With various changes to Court processes as a result of the COVID19 pandemic, the use of common law offers of settlement in attempts to reduce costly and protracted litigation is more compelling now than ever.

COVI-ID is a contact tracing app developed in collaboration by the South African government and UCT using Self-Sovereign Identity.

On 15 March 2020, the President of South Africa, in a national address, announced the declaration of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as a "national disaster".

The coronavirus outbreak saw many countries around the world going into a lockdown to combat the spread of the virus. South Africa adopted the same strategy to "flatten the curve". The President announced early closure...

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.

An overview of how to challenge lockdown regulations in South Africa compared to an advanced democracy like that of Switzerland...

The purpose of the Guidance Note is to guide responsible parties when processing personal information of data subjects who have tested or are infected with COVID-19, or who have been in contact with such data subjects.

At the beginning of this year, several leaders in South Africa's medical fraternity called for the axing of government officials who are responsible for the delay in procuring Covid-19 vaccines...

The wait is finally over! South Africa's vaccination roll-out plan is expected to go into overdrive shortly.

In June 2020, governments around the world were centrally concerned with two issues: (1) what precautions to take to stem the ever-rising tide of COVID-19 cases

*Coronavirus (COVID-19) regulatory measures

The Presidential Decree amends Presidential Decree No. 207/21 of 31 August, updating the measures to prevent and control the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19...

On 6 January 2022, the media reported that the National Black Consumer Council (NBCC) had launched an urgent application in the Constitutional Court (Court).

This summary covers a few important provisions from the directions issued by the Minister.

9 April 2020 saw the extension of lockdown regulations by The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs for a further two weeks until 30 April 2020.

The Government announced that it would be using mobile tracking technology and other methods as a way to combat SARS-CoV- 19 (the Virus) and COVID-19.

The spread of the novel COVID-19 in South Africa has prompted the government to intensify its efforts in assisting the most vulnerable people in our country including the provision of recent...

In the United Kingdom, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") representing policy holders, brought a test case under the United Kingdom High Court's Financial Markets Test Case Scheme.

The collection and processing of personal data is regulated to protect privacy and ensure that data collection is proportional to the seriousness of the threat caused by the pandemic.

Donald Nyakairu provides his comments on these new guidelines, which were introduced by the Bank of Uganda on 14 April 2020.