03/10/2025 Bertus Preller Gender discrimination, Gender equality, Maternity leave discrimination, Parental leave, Parental leave sharing, Surrogacy parental leave adoption leave age cap, adoptive parent discrimination, basic conditions of employment, BCEA section 25, commissioning parent leave, Constitutional Court 2025, Constitutional Court confirmation, fathers parental rights, four months parental leave, gender equality labour law, gender stereotypes caregiving, Harksen equality test, human dignity section 10, interim reading-in remedy, Justice Tshiqi judgment, labour law reform, maternity leave discrimination, NEDLAC consultation, parental leave sharing, parental leave South Africa, paternity leave rights, section 9 Constitution, shared parental leave, surrogacy parental leave, suspended declaration invalidity, ten days paternity leave, Unemployment Insurance Act benefits, unfair discrimination gender, Van Wyk case, work-family balance Ten Days and You are Done? How Van Wyk Demolished South Africa’s Parental Leave Gender Gap – Van Wyk and Others v Minister of Employment and Labour; Commission for Gender Equality and Another v Minister of Employment and Labour and Others [2025] ZACC 20 (3 October 2025). When Ten Days Wasn't Enough: The Van Wyks' Journey to the Constitutional Court The seed of this constitutional challenge was planted in the lived reality of a Johannesburg couple facing… READ MORE
13/09/2025 Bertus Preller Births Deaths Registration Act, Constitutional law, Gender discrimination, Gender equality, Marriage equality, Patriarchal laws, Surname changes, Unfair discrimination Births Deaths Registration Act, Civil Union Act, colonial law legacy, constitutional challenge, Constitutional Court, constitutional law, discrimination analysis, equality jurisprudence, equality rights, family identity choices, Family Law, gender discrimination, Gender Equality, gender-neutral legislation, human dignity, legislative reform, marital naming rights, marriage equality, men's rights, patriarchal laws, reading-in remedy, section 9 Constitution, South African Law, substantive equality, surname changes, suspended declaration invalidity, unfair discrimination, women's rights Constitutional Court Ends Gender-Based Surname Discrimination: Jordaan and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Another (CCT 296/24) [2025] ZACC 19 (11 September 2025) – Husbands Can Now Take Their Wives’ Surnames. The Factual Matrix: When Husbands Want to Take Their Wives' Surnames The facts giving rise to this landmark constitutional challenge present a stark illustration of how outdated legislation can collide… READ MORE