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Employment law cases in South Africa

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. This curated South Africa collection links existing source-backed legal records for that research intent.

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7 May 2025

Grand Gaming Gauteng (RF) (Pty) Ltd v Rezanne Bakkes (2022/5914) [2025] ZAGPJHC 530 (7 May 2025)

Citation

[2025] ZAGPJHC 530
Court

South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg
Case number

2022/5914
Judges

S Yacoob

High Court grants absolution from the instance where the plaintiff failed to prove alleged confidential disclosures and damages in a former employee dispute.
- Breach Of Contract
- Restraint Of Trade
- Absolution From The Instance
- Quantification Of Damages
- Absolution-from-the-instance
- Breach-of-contract
2 May 2025

Kalex Flavours and Ingerdients (Pty) Ltd and Another v Khumalo (2025/047398) [2025] ZAGPJHC 438 (2 May 2025)

Citation

[2025] ZAGPJHC 438
Court

South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg
Case number

2025/047398
Judges

M V Noko

Urgent restraint-of-trade application struck from the roll for lack of urgency; court found no satisfactory explanation for delay.
- Restraint Of Trade
- Urgent Interdict
- Employment Contract
- Self Created Urgency
- Restraint-of-trade
- Urgent-application
28 Mar 2025

Backsports (Pty) Ltd v Motlhanke and Another (Application for Leave to Appeal) (2025/009346) [2025] ZALCJHB 118 (28 March 2025)

Citation

[2025] ZALCJHB 118
Court

Labour Court Johannesburg
Case number

2025/009346
Judges

M Makhura

Leave to appeal dismissed in a Labour Court restraint-of-trade matter; no protectable interest found, and jurisdiction absent for non-employment interdicts.
- Restraint Of Trade
- Protectable Interest
- Leave To Appeal
- Jurisdiction
- Employment Relationship
- Leave-to-appeal
18 Feb 2025

Backsports (Pty) Ltd v Motlhanke and Another (2025/009346) [2025] ZALCJHB 68 (18 February 2025)

Citation

[2025] ZALCJHB 68
Court

Labour Court Johannesburg
Case number

2025/009346
Judges

M Makhura

Restraint of trade application dismissed: no proven protectable interest, insufficient evidence of breach, and no jurisdiction for further interdicts.
- Restraint Of Trade
- Enforceability Of Employment Contracts
- Protectable Proprietary Interest
- Unfair Competition
- Confidential Information
- Restraint-of-trade
27 Jan 2025

Claire Kourie Physiotherapists Inc v Nyimba (120605/2024) [2025] ZAGPPHC 62 (27 January 2025)

Citation

[2025] ZAGPPHC 62
Court

North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria
Case number

120605/2024
Judges

MP Kumalo

Urgent restraint-of-trade interdict dismissed; court found no urgency, no proof of breach, and no protectable interest threatened.
- Restraint Of Trade
- Employment Contract
- Urgent Interdict
- Protectable Interest
- Garden Leave
- Restraint-of-trade
28 Nov 2024

Candi and Company (Pty) Ltd v Rhode and Others (24820/2024) [2024] ZAWCHC 437 (28 November 2024)

Citation

[2024] ZAWCHC 437
Court

Western Cape High Court, Cape Town
Case number

24820/2024
Judges

Van Den Berg

Court refused broad restraint enforcement but barred former hairdressers from soliciting the applicant's clients or using its client list.
- Restraint Of Trade
- Protectable Interest
- Unlawful Competition
- Interdict
- Employment Contracts
- Restraint-of-trade
22 Oct 2024

Vilakazi v Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency and Others (2024/115406) [2024] ZALCJHB 437 (22 October 2024)

Citation

[2024] ZALCJHB 437
Court

Labour Court Johannesburg
Case number

2024/115406
Judges

R Itzkin

Court dismisses urgent bid to lift MPTA CEO’s precautionary suspension beyond 60 days, finding no unlawfulness under the Act or disciplinary code.
- Precautionary Suspension
- Disciplinary Code
- Unlawful Suspension
- Urgent Relief
- Contractual Nature Of Policies
- Precautionary-suspension
27 Aug 2024

Carrick Wealth (Pty) Ltd v Van Rensberg and Others (2024/073186) [2024] ZAGPJHC 811 (27 August 2024)

Citation

[2024] ZAGPJHC 811
Court

South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg
Case number

2024/073186
Judges

S D J Wilson

High Court granted interdicts enforcing confidentiality undertakings and restraints of trade against former Carrick Wealth employees and a competing company.
- Restraint Of Trade
- Confidential Information
- Enforceability Of Contractual Undertakings
- Springboarding
- Interdict
- Employment Exit Agreements
11 Jul 2024

Dr Anil Kurian Incorporated and Another v Jacobs (2024-072435) [2024] ZAGPPHC 653 (11 July 2024)

Citation

[2024] ZAGPPHC 653
Court

North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria
Case number

2024-072435
Judges

E van der Schyff

Urgent application to compel completion of notice period or claim damages dismissed from the roll; court found no extreme urgency and awarded attorney-and-client costs.
- Breach Of Contract
- Urgent Interdict
- Employment Notice Period
- Costs On Attorney And Client Scale
- Urgent-applications
- Employment-law
3 May 2024

Totally Board (Pty) Ltd v Meyer and Another (037796/2022) [2024] ZAGPPHC 417 (3 May 2024)

Citation

[2024] ZAGPPHC 417
Court

North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria
Case number

037796/2022
Judges

Nyathi

High Court grants final interdict enforcing restraint of trade against former employee who joined a competitor.
- Restraint Of Trade
- Final Interdict
- Protectable Interest
- Confidential Information
- Enforceability Of Contract
- Public Policy
2 May 2024

Myandlu and Others v Ludidi N.O and Others (1684/2024) [2024] ZAECMHC 26 (2 May 2024)

Citation

[2024] ZAECMHC 26
Court

Eastern Cape High Court, Mthatha
Case number

1684/2024
Judges

M.S. Jolwana

Court struck urgent application to halt Vela School disciplinary hearings, finding the applicants did not prove authority issues or exceptional circumstances.
- Urgent Interdict
- Disciplinary Procedure
- Locus Standi
- Prima Facie Right
- Exceptional Circumstances
- Urgent-interdict
22 Mar 2024

B Sure Insurance Advisors (Pty) Ltd v Schnepel and Another (J29/24) [2024] ZALCJHB 142 (22 March 2024)

Citation

[2024] ZALCJHB 142
Court

Labour Court Johannesburg
Case number

J29/24
Judges

M Makhura

Restraint-of-trade interdict dismissed: the Labour Court found the applicant failed to show the new employer competed in the relevant insurance market.
- Restraint Of Trade
- Confidential Information
- Enforcement Of Contracts
- Protectable Interest
- Urgent Interdict
- Restraint-of-trade