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Companies, which are registered through the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission's (CIPC) BizPortal to perform essential services during the lockdown period, will be required to have a new certificate from the BizPortal website for the extended period of the lockdown... read
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Government has gazetted a regulation banning the sale of hot cooked food during the Covid-19 lockdown. This comes after the legality of the prohibition was called into question last week...read
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LIZLE LOUW, NIRVASHA SINGH, GARYN RAPSON, KATE COLLIER, MERLITA KENNEDY & RITA SPALDING
With the Covid-19 lockdown in full effect until the end of April, and the potential for yet another extension still looming, South Africa's mines have scaled down operations massively...read
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BRADLEY WORKMAN-DAVIES & JACQUES VAN WYK
The Department of Employment and Labour late last week announced an amendment to the Temporary Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) will be of great importance to any employer which has required employees to take compulsory annual leave during the national lockdown...read
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Corporate & Commercial Law
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Minister of Trade and Industry Ebrahim Patel said that retailers are not supposed to sell hot prepared foods, and that businesses were told this at the start of the national lockdown... Read
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The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) has announced guidelines for participation in the Spaza Shops and General Dealers support scheme... Read
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Warning that job losses could total 75,000 as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown, the Franchise Association of South Africa (Fasa) has appealed to the government to provide urgent intervention... Read
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RISHAL BIPRAJ
The recent Supreme Court case of Murray NO and others v African Global Holdings (Pty) Ltd concerned the group of companies known as the Bosasa Group, which has received much scrutiny under the Zondo Commission into State Capture... Read
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GILES WHITE
The Covid-19 pandemic and emergency measures taken by the South African Government have caused unprecedented business disruption. They have forced companies to respond to new and ever-changing risks and challenges, from employees' health and safety to site closures, supply chain disruptions and decreased demand for many goods and services... Read
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WESSEL BADENHORST,
The mining industry is a significant contributor to South Africa's GDP. It is also a substantial employer. As a net-exporter of minerals, the mining industry is also a source of foreign currency, putting healthy pressure on the exchange rate... Read
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Environmental Law
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JOHN YELD
Environment minister Barbara Creecy has ordered air pollution data and anti-pollution plans of some of South Africa's biggest polluters to be made public... Read
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Immigration & Citizenship Law
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The Department of Home Affairs has outlined temporary measures that have been put in place to address immigration matters during the lockdown period... Read
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Land & Property Law
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STEVE KRETZMANN
The appeal against Heritage Western Cape's two-year provisional protection of the River Club site in Observatory, where a mega-development is planned, has been dismissed... Read
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Law of Succession
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The coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis means many people are considering updating their Will or drawing one up for the first time, and so fiduciary practitioners are seeing a surge in demand for Wills... Read
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Law Practice
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TANIA BROUGHTON
The Legal Practice Council (LPC), which governs all lawyers in South Africa, says the administration of justice has largely ground to a halt and firms have been hit financially... Read
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Legislation
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SANDRA GALER
With the Protection of Personal Information Act (Popia) planned to commence imminently, the way direct marketing is carried out and received by South African consumers is set to shift... Read
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The Select Committee on Appropriations has cancelled public hearings for oral submissions on 2020 Division of Revenue Bill scheduled to take place in May... Read
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Medical Law
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Covid-19 has exposed several contradictions in regulations about how healthcare professionals can practise telemedicine while still obtaining patients' informed consent - in writing, Technology has provided a solution... Read
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Tax Law
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RIETTE ENGELS-VAN ZYL
Income tax and donations tax relief measures have been made available for donors and qualifying Public Benefit Organisations (PBOs) established to assist with Covid-19 disaster relief efforts... Read
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The GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition 2020 gives hope and support to the agripreneurs on the African continent... Read
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MYRIAM BLIN
The global economic costs of the Covid-19 pandemic will be massive, with the International Monetary Fund forecasting the worst global recession since the 1929 Great Depression... Read
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LYNETTE MAART
There is no social income support for able-bodied people who have little to no income between the ages of 18 years, after which the Child Support Grant ends, and 59 years, after which the Old Age Pension kicks in... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
#TheLockdownSeries: Tanya Long, Chief Operating Officer, shares with us how the coronavirus has impacted The Argility Technology Group... Read
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Entrepreneurial businesses both small and medium have been particularly hard hit in these challenging times, and many are now facing an existential threat. However, there are ways to rethink their business models and adapt to a world which is unlikely to return to its old habits... Read
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BRONWYN WILLIAMS
The current Covid-19 crisis has given businesses an opportunity to live up to new ideals (or not). The trend towards business empathy is one of the more encouraging trends we have observed in recent weeks... Read
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Cybersecurity experts have seen a rapid growth of phishing attacks with websites that imitate online shopping and streaming platforms as lockdown continues... Read
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