 July 2025) determined, among other things, whether security furnished in terms of sections 145(7) and (8) of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) continues to have the effect of staying the enforcement of an arbitration award in circumstances where a review application has been archived under the (now repealed) Practice Manual.
The Competition Tribunal does not have the power to grant absolution from the instance
The Competition Appeal Court (“the CAC”) in Competition Commission v X-Moor Transport (Pty) Ltd t/a Crossmoor Transport (273/CAC/Aug25) [2026] ZACAC 4 (22 June 2026), considered the question of whether the Competition Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) has the power to grant absolution from the instance in a prohibited practice case. In two prior cases the Tribunal