The Disaster Management Tax Relief Administration Bill 2020 seeks to alleviate cash flow burdens on taxpayers, which may arise as a result of Covid-19 restrictions implemented under the Disaster Management Act...
Virusha Subban and Prenisha Govender 9 Sep 2020
Greg Brown, divisional director: legal information and compliance at LexisNexis South Africa, sums up the Covid-19 workplace obligations below..
Issued by LexisNexis 21 Aug 2020
As confirmed cases of the coronavirus accelerates across many communities in South Africa, Primedia Outdoor places the highest priority on the health, safety and well-being of its staff and their families, while protecting the continuity of its operations and essential functions...
Issued by Primedia Outdoor 20 Aug 2020
South Africans have had to adjust their promotion-obsessed purchasing habits during the Covid-19 lockdown, with R14bn fewer goods being sold on promotion during April and May 2020 compared to the same time last year...
Issued by Nielsen 30 Jul 2020
Curfew and alcohol ban cited as major factors as the industry sheds thousands of jobs...
Zoë Postman, Nokulunga Majola, Ashraf Hendricks, Joseph Chirume and Lucas Nowicki 23 Jul 2020
C40 Cities has released its C40 Mayors Agenda for a Green and Just Recovery. The plan seeks to create a 'new normal', which will identify, contain and proactively prepare cities for future pandemics, while addressing systemic injustices and keeping global warming below the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement.
23 Jul 2020
Employment and Labour Deputy Minister Boitumelo Booi says the Covid-19 Temporary Employers/ Employee Relief Fund, set up to help those who found themselves out of work due to lockdown, will be extended to August...
21 Jul 2020
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has welcomed the Western Cape High Court judgment against the City of Cape Town on illegal evictions...
16 Jul 2020
Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has urged operators of ECD centres and partial care facilities across the country to complete the online self-assessment exercise before reopening...
6 Jul 2020
The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has signed and gazetted an amendment to the regulations for the advanced Covid-19 alert Level 3 lockdown - which will allow cinemas, casinos, sit-in restaurants and theatres to start operating again, albeit, under strict conditions...
26 Jun 2020
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...
Dibuseng Motlokoa and Laura Macfarlane 24 Jun 2020
Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, says most of the country's schools are ready to receive learners from Monday morning...
8 Jun 2020
Informal traders on the Grand Parade are allowed to resume trade from 1 June following a ruling by the Western Cape High Court.
1 Jun 2020
Employees returning to work from the Covid-19 lockdown will need to show reasonable justification if they halt work on the basis that they may be exposed to the virus...
Kenneth Coster 29 May 2020
The unprecedented nature of the Covid-19 pandemic has re-kindled debates around the appropriateness of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions in bi- and multi-lateral investment treaties...
Sarah McKenzie and Chandni Gopal 27 May 2020
There is no doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic has created widespread uncertainty for businesses around the world. During this time, many businesses have been faced with a mounting risk of potential legal disputes and drastically changed circumstances, to which they have had to adapt in order to survive...
Darryl Bernstein, Rui Lopes and Nothando Mthimkhulu 27 May 2020
Final year students and those graduating in 2020 may return to campus under Level 3 lockdown...
25 May 2020
It is only within the individual doctor-patient interaction that such an assessment can be made...
Philip Matley 19 May 2020
As countries explore re-opening in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, it is important to our industry's recovery to look at how challenges across the supply chain may affect the agriculture industry.
12 May 2020
It is no secret that the current regulations around the production and trade of minerals related to the Covid-19 pandemic has presented constraints in the supply of industrial commodities...
Reinier van Heel 12 May 2020
In almost all the messages, strategies and press conferences we have seen in these tough times of a global pandemic, one thing is clear in the world of SMMEs...
Lindiwe Kunene 8 May 2020
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) on Thursday warned against the premature re-opening of schools...
7 May 2020
Drones can be useful in the battle against Covid-19 if it is used correctly. China's healthcare industry is an example of the successful implementation of drones against the virus...
7 May 2020
At the same time as grappling with a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19, South Africa's credit rating was also downgraded to below investment grade by Moody's...
