Yesterday I heard a politician answering a media question as to whether a certain minister would be disciplined for failing to do her job – a failure that placed South Africa at serious risk. The reply was words to the effect of “We take action where we find the person acted deliberately.” By ...

The stringent but commendable measures announced by our President in South Africa last night (15 March 2020) have today resulted in a whole new set of challenges and threats for businesses, especially small businesses. This article does not seek to provide a complete solution but rather to faci...

Very few people enjoy initiating in disciplinary hearings. Yet we all know that maintaining discipline is essential to ensuring that the business that we rely on runs efficiently and in compliance with good business principles and indeed, the law.When you have been asked to represent the company in ...

As a professional who chairs disciplinary hearings for a living, I can safely say I have probably seen it all when it comes to the written charges in a Notice of Disciplinary Hearing. Often, these charges are not factually accurate or are written in a form that resembles a statement of sorts – a l...

The Silly Season has come and gone. It's January and managers have drifted back to work. Before they know it, its mid-month. It amazes me every year that January heralds an aftermath of employee misconduct - ill-discipline committed during the busy December month. Sadly, January reveals its fai...