The Basic Conditions of Employment Act is short, old, and surprisingly readable — and almost no employer reads it. Then someone gets dismissed, a CCMA referral lands on the desk, and suddenly everyone's googling section numbers at 11pm. This is the version we wish every first-time employer in Cape Town had on their desk before they made their first hire. The 2026 numbers have shifted a bit (new earnings threshold from 1 April, new minimum wage from 1 March), but the bones of the Act are the same...