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 | ANDRE VAN HEERDEN, JACQUES VAN WYK, AND BRADLEY WORKMAN-DAVIES How do we calculate the benefits payable to employers, on behalf of their employees, in terms of the Covid-19 TERS...? read |
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| Competition Law |
 | The period for lease engagement and agreement-reaching thereof, in respect of all the Grocery Retail Market Inquiry recommendations, has been extended by three months... Read |
 | Local company Matus has agreed to pay an administrative penalty of R5.9m after it admitted to inflation of its gross profit margins with regards to essential hygiene products... Read |
 | LERISHA NAIDU AND RYAN MCKERROW With the economic effects of Covid-19, at both macro and micro levels, being in a constant state of flux, market responses are largely unpredictable. This, of course, poses significant challenges for many businesses and their stakeholders; but it also presents opportunities... Read |
| Corporate & Commercial Law |
 | TANIA BROUGHTON Tobacco companies want access to minutes of behind-closed-door meetings where ministers voted on Covid-19-busting regulations... Read |
 | PRENISHA GOVENDER AND VIRUSHA SUBBAN The nationwide statutory lockdown in South Africa has resulted in uncertainty in the transport industry relating to the movement of goods from ports of entry. In addition, it has added to supply chain and foreign investment challenges in South Africa, especially at the country's ports of entry... Read |
 | STEPHEN KENNEDY-GOOD AND AKHONA BOLOKO SA law requires that directors must exercise their powers in the best interests of the company, and with the degree of care, skill and diligence that may be reasonably expected of a person carrying out those functions. Directors can be held personally liable, and are now having to take tough decisions in the context of the pandemic... Read |
| Labour Law |
 | The Labour Court has ordered employers in the mining industry to prepare and implement a code of practice for health and safety standards... Read |
 | KATE COLLIER, DHEVARSHA RAMJETTAN, KIRSTEN EISER, SHANE JOHNSON, BIANCA VILJOEN, AND ZIPHO TILE Government's implementation of a risk-adjusted strategy in easing the nationwide lockdown entails the use of a system of alert levels applicable nationally and provincially. The alert levels are as follows: Read |
| Land & Property Law |
 | SHAAHEDA HOOSEIN In light of the impact Covid-19 has had on jobs and the economy, many individuals and companies are concerned about whether they will be in a position to fulfil their obligations in terms of contracts of sale they may have entered into or intended concluding... Read |
 | LOICE ERAMBO In the wake of the spread of the Covid-19 global pandemic, the real estate and loan markets in Kenya are bound to be affected... Read |
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 | MEST is expanding the 2020 MEST Africa Challenge to target a larger number of tech startups in need of funding. This means the application deadline for the 2020 MEST Africa Challenge has been extended to 13 May 2020... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Ten-year-old Gracia spent hours watching her seamstress grandmother make clothes. As she grew older, she became concerned about how people didn't like to wear African print designs... Read |
 | MELISSA MBAZO While skills development and policymaking play a vital role in long term transformation efforts, youth entrepreneurship serves as a viable way to achieve tangible impact on a local, national and even continental scale... Read |
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 | PAULA SARTINI Many businesses have developed business continuity plans (BCP) to mitigate risks and reduce the impact of the coronavirus crisis... Read |
 | Businesses and consumers must continue to be on the lookout for online fraud and phishing scams as fraudsters try to take advantage of Covid-19... Read |
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