SA Container Depots (Pty) Ltd t/a Bidvest SACD v Sheriff: Durban Coastal and Others (D16/2025)
SA Container Depots (Pty) Ltd t/a Bidvest SACD v Sheriff: Durban Coastal and Others (D16/2025) [2025] ZALCD 3; (2025) 46 ILJ 1263 (LC) (28 January 2025)
The court found that the strike action undertaken by the third to further respondents was procedurally and substantively compliant with the Labour Relations Act and did not offend any of its limitations. The acts of violence, while serious and temporally linked to the strike, did not constitute a basis in law for declaring the strike unprotected, as the LRA does not provide for such a limitation. Furthermore, the applicant failed to establish a causal connection between the violent acts and any of the respondents or their members. The court held that, absent such a link, interdictory relief c…
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- Protected Strike
- Strike Related Violence
- Picketing Rules
- Interdictory Relief
- Collective Bargaining
- Urgency In Labour Disputes