South Africa: alert level 4 – back to work with strings attached
26 May 2020
BY Nils Braatvedt AND Shivani Moodley
We look at some of the key obligations arising from the Regulations from an employment perspective.
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NCA: a court cannot authorise a debtor’s obligations to remain permanently unsatisfied
26 May 2020
BY Aslam Moosajee AND Joshua Davis
As a result of the McLachlan decision, it is now settled that a debt review order which has the effect that a consumer’s financial obligations remain permanently unsatisfied, is ultra vires the NCA and is therefore null and void.
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A glimpse at South Africa’s future “equivalence” for foreign financial market infrastructures and participants
26 May 2020
South Africa’s financial regulators have taken a step towards further integrating with offshore financial markets.
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telecoms and media in brief | issue 13
26 May 2020
telecoms and media in brief | issue 13
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tax in brief | issue 46
26 May 2020
tax in brief | issue 46
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Africa Business In Brief
issue 353 | 24 May 2020
issue 353
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InsureTalk 2020 | webinar
21 May 2020
BY Matthew Morrison AND Rob Scott
InsureTalk 2020 | webinar
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When employees continue working after their fixed-term contract ends: a legal perspective
19 May 2020
South African case law is replete with decisions where employees claim that they were unfairly dismissed because their employer failed to renew their fixed-term contracts.
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Africa tax in brief
19 May 2020
BY Celia Becker
The latest tax developments across Africa
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Uganda Tax Appeals Tribunal rules that expatriate volunteers receiving donations are subject to PAYE
19 May 2020
BY Celia Becker
The Uganda Tax Appeals Tribunal (“TAT”) recently ruled on the employees’ tax implications of expatriate volunteers working in Uganda in the case of Livingstone International University (“LIU”) vs Uganda Revenue Authority (“URA”).
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Some lessons in contracting with government
19 May 2020
BY Phillip Karugaba AND Rehema Nakirya Ssemyalo
Like in many countries, Uganda’s government is the single largest spender of money, and as such, contracting with government or governmental agencies can present great opportunities for businesses.
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Agribusinesses must prepare for water shortages
19 May 2020
BY James Brand
Water has a vital role to play in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus disease COVID 19 .
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PE firms will soon be looking to invest: is your business ready?
19 May 2020
BY Tony Lee
Amid a sluggish global economy left in the wake of COVID-19, mergers and acquisitions may be an important catalyst to help kick-start the economy and may provide much needed growth and expansion across the global economy.
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South Africa: the SCA provides guidance on interpretation of contracts and vis major
19 May 2020
BY Aslam Moosajee AND Joshua Davis
The ongoing lockdown means that we will likely see an increasing number of cases in which the defence of vis major is relied upon.
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South Africa: B-BBEE and disaster relief funding
19 May 2020
BY Aslam Moosajee AND Joshua Davis
The Pretoria High Court held that the state, acting under the Disaster Management Act, is entitled to take B-BBEE status into account when deciding whether to award disaster relief funding to businesses in the tourism sector.
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