The South African legal framework is forward thinking, particularly within the commercial, labor and maritime law regimes. This ensures commercial certainty and a legal environment facilitating trade and investment.

The Employment Equity Act is one of the world’s best on empowerment legislation.

South Africa’s labor legislation is among the most progressive in the world, providing for institutions to settle disputes and ensure fairness in the workplace. Department of Labor
 “Not only is our constitution one of the newest in the world, but it is also one of the most progressive. The process of writing it included the largest public participation program ever conducted in South Africa, involving intensive consultations with ordinary citizens, civil society and political parties. The constitution is a living document which exists to prevent abuses of government privilege as were seen before…The rights of all South Africans are protected by the Bill of Rights, which ‘affirms the democratic values of human dignity, equality and freedom’.”

South Africa: Reasons to Believe

With the promulgation of our new constitution, South Africa was the first country in the world outlawing discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and guaranteeing freedom of sexual association. "Gay Planet: All things for all gay men", Eric Chaline, St Martin’s Press

There is arguably no place better to be gay than in South Africa. In the fundamental areas of gay rights, including among the most basic of human rights, South Africa scores full-marks throughout. Specifically, South Africa: