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 | The Covid-19 crisis and the resulting lockdowns has impacted many financially. Some have been placed on unpaid leave, while others have been informed of a reduction in salary or completely lost all income... Read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY ADAMS & ADAMS The end of "lockdown" in South Africa is uncertain. The devastating effect on the economy and households will be a reality for a time to come. Unfortunately, the most vulnerable members of society are the hardest hit... Read |
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| Competition Law |
 | The Competition Tribunal has been clamping down on companies that have been hiking prices of sanitisers and masks since the Covid-19 outbreak... Read |
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 | NOZIPHO MNGOMEZULU, WENDY TEMBEDZA, PETER GREALY, KARL BLOM, AVUYILE GASELA AND CINDY LEIBOWITZ Although the law permits the National Department of Health (DOH) to develop and maintain a national database to assist in combatting the spread of Covid-19, which includes contact tracing and geospatial hotspot mapping, there have been some new amendments to the laws... Read |
 | DR ALEC BASSON Almost every time you browse a website, click the "accept" icon or download software, you are concluding an online contract ? a non-negotiated contract such as the terms and conditions regulating the use of websites or the privacy policies of online suppliers... Read |
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 | JEAN-PAUL RUDD, ISSUED BY ADAMS & ADAMS Several weeks into the lockdown, business owners and their workforce are experiencing the devastating economic impact of the crisis. With no end in sight, many of these businesses will sadly not survive the lockdown... Read |
 | JOHAN BOTES, TIISETSO RABOLAO AND KIRSTY GIBSON Even though we are starting to see light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, we still have a long way to go before life can return to a pre-Covid-19 type of normality, with many questioning if it will ever fully return. From a business point of view, we can draw insight from the CEOs of 2020's Fortune 500 list of companies... Read |
| Cyber Law |
 | With the new sections of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) being implemented, businesses need to tighten their cybersecurity... Read |
| Land & Property Law |
 | The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI Act), now in effect, has significant implications for owners, tenants and executives in community housing schemes... Read |
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 | The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) has passed the Cybercrimes Bill, Civil Union Amendment Bill and the Science and Technology Laws Amendment Bill during its sitting on Wednesday... Read |
| Media & Entertainment Law |
 | ISSUED BY ADAMS & ADAMS Adams & Adams partner and chairman, Gérard du Plessis, represented the Liberty Group in the judgment they won in the Johannesburg High Court earlier this month against Discovery Vitality... Read |
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 | Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia are back at the negotiation table to discuss the future of what will be Africa's largest hydroelectric project, the Grand Renaissance Ethiopian Dam (GERD). Read |
 | One of the most significant backbones of Ghana's economic and social development for a very long time has been small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs)... Read |
 | Drones are being successfully deployed to support medical and humanitarian projects across Africa, but for greater, more sustainable impact, they will need to be fully integrated into supply chains within an enabling regulatory environment... Read |
 | HAILAY GESESEW The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently noted that "researchers are working at break-neck speed" to understand SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease (Covid-19)... Read |
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 | ANDREW ROBINSON We used to work in offices. For the past few months we've worked at home. Until fairly recently, those were really the only two options that most office workers had... Read |
 | GREG NOTT The weeks wear on under lockdown and Covid-19 cases are ramping up in South Africa. As we cling to semblances of life before the pandemic, I'm convinced that if we're going to come out victorious, it's going to be hope for the future that sees us through this especially difficult time in global history... Read |
 | HARTMUT WINKLER On 14 June the South African Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy issued a controversial statement initiating a process that could lead to the construction of new nuclear power station... Read |
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