TY - JOUR AU - Adriaan van der Walt, AU - Glynis van der Walt, PY - 2022/09/13 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - THE DEFENCE OF INHERENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB: A BLANKET BAN FOR MEDICAL REASONS NOT JUSTIFIABLE IMATU v City of Cape Town (2005) 14 LC 6.12.2* JF - Obiter JA - Obiter VL - 26 IS - 2 SE - Cases DO - 10.17159/obiter.v26i2.14765 UR - https://obiter.mandela.ac.za/article/view/14765 SP - AB - <p>The Labour Court was faced with the question of whether the respondent in this case was justified in imposing a blanket ban on the employment of diabetics in the position of firefighters on the basis that the condition in itself posed a serious risk for the sufferer, as well as the public at large, where the individual was called upon to work in hazardous and stressful conditions.&nbsp;</p> ER -