It is known to all South Africans that the trade of tobacco and alcoholic goods was banned by our government during the national state of disaster in April 2020 due to COVID-19.

A recent government notice amended the regulations published in terms of the Disaster Management Act, 2002...

The Covid-19 pandemic that emerged early in 2020 shook the entire world into a recession and resulted in massive economic strain due to the nationwide lockdown.

On 31 January 2022, Cabinet approved changes to the Adjusted Alert Level 1 COVID-19 Regulations with immediate effect.

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which has disrupted lives and continues to wreak havoc on the global economy, has seen a sudden and dramatic shift in the way we live.

As part of its reaction to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the FSCA, on 11 May 2020, issued a broad exemption to managers of collective investment schemes in securities...

Various countries across the globe are in a race against time to develop the first vaccine for COVID-19. While Russia has reported a possible vaccine for the virus,...

Most sellers, purchasers, estate agents, banks and attorneys were relieved when it was announced that deeds offices could re-open on 4 May 2020 under the Alert Level 4 of lockdown regulations.

With no vaccine, and social distancing here to stay, businesses are having to adapt in order to survive and operate during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The past few years have tested the resilience and strength of insurers to the greatest magnitude. This has been the case worldwide and, more so, here in South Africa.

On 27 March 2020, the South African Revenue ("SARS") announced much needed value-added tax ("VAT") relief on the importation of "essential goods...

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has changed the world dramatically. It has certainly changed business, with many of us now having to work from home.

We will use Project Management methodologies as a backbone to identifying opportunities amid the #Covid19 crisis.

As many employers are already feeling the financial impact of the Covid-19 lockdown, some of then have taken the view that, as the fact that their employees cannot work during the lockdown is out of the employer's control, ...

As employers consider whether and how to implement a COVID-19 vaccination policy in the workplace, their employees' privacy is also an important consideration that should be front of mind.

It is not only the scores under these elements that may be affected.

On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic.

None of us are strangers to the drastic and everlasting effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic and the effect the National Lockdowns and the halting of business have had on global and national trade.

With the unexpected emergence of the COVID- 19 pandemic, many South Africans were caught off guard and left uncertain about how this pandemic would impact the workplace and the employer-employee relationship.

In this article, our employment team briefly canvasses two recent CCMA awards dealing with the contentious issue of workplace vaccinations...