The practice of law carries obligations beyond the brief: to the communities in which the law operates, to the frameworks that govern working people’s lives, and to the profession itself. These are his contributions in that spirit.
Regular broadcasts on labour law for working people, on Thetha FM 100.6.
Labour law is the law of working people, yet for most of the workers it protects its provisions remain inaccessible: written in language that assumes legal training, administered through processes that assume resources. On Thetha FM he explains rights, procedures and remedies in plain terms, in the languages listeners speak.
As Legal Education Officer at the National Union of Mineworkers, a contributor to the consultation, drafting and negotiation from which the post-apartheid labour statutes emerged.
South Africa's post-apartheid labour legislation was the product of a sustained process of consultation, drafting and negotiation in which organised labour played a central role. Between 1993 and 1995 he contributed to that process from within the National Union of Mineworkers, engaging with government stakeholders on legislative matters and participating in national education and institutional initiatives.
Former executive member of the Industrial Relations Association of Southern Africa and the South African Society for Labour Law; former leadership of the Society of Part-Time Commissioners.
His service on the executives of IRASA and SASLAW, and in the leadership of the Society of Part-Time Commissioners, placed him in the bodies through which labour law practitioners and commissioners develop their practice and speak to the institutions they serve.