Part 2 of a legal analysis of the COVID-19
outbreak. In this article we consider the legal issues
faced by businesses as result of possible supply chain disruptions,
from the perspective of both the supplier and the recipient of
goods and services.
The World Health Organisation has declared coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) a global pandemic. The Minister of Cooperative
Governance and Traditional Affairs has, in terms of the Disaster
Management Act of 2002, and acting on the advice of the National
Disaster Management Centre, declared COVID-19 outbreak a national
state of disaster. Pursuant to this announcement, the Minister, on
19 March 2020, published regulations "regarding the steps
necessary to prevent an escalation of the disaster or to alleviate,
contain and minimise the effects of the disaster". In the
first article in this series, we looked at the challenges facing
companies in maintaining
internal standards of good governance. In this article we
consider the
