<p>JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has resigned, the presidency said on Tuesday, following calls from opposition parties to stand down in recent weeks over a High Court ruling which found he lied under oath.</p>
<p>Gigaba, who was finance minister between March 2017 and February 2018, has denied any wrongdoing. Gigaba, who in February was reappointed home affairs minister, last month apologised over a private sex video that was leaked.</p>
<p>Reporting by Nqobile Dludla; Editing by James Macharia</p>


Gigaba resigns as South Africa’s home affairs minister, Nzimande appointed as acting minister

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<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa fired 10 ministers last night in the cabinet reshuffle that’s the talk of Africa this morning. It saw a restructured and workmanlike cabinet with a more than a few old faces. CNBC Africa’s head of programming Chris Bishop looks through some of the highlights.</p>


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<p>Controversial cartoonist Zapiro, Jonathan Shapiro, the man who forever cemented the image of Zuma with a showerhead growing out of his head in the South African psyche, discusses the Zuma years.</p>


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<p>Magda Wierzycka,  Chief Executive Officer of Sygnia Group, says trade union groups, labour, government and business have to come together to deal with the challenges. She also shares her thoughts on the future of the South African economy.</p>


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Surprising how quickly people consolidated against Zuma

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<p>The new President will face quite a challenge to root out corruption in the South African government, David Lewis, Executive Director, Corruption Watch, told CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop.</p>


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<p>Adrian Saville, CEO, Cannon Asset Managers, talks to CNBC Africa about the essential differences between the two appearances by former President Jacob Zuma yesterday – the SABC interview early in the day and the resignation late at night.</p>


Hard to reconcile Zuma’s SABC interview and the resignation speech

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<p>It was inevitable for former President Jacob Zuma to resign, Dawie Roodt, Chief Economist of the Efficient Group told Fifi Peters this morning. Zuma found himself in a corner with no way out.</p>


Zuma found himself backed into an inescapable corner

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<p>Last night’s announcement of former President Jacob Zuma’s resignation did not lead the markets into mayhem. After weeks of uncertainty, the market had reached the point where it expected a when rather than a whether there would be a resignation. Jan</p>


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<p>The chequered political career of Emmerson Mnangagwa proves that everything comes to those who wait. In this CNBC Africa Explainer we bring you an inside view of who’s Zimbabwe’s next president.  Mnangagwa is expected to be sworn in on Friday.</p>


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<p>How will President Mugabe&#8217;s resignation as president of Zimbabwe affect foreign investors in the country? Judith Tyson, Research fellow at Overseas Development Institute joins CNBC Africa to discuss this.</p>


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<p><strong><em>Andre Van Heerden and Jacques van Wyk, Werksmans Attorneys </em></strong></p>
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<p><strong>Issue</strong></p>
<p>If an employee resigns, then decides to retract her resignation but her employer refuses to allow her to do so, has the employer, in so doing, dismissed the employee?</p>
<p><strong>Summary</strong></p>
<p><strong>COURT’S DECISION</strong></p>
<p>In the case of <em>Bawsi Agricultural Workers Union of South Africa obo Hansen/Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd (2017) 26 CCMA 7.1.7 </em>the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (“CCMA”) had to consider this issue.</p>
<p>Najwa Hansen (the “employee”) was employed as a Customer Care Officer by the Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd (“employer”). The employee’s main place of work was the Epping Industria Branch. However, in order to supplement her income, the employee would often work on Sunday at the employer’s Promenade Branch. This was acceptable up until January 2016 because both branches belonged in the same cluster.</p>
<p>However, due to a restructuring exercise these two branches no longer formed part of the same cluster. The employee was then instructed not to work on Sunday’s at the Promenade Branch. Despite this the employee continued working at the Promenade Branch on Sundays.</p>
<p>When the employer discovered this, it instituted disciplinary proceedings against the employee, at which point the employee elected to resign with immediate effect. Upon tendering her resignation the employer refused to accept her <em>immediate</em> resignation noting that she was required to work out her notice period. The employee proceeded to work out her notice period. She also elected to participate in the disciplinary enquiry. The chairperson of the disciplinary enquiry found the employee not guilty of the charges brought against her. The employer then advised the employee that her notice period of thirty days would expire the following day. In response, the employee sought to retract her resignation, which retraction was rejected by the employer.</p>
<p>The employee referred an unfair dismissal dispute to the CCMA, arguing that the employer did not accept her immediate resignation (ie by requiring her to work out the notice period) and that in the circumstances she had been unfairly dismissed. The Commissioner was called upon to decide whether an unfair dismissal had indeed occurred.</p>
<p><strong>Findings</strong></p>
<p>The Commissioner noted that the only factual dispute between the parties was whether the employer had accepted the resignation, but subject to the condition that a 30 day notice period would apply.</p>
<p>The Commissioner relied on the decision of <em><strong>African National Congress v Municipal Manager, George Local Municipality and others </strong></em>[2010] 3 BLLR 221 (SCA) wherein it was held that “resignation must be effective immediately or from a specified date, and being a unilateral legal act, it does not need to be accepted by the intended recipient to be effected.”</p>
<p>When the employee tendered her resignation it did not matter that the employer sought to place a condition on the resignation, or whether it accepted the resignation or not at all. Resignation is a unilateral act. The employee could have resigned immediately, left the employer’s premises and faced the consequence of the employer trying to recover an amount equivalent to her notice pay. Rather, the employee worked out her notice period. This, however, did not mean that her resignation was no longer effective, it simply meant it would come into effect at the end of the notice period.</p>
<p>In so far as the employee’s attempt to retract her resignation is concerned, the Commissioner had regard to the case of <em><strong>Lottering and others v Stellenbosch Municipality </strong></em>(2010) 31 ILJ 2923 (LC) [also reported at [2010] 12 BLLR 1306 (LC) – Ed], wherein it was held that the withdrawal of resignation cannot have any effect unless the employer consents to such withdrawal.</p>
<p>The Commissioner therefore found that no dismissal had taken place and that the Applicant had no claim as a result.</p>
<p><strong>Importance </strong></p>
<p>This case is a caution to employees who wish to tender their resignation.</p>
<p>Once the resignation has been tendered the employee’s employment will terminate. Should the employee wish to retract their resignation the employer will have to consent.</p>


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