This edition of Africa Insights goes back to basics – food.

Below is a brief ouline of recent changes to Level 1 Regulations released by the Minister of Co-Operative Governance and Traditional Affairs.

As we enter a 21 day nationwide lockdown period as announced by our President, the effects of COVID-19 (hereinafter referred to as "the virus") on businesses nationwide are starting to...

Since the commencement of the nation-wide lockdown, PRASA ceased all its operations. The country is now under Alert Level 3, as of 1 June 2020, and it has been announced by the Minister of Transport ...

The recent announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that schools will be closed and re-opening in accordance with a pre-determined schedule...

The Labour Court has handed down an interesting decision concerning an allegation of an automatically unfair dismissal claim arising from an employer's vaccination...

The Compensation Commissioner has issued the Notice on Compensation for Occupationally-Acquired Novel Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) to clarify the position of the Compensation Fund with regards to occupationally-acquired Covid-19.

On 13 August 2020, the long-awaited Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme ("TERS") Extension Direction was gazetted, allowing employers or employees to claim UIF Coronavirus (COVID-19)...

A new dawn has come in the world of employment where many South African employees are required to work from home as a measure to curb the rapid spread of the new life threatening...

Covid-19 is spreading, and the mass hysteria and panic buying, are causing irreparable damage to the global economy.

As Albert Einstein said, "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." E-commerce has forever changed the way we shop ...

JK Rowling recently announced a relaxation of the copyright licence terms usually associated with the series of Harry Potter books, thereby allowing teachers around the world to record and post videos of themselves...

As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the globe over the last few months, a race against time has ensued as companies scramble to find a cure and be the first to own patent rights to a vaccine against the virus.

A 13-year old boy from Bultfontein invented a simple golf practice tool during COVID-19 lockdown measures for golfers to use at home, and a provisional patent application has been prepared and...

On January 24, 2025, the Pretoria High Court declared six regulations governing the SRD grant unconstitutional and invalid.

On 14 May 2020 the government issued new Directions allowing for the once-off movement of persons and the transportation of goods for purposes of relocation.

The Draft Disaster Management Tax Relief Administration Bill, 2020 ("Bill") was released for public comment on 1 April 2020 and once signed into law, will take effect from that date.

While incidences of cyber attacks have been on the rise for a number of years, the outbreak of the Coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic globally, and the lockdowns imposed in many countries leading to...

Among the other challenges facing employers in the COVID-19 pandemic is the increasing prevalence of "long COVID".

Without any doubt, the wider use of technology in the practice of law has been accelerated by the changed landscape brought about by the COVID-19 global pandemic and associated lockdown regulations.