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Like most countries, South Africa continues to suffer under the pandemic. With a delayed vaccine rollout programme, employers are not yet ready to receive employees in the workplace. The Department of Labour published a guideline for employers who want to [...]
The King Committee has published a King IV Guidance Paper called “Responsible Leadership in Responding to COVID-19” to guide governing bodies on responding to COVID-19. As the person helping your organisation with governance, this guidance paper is relevant. You have [...]
The coronavirus and COVID-19 have caused havoc, made countries lockdown, plunged economies into recession and made it very hard for business to continue. Organisations have struggled to continue their operations and do business. Many countries in the world are trying [...]
You may wonder how contact tracing affects you and your loved ones. You may feel unsafe with the government surveilling you. What about your privacy rights? We offer some insights into contact tracing, surveillance, and data privacy within the context [...]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s crucial that you have access to accurate and reliable news. Almost everyone relies on the news for information about the lockdown restrictions, the spread of the virus, and other health and safety tips. Particularly, social [...]
If you’re a landlord or tenant, you have plenty on your plate right now. As a tenant, you’re asking yourself: Do I have to pay rent? Does the coronavirus pandemic mean that my landlord has to give me a break? [...]
Many countries in the world are trying to find their way from a total lockdown back to a normal existence. It's a tight rope walk between giving people back their freedom and containing the virus. The only way to do [...]
Each year we gaze into the near future and try to imagine the major trends. Understandably our predictions for 2020 failed to detect the devastating coronavirus or COVID-19. Like everyone else we did not see that coming. Some of our current [...]
How do coronavirus and COVID-19 affect contracts in South Africa? The pandemic is having a significant impact on many types of contracts in South Africa and many people are trying to apply contractual legal principles to them to work out [...]
The minister of communications and digital technologies has directed that all .za websites must have a landing page with a visible link to the South African Resource Portal on COVID-19 and the Coronavirus. In this article, we give guidance on [...]
To comply with level 5 lockdown regulations get an editable template of a permit for a staff member to perform an essential service and get guidance on how to quickly issue permits to your staff members who need to [...]
