15Mining faith to settle conflict: Bringing dispute to the surface in a resolvable fashion
The issue – tensions in labour relations
South Africa is a constitutional democracy where every citizen’s rights are protected by law, with employer–employee relations regulated by law, aimed at curbing harmful asymmetrical power imbalances (Stolyarov, 2007). Through the Labour Relations Act of 1995 (amended in 2002), Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997 (Government of South Africa, 1997) and the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 (Government of South ...