South Africa: Regulating employee conduct while working remotely
14 Apr 2020
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 Coronavirus
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South African Mining Industry: Practical considerations for employers relating to coronavirus (COVID-19), post lockdown
09 Apr 2020
BY Pieter Colyn AND Warren Hendricks
General duties and obligations of employer in terms of the MHSA
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South Africa: Coronavirus (COVID-19) TERS: a guide to the updated memorandum of agreement for employers
09 Apr 2020
BY Lauren Salt
the Unemployment Insurance Fund released four new memoranda of agreement to be used when employers apply for the COVID-19 Temporary Relief Scheme
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Uganda: Ministry of Health issues additional Coronavirus (COVID-19) rules
07 Apr 2020
BY Phillip Karugaba AND Tracy Kakongi
The Ugandan Minister of Health has issued the Public Health (Control of COVID-19) (No. 2) Rules, 2020 (“the Rules”) in addition to the previously published statutory instruments
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South Africa: Coronavirus (COVID-19) | illegal and impossible performances under derivatives transactions – contractual provisions and South African common law
07 Apr 2020
Some reports claim that as many as one third of people around the world are subject to some degree of lockdown to stem the coronavirus (COVID-19) rate of infection.
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South Africa: the impact of the Draft Disaster Management Tax Relief Administration Bill, 2020 on the time periods for tax matters
07 Apr 2020
BY Taryn Solomon
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.
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Mauritius: capital markets | practical considerations in the context of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
07 Apr 2020
Trading and settlement activities on SEM and CDS will resume on Monday, 6 April 2020.
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Mauritius – tax measures in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19)
07 Apr 2020
BY Valentin Hardy
In light of the widespread impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19), various tax measures that companies and individuals should be aware of have been announced by the Mauritius authorities
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South Africa: Coronavirus (COVID-19) | closing commercial transactions during lockdown
07 Apr 2020
BY Zeyn Bhyat
With South Africa currently under a nationwide lockdown, practical challenges arise for parties to existing (or new) commercial transactions that are scheduled to “close” during this period.
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South Africa: ICASA Coronavirus (COVID-19) National State of Disaster Regulations
07 Apr 2020
BY Wilmari Strachan
On 6 April 2020, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (“ICASA”) published the Information and Communications Technology (“ICT”) COVID-19 National Disaster Regulations (the "Regulations").
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Uganda: an assessment of Uganda’s legal response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
07 Apr 2020
BY Phillip Karugaba , Rehema Nakirya Ssemyalo AND Tracy Kakongi
Ten years ago, Uganda’s National Disaster Preparedness and Management Policy predicted that “an influenza pandemic may occur when a new influenza virus appears against which the human population has no immunity.
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South Africa: Coronavirus (COVID-19) | obligations and roles of the electronic communications sector amended
07 Apr 2020
BY Wilmari Strachan
Directions pertaining to the communications sector were issued on 26 March 2020 by the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, to ensure the smooth operations of the electronic communications sector
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South Africa: tax considerations arising from the impact of COVID-19 on contractual obligations
07 Apr 2020
BY Robert Gad , Megan Stuart-Steer AND Jo-Paula Roman
Our firm has published several articles (link here) in relation to the impact of COVID-19 on the contractual obligations of parties, mainly due to the promulgation of emergency legislation impacting performance
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ENSafrica: Coronavirus (COVID-19) legal update
Coronavirus (COVID-19) issue 2 | 06 Apr 2020
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South Africa: essential services during lockdown | employer FAQs
03 Apr 2020
BY Lauren Salt
Following the issuing of what has colloquially been called the “Lockdown Regulations” to reduce the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Africa, there has been a hasty scramble for essential services
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