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| |  | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM This July #BizUnity Month will replace the former Mandela Month but, still, retain the same objectives - focusing on companies standing together for good! This is a prime opportunity for a sponsor to be seen to be standing up and together for SA business... Read |
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 | DHEVARSHA RAMJETTAN, KIRSTEN EISER, PARTNER AND SHANE JOHNSON Following new amendments, employers who operate restaurants, cinemas, theatres, casinos, museums, galleries, libraries, archives and conference centres as well as personal care services (e.g. hairdressers and tattoo parlours) may open again. Certain sporting (contact and non-contact) activities are also permitted to resume. Read |
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| Competition Law |
 | The Competition Commission of South Africa has welcomed the Constitutional Court judgment delivered on Wednesday in the matter between the Commission and Pickfords Removals... Read |
| Corporate & Commercial Law |
 | TANIA BROUGHTON Fees charged by liquidators and business rescue practitioners, and the impact they can have on bottom line payouts to affected employees, came under the spotlight at Monday's meeting to consider a business rescue model for Edcon... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ABRAHAMS & GROSS A shareholder can be defined as a person, whether natural or juristic, who owns shares or stock in a company. But what happens when a shareholder dies? Our attorneys explain the legal process... Read |
 | JACKIE LAFLEUR The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the way in which disputes are being resolved around the world. In most countries, courts and arbitral bodies have been forced to take measures to prevent or limit the spread of Covid-19. This has included encouraging parties to make use of virtual hearings where possible... Read |
| Environmental Law |
 | HENK SA An important window of opportunity exists during the development of South Africa's Covid-19 recovery plans to drive a simultaneous transition to a sustainable, inclusive, resilient, just and resource-efficient society... Read |
| Human Rights Law |
 | DIBUSENG MOTLOKOA AND LAURA MACFARLANE On 18 June 2020, the Gauteng High Court gave judgment declaring that eligible special permit holders, and asylum seekers with visas valid on 15 March 2020 can access the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant... Read |
| Intellectual Property Law |
 | UDI PILLAY Manchester-based businessman Georgios Demetriou of Licence to Thrill Ltd (the Applicant) recently applied to register the phrase 'Black Lives Matter' under trade mark application no. 3497647 and 'I Can't Breathe' under trade mark application no. 3497640 at the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO). These phrases are associated with the current worldwide protests following the death of George Floyd in the USA. Read |
| Labour Law |
 | ZOË POSTMAN New Era says refusal to work constituted an unprotected strike by workers... Read |
 | JACQUES VAN WYK, ANDRE VAN HEERDEN AND MICHIEL HEYNS With the easing of the nationwide lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic through the Government's "Risk Adjusted Strategy" (comprising of five lockdown levels), more and more business can lawfully operate again. The unfortunate reality, however, is that environment within which businesses will now operate is vastly different to that which existed prior to the lockdown... Read |
| Legislation |
 | President Cyril Ramaphosa has referred the Copyright Amendment Bill and the Performers' Protection Amendment Bill to the National Assembly, because of his reservations on the constitutionality of the legislation passed by Parliament... Read |
 | MICHAEL SEAN PEPPER & MARIETJIE BOTES Covid-19 spreads from person to person through droplet and contact transmission. That's why contact tracing and quarantining have been included as one approach to control the spread of the virus... Read |
| Tax Law |
 | PAULA-ANN NOVOTNY AND GILLIAN NIVEN On 19 June 2020, Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, finalised the next set of regulatory mechanisms applicable to the Carbon Tax Act, 2019 (the Act)... Read |
 | DENNY DA SILVA The South African Revenue Service (Sars) recently released Binding General Ruling 54 (BGR 54), which deals with the unbundling of unlisted shares and the impact on non-qualifying shareholders... Read |
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 | VILLE RIMALI It is no longer arguable that the energy transition integrating renewable energies into the grid is a reality that is unfolding globally... Read |
 | OLUDAYO TADE Six years ago, a cashless policy became fully operational in Nigeria. The aim was to encourage electronic transactions with a view to reducing the amount of physical cash in the economy... Read |
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 | The Section 12J Association of South Africa has released a report outlining the details the impact which the Section 12J incentive has had on the SA economy... Read |
 | KASHIRA NAIDOO & ZACH GEORGE It's a well-known fact that the youth are the primary consumers of technology. A fact that puts Africa, with its literally hundreds of millions of young people, firmly on the map as a significant global launchpad for technology startups. Read |
 | Amid analogies about his trademark aloe ferox and a hippo's gaping jaws, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered a bleak supplementary budget that was a little light on detail... Read |
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