This is a groundbreaking judgment in Africa since no other African country offers shared parental leave. South Africa is leading the continent in joining the trend of countries worldwide to offer ...

In the meantime, all parents are entitled to four months “parental leave” collectively and ... The National Employment Association of South Africa (an amicus) also opposed the relief sought ...

Stellenbosch University provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. A South African high court has ushered in a new era of parental leave with a landmark ruling that new parents can ...

yet allows for it,” the group wrote in a statement “This opens up parental leave to people of all sexual orientations or gender identities. “Until now South African law has provided for same ...

A couple have taken their two year challenge for equity in parental leave to the Constitutional ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 ...

The court’s bold move raises a critical question: are our existing parental leave laws in line with ... with similar socioeconomic profiles to South Africa. The minister believed that the ...