This study focuses on the impact of legal representation in general as well as on CCMA proceedings involving unfair dismissals relating to conduction on capacity. The study also touches on the common law position before the enactment of Labour Relations Act 28 of 1956 and Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995. Rule 25 of CCMA rules which makes provision that legal representation at CCMA arbitration proceedings relating to fairness of dismissal and party has alleged that the reason for dismissal relates to the employees conduct on capacity, the party is not entitled to be represented by a legal practitioner. The dissertation analyses the effect of this provision on the Constitutional rights to legal representations well as rights relating to fair procedure. Refusal of legal representation in certain instances is justified in the right of legislative requirements on obligation placed particularly on the arbitrator legislative measures which, justifies refusal of legal representation at CCMA that cannot be imposed without giving consideration to the Constitution. The study will highlight the South African case on position with regards to legal representation at CCMA. A literature study will be done using current and researched sources such as textbooks, law journals, and legislation, case law, conferences papers and internet sources. Different rights will be weighed up through literature sources. / LLM (Labour Law), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

This study focuses on the impact of legal representation in general as well as on CCMA proceedings involving unfair dismissals relating to conduction on capacity. The study also touches on the common law position before the enactment of Labour Relations Act 28 of 1956 and Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995. Rule 25 of CCMA rules which makes provision that legal representation at CCMA arbitration proceedings relating to fairness of dismissal and party has alleged that the reason for dismissal relates to the employees conduct on capacity, the party is not entitled to be represented by a legal practitioner. The dissertation analyses the effect of this provision on the Constitutional rights to legal representations well as rights relating to fair procedure. Refusal of legal representation in certain instances is justified in the right of legislative requirements on obligation placed particularly on the arbitrator legislative measures which, justifies refusal of legal representation at CCMA that cannot be imposed without giving consideration to the Constitution. The study will highlight the South African case on position with regards to legal representation at CCMA. A literature study will be done using current and researched sources such as textbooks, law journals, and legislation, case law, conferences papers and internet sources. Different rights will be weighed up through literature sources. / LLM (Labour Law), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

Au début des années 1990, l’Afrique de l’ouest francophone (AOF) a connu une vague de processus de remise en cause des instances politiques et décisionnelles. En effet, lassées par des décennies de négation de leurs droits fondamentaux, les populations de cette partie du continent africain ont matérialisé leur désir de mettre à bas les régimes dictatoriaux préexistants, ouvrant la voie au plus grand mouvement de démocratisation des instances et de la vie publique qu’ait connu l’Afrique. Profitant de cette occasion inespérée, le droit de l’environnement tel qu’appréhendé alors dans les pays développés, notamment en Europe, a fait son apparition dans la sous-région ouest-africaine, s’introduisant sous sa forme actuelle au plus haut niveau des systèmes juridiques, par sa reconnaissance constitutionnelle.Depuis sa consécration et alors que le débat sur la prise en compte des problématiques environnementales au sein des mécanismes économiques continue de faire rage, il importe de se pencher sur l’apparition et l’évolution de ce droit jeune au sein des Etats d’AOF, sur son appréhension par les destinataires de la norme, en bref, sur son efficacité et son opportunité au sein d’Etats, obnubilés par la course au développement auquel ils aspirent légitimement. Les Etats sur lesquels portent nos recherches font en effet partie des Etats les moins avancés du monde, statut qui ne va pas sans complexifier la tâche aux différents processus de mise en œuvre des règles de protection de l’environnement. / In the early 1990s, several french-speaking West Africa countries (FsWAc) have experienced a wave of process to change legal framework and policy. Indeed, weary by decades of denial of their fundamental rights, the people of this part of Africa have realized their desire to overthrow the dictatorial regimes existing, paving the way for greater democratization movement that Africa has ever known. Taking advantage of this golden opportunity, environmental protection rules, apprehended as they’re in developing countries, particularly in Europe, were introduced in they current form at the highest level of legal systems, by its constitutional recognition. Since its consecration and while the debate on the consideration of environmental issues within economic mechanisms continues to rage, it is important to examine the onset and progression of rules of protection of environment within the FsWAc, on its understanding by the recipients of the standard, in brief, its effectiveness and timeliness within States, obsessed with the race to develop which they legitimately aspire. Indeed, all States on which our researches focuses, are part of the least developed countries of the world, a status that is not without complicating the task at different processes of implementation of the rules of environmental protection .