South African Labor Law

To begin, before entering the thick of it, we must place the South Africa in its legal context. The South African laws, are governed by a constitutional declaration, which is the result of different sources of law. Each source represents the influence of colonization in this country, indeed in the constitution we find: the Roman-Dutch law and common law.

http://www.institut-idef.org/IMG/pdf/JA_PENDA_Common_Law_Afrique.pdf

1. Labor law

Legislation South African labor has seen many changes in the late 1990s, making it now one of the world's most advanced legislations. Complies with regulations issued by the International Labor Organization, it provides protection and many social rights for employees. The maximum working time is nine hours a day, if the employee works five days a week or less, eight hours a day if the employee works more than five days a week, 45 hours per week.

In labor law, very few changes have to be done for the next five years. However, a challenge remains to be achieved, it is about the minimum wage. Indeed, the Prime Minister of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, began to introduce the idea on 15 march, 2015. However, at present this idea seems forgotten while arrangements with the social partners had been found. However, over the next five years this controversial law should be well established, according to the Prime Minister this could to revive the economy.

Unemployment in South Africa is also a challenge for the coming five years. With 25% unemployment right now many laws should be in place, especially to help young people most affected by unemployment. It would be necessary that the country helps young people up to the age of 25.

With the employment, the continuing education, an apprenticeship or a quality training within four months of leaving formal education. This should curb youth unemployment and facilitating the transition from education to the working world. It follows a simple logic: to ensure that young people are actively supported by the public employment services or to find jobs appropriate to their education.

http://www.enca.com/south-africa/minimum-wage-must-make-gains-outweigh-job-losses-ramaphosa

http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20151228-salaire-minimum-travailleurs-sud-africains

1. Equal opportunities

In June 1991, a new story begins for South Africa, the parliament votes the end of apartheid and as well as the segregation in the country. The first multiracial and democratic elections occurred in April 1994. This is the new era of South Africa, however, 25 years later many equalities persist but will surely be governed by laws in the coming years.

1. The « brown »

First, the forgotten people of South Africa are mixed-races, "the colored" or the "brown" as they are called in South Africa, represent 9% of the population. Indeed, not white enough to have a good economic situation, not black enough to qualify for positive discrimination. Today the ANC wants a "rainbow sky" in the country and they are not ready to set up "a mixed-races economic council" as it exists "a black economic council”. It might, however, that in the years to come, with the crisis in the ANC, that "the colored" be recognized and could also have laws to be equal with the South African blacks and whites. This is the wish of the RFI, representative of the mixed-races community because this community is now facing problems of unemployment, drugs and alcohol.