High Court Strikes Down Race-Based Criteria in International Air Service Licensing

A legal update on Sakeliga NPC v International Air Services Council (Gauteng Division, Pretoria, 5 June 2026) The Gauteng Division of the High Court, Pretoria has held that the International Air Services Council (the IASC) acts unlawfully when it brings Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) or other race-based considerations into the licensing of international air […]

In Person, For Now: The SCA Draws the Line on Virtual Commissioning

A commentary on LexisNexis South Africa (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development 2026 (3) SA 71 (SCA) We open bank accounts on our phones, conclude binding contracts with a typed name, and conduct entire trials over video. Against that backdrop, the requirement that a deponent physically stand in front of a commissioner […]

Bound by Its Own Process: Why an Employer Could Not Walk Back Its Appeal Outcome

A case note on Nkuna v Eskom Rotek Industries SOC Ltd (2024-022546) [2026] ZAGPJHC 634 (3 June 2026) A disciplinary code is often treated as an internal housekeeping document, a set of procedures the employer writes, applies and, if it chooses, departs from. The Gauteng Division of the High Court (Johannesburg) has now given a […]

When the Clock Runs Out: Arbitral Finality and the SCA’s Frazer Solar Judgment

Kingdom of Lesotho v Frazer Solar GmbH and Others [2026] ZASCA 75 (22 May 2026) A jurisdiction’s reputation as a home for international arbitration turns on a quiet discipline: its courts must be willing to enforce the consequences of the parties’ own choice, even when those consequences are unforgiving. Commercial actors who agree to arbitrate […]