New POPIA Regulations on Health Information

South Africa’s Information Regulator has issued the final Regulations relating to the Processing of Data Subjects’ Health Information by Certain Responsible Parties under the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA). The Regulations follow the earlier draft version that was released for public comment in September 2025. A review of the final instrument indicates that […]

Constructive Dismissal and the Limits of Workplace Intolerability: Lessons from Maleka v Boyce N.O. and Others

The Constitutional Court recently delivered an important judgment in Maleka v Boyce N.O. and Others, a case that revisits the legal threshold required to establish constructive dismissal under South African labour law. The matter required the Court to determine whether a change in an employee’s reporting structure could render continued employment so unbearable that resignation […]