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Queenstown, Eastern Cape · QueenstownIn Makombe vs Cape Conference of the Seventh Day Adventists and Others, the Labour Court found that a pastor employed by the Cape Conference of Seventh Day Adventists (Cape Conference) had been constructively dismissed. The claim arose in circumstances where the congregants refused to accept her, as a female pastor, and where she was exposed to a persistently hostile working environment. Initially, the pastor rendered chaplaincy services to stud…Read Article
Female pastor successful in constructive dismissal claim – The Mail & Guardian
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Queenstown, Eastern Cape · QueenstownLerato Makombe, a pastor in the Cape Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, has sued the organisation. This followed her allegations of constructive dismissal, mental health abuse, and sexual discrimination. According to Makombe, who is a member of the Cape Conference, she started working there in 2014 as a ministerial intern before being appointed pastor. Her monthly gross pay, she informed the court, was between R21 368 and R25119.68.…Read Article
Seventh-day Adventist told to pay pastor for unfair dismissal
Gender Discrimination · QueenstownIn a striking judgment handed down on 28 March 2025, the Labour Court ruled that Pastor Lerato Makombe was constructively dismissed by her employer, the Cape Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The decision confirms that even within religious institutions, employees are protected by labour law – and that a failure to act on workplace hostility and discrimination can amount to unlawful dismissal. Years of Grievances and Transfers Pas…See the Story
Labour Court sides with pastor in seminal constructive dismissal case
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