South Africa: New amendments to the coronavirus (COVID-19) TERS Directive clarify who can apply for relief benefits and how
09 Apr 2020
BY Lauren Salt AND Jessie Moore
Where do things now stand after the amendments? We discuss some of the key takeaways for employers.
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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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Kenya: key highlights of the Business Laws (Amendment) Act, 2020
07 Apr 2020
BY Binti Shah AND Matthew Arrumm
Kenya: key highlights of the Business Laws (Amendment) Act, 2020
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ENSafrica | African competition roundup | issue 1 | April 2020
07 Apr 2020
ENSafrica | African competition roundup | issue 1 | April 2020
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“Control” and Computer Programs – who owns the copyright?
07 Apr 2020
On 1 April 2020, the Supreme Court of Appeal (“SCA”) granted an appeal against an order of Acting Justice Kose in the Cape Town High Court in favour of The Agricultural Research Council (ARC) (Bergh and Others v The Agricultural Research Council
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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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The name’s Boss, Hugo Boss
07 Apr 2020
BY Delene Bertasso
A British comedian by the name of Joe Lycett recently changed his name to Hugo Boss – he did this formally, as in by deed poll.
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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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What’s happening to JIBAR?
07 Apr 2020
BY Clinton van Loggerenberg
Following our recent article on the end of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), you may be wondering, “but what is happening to the Johannesburg Interbank Average Rate (“JIBAR”)?
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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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