Introduction to the South African Legal System

Law touches every part of working life: your employment contract, the safety rules on site, the way customers' personal information is handled, the lease on your flat and the cellphone contract in your pocket. People who understand how the legal system works make better decisions, know where to get help and are trusted with more responsibility at work. This course explains what law is and where South African law comes from, why the Constitution is the supreme law, what your rights in the Bill of Rights mean and how they can be limited, how the courts are organised from the Constitutional Court to the Small Claims Court, and how Acts, regulations and by-laws are made and how you can take part. The course is fully online and self-paced. Each lesson has a short activity in your workbook. You finish with a practical task and a final assessment, and you receive a MetaCo Certificate of Completion that you can add to your CV. The course gives general information, not legal advice.