By Katherine Butler Both the Domestic Violence Act 116 of 1998 (the Act) and the Protection from Harassment Act 17 of 2011 were enacted in order to protect vulnerable members of society. In addition, the Acts aim to ensure that constitutionally enshrined rights, such as the right to equality, privacy, dignity, freedom and security of [...]
By Amanda Manyame With the dawn of social media and the increased use of digital mediums for communication, a number of unwelcome negativities came along, such as – cyberbullying; cyberstalking; Internet trolling; catfishing; kittenfishing; and just plain old harassment on the Internet. With social media ‘cyber harassment’ was born, a term often used and experienced, [...]
By Kershwyn Bassuday During a recent round table discussion held in London in February, Associate Professor Matteo Winkler of Tax and Law at business school HEC Paris proposed that employers should disclose how much they had paid out to settle sexual harassment claims (Ashleigh Wright ‘Employers should disclose sexual harassment claims, says academic’ www.personneltoday.com, accessed [...]
