On 17 February 2021, the South African Department of Employment and Labour announced that the relevant NEDLAC partners have endorsed proposals tabled by the UIF for the extension of the COVID-19 TERS.

On Thursday, 01 October 2020, Notice R.1031 was published in Government Gazette No. 43751, in terms of which the Minister of Employment and Labour issued Consolidated Directions...

Join us for session unpacking development around Covid19 workplace health and safety.

The government's efforts to drive the vaccination program towards herd immunity are still ongoing. This is obviously not without hurdles, especially as most people are still hesitant to vaccinate due to various reasons.

*Coronavirus (COVID-19) regulatory measures...

During the first wave of infections in South Africa, there were several allegations of negligence in various institutions leading to "mass infections"...

Given the fact that many countries are under some form of lockdown as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, organisations that are able to do so, are now working remotely, with video conferencing platforms...

With a significant decline in Covid-19 cases in recent weeks, the government has naturally decided to uplift some of the restrictions...

It has been it is almost a year since the first COVID-19 case was reported in South Africa.

Traditionally, we, South Africans, are adventurous and love travelling and "having fun" and it is no coincidence that our local tourism contributes heavily to our GDP. I

The South Africa Minister of Department of Home Affairs released a Directive clarifying the implementation of COVID-19 Epidemic travel ban and associated restrictions.

On 4 June 2020, Notice R.639 was published in Government Gazette No. 43400, in terms of which the Minister of Employment and Labour issued a Consolidated COVID-19 Direction.

Estate agents will be relieved to go back to work on Monday, 1 June 2020 under Alert Level 3 in terms of the new Regulations published on 28 May 2020.

The global Covid-19 pandemic could not have come at a worse time for the African travel and tourism industry.

Many would have thought that all Covid-19 business interruption cases are long finalised. This is not the case. The judgment of late February 2023 in 43 Air School Holdings...

May estates and complexes institute mandatory vaccine requirements?

In this alert, we broadly outline the recent developments concerning the COVID-19 TERS benefit, which has been extended for certain employees, and which benefit will now be paid directly to employees.

Many employers have placed their hopes of a return to the pre Covid-19 workplace on the development of a Covid 19 vaccine.

Participating countries attending the 12th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland reached an agreement on 17 June 2022 to partially waive intellectual property restrictions on the manufacture and production of COVID-19 vaccines for the next five years.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented level of disruption to the hotel industry. As a result of the local lockdowns and travel restrictions many hotels have been forced to close...