Safiyya Patel & Jayshall Vassen 6 May 2020
4 May 2020
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...
Prenisha Govender and Virusha Subban 28 Apr 2020
Mobile consumers should also be aware that they cannot opt-out from receiving educational text messages on Covid-19 from the South African government...
28 Apr 2020
While it is too early to assess accurately the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the state of the industry, concerns have been raised by some parties regarding the care that mining companies have taken, and will take, as production is phased up in the sector...
28 Apr 2020
Brand South Africa supports Government's efforts to inform and educate citizens on the Covid-19 virus, as well as the precautionary measures implemented...
Issued by Brand South Africa 23 Apr 2020
An overview of Bizcommunity's Press Offices, companies and organisations putting the grit in integrity, by continuing to communicate and innovate despite the many challenges of the Covid-19 lockdown...
Issued by Bizcommunity.com 21 Apr 2020
Webber Wentzel is encouraging its clients to use its technology tools and capability to progress and resolve disputes during the Covid-19 lockdown...
Paula Youens 20 Apr 2020
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has urged aviators to comply with the regulations and directions of the Disaster Management Act aimed at preventing the spread of Covid-19...
20 Apr 2020
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...
Riette Engels-Van Zyl 15 Apr 2020
The Department of Home Affairs has outlined temporary measures that have been put in place to address immigration matters during the lockdown period...
14 Apr 2020
SAB has responded to the arrests of seven of its employees and two third-party drivers, as well as the impounding of various loads...
9 Apr 2020
A 55-year-old Durbanville man and a 23-year-old man from Tshwane are among the people facing the full force of the law for spreading fake news about the Covid-19 crisis...
8 Apr 2020
With the implementation of the national lockdown by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 26 March, there has been understandable confusion...
Shane Johnson and Samantha Robb 8 Apr 2020
"Without trucks, South Africa stops!" Never has this been more true than now in the time of the coronavirus pandemic...
Gavin Kelly 7 Apr 2020
Following the shutdown of operations on Thursday, 26 March 2020 in terms of South Africa's national lockdown, DRDGold has considered various options to recommence limited operations to sustain infrastructure and soften the impact of the stoppage without exposing employees to increased risk.
3 Apr 2020
Banks will be open and your money will be accessible during the countrywide lockdown...
Issued by Private Property South Africa 3 Apr 2020
1Fetch is open for business during the lockdown, however, it may only deliver packages that qualify as essential goods or services...
Issued by 1Fetch 2 Apr 2020
Illovo Sugar South Africa is aware of claims being made of shortages of ethanol in the country by various local market players and has confirmed that there has been no impact from Covid-19 on its local production of ethanol...
30 Mar 2020
"The agricultural sector has a responsibility to apply all precautionary measures necessary to prevent the further spread of this deadly virus and to make sure that all workers wear masks and gloves. The sector needs to strictly comply with social-distancing rules..."
30 Mar 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic is an extreme crisis that puts government under severe pressure. It puts the political judgement of the president or prime minister under the most intense spotlight...
Richard Calland 26 Mar 2020
South Africa will enter a nationwide lockdown for 21-days with effect from midnight on Thursday 26 March 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa said...
24 Mar 2020
With South Africa being in a state of disaster in terms of the Disaster Management Act, 2002, industries across the country are embarking on an integrated and coordinated approach to prevent and reduce the further outbreak of Covid-19...
Lili Nupen, Nicole Limberis-Ritchie & Chantal Murdock 23 Mar 2020
As the coronavirus (Covid-19) spreads, so does the misinformation. Recently referred to by the WHO as an "infodemic", the volume of information that is both true and false has been communicated across all platforms globally...
23 Mar 2020
The Competition Commission says it has received several complaints from the public about rising prices for essentials such as some food, healthcare and hygiene products...
23 Mar 2020
The National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (NEMA) defines an "emergency situation" as one that has arisen suddenly that poses an imminent and serious threat to the environment, human life or property, including a 'disaster' as defined in section 1 of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (DMA)...
20 Mar 2020