Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic:

> Legal considerations for businesses in Kenya (16 March 2020)
Key Contact
Richard Harney

> Telecommunications sector impacts (21 July 2020)
> Public health rules (15 April 2020)
> Measures mitigating economic impact (8 April 2020)
> Public company general meetings (7 April 2020)
> Economic stimulus (27 March 2020)
> FAQs for employers (23 March 2020)
> Closure of registries and government offices (19 March 2020)
> Court closure (19 March 2020)

> Legal considerations for businesses in Mauritius (23 March 2020)
Key Contact
Fazil Hossenkhan

> Competition Commission addresses collaboration among businesses in response to the pandemic (3 June 2020)
> A new legal dimension (19 May 2020)
> Extension of deadlines (28 April 2020)
> Extension of GWAS and SEAS (22 April 2020)
> Measures by Government and authorities (6 April 2020)
> Mauritius Revenue Authority measures (24 March 2020)
> Wage Assistance Scheme (24 March 2020)
> Further measures (24 March 2020)

> Legal considerations for businesses in Tanzania (25 March 2020)
Key Contact
Wilbert Kapinga

> Legal considerations for businesses in Uganda (23 March 2020)
Key Contact
Ernest Wiltshire

> The need for an ECMS (4 May 2020)

> Impact of the pandemic on B-BBEE (15 September 2020)
> Bridging the pricing gap (31 May 2020)
> Resumption of IP services (8 May 2020)
> Latest developments in education (5 May 2020)
> FIDIC contracts and 18 June 2020 (4 May 2020)
> Telemedicine clears legal hurdles (30 April 2020)
> Listed companies – general meetings (30 April 2020)
> Mineral resources and energy sector (16 April 2020)
> Valuing private equity portfolios (14 April 2020)
> Tracing contacts (3 April 2020)
> Suspension of IP services and functions (3 April 2020)
> Environmental timeframes extended (1 April 2020)
> Insolvency and restructuring (1 April 2020)
> Cyber crime (30 March 2020)
> Approval required by essential services (26 March 2020)
> B-BBEE and the Solidarity Response Fund (24 March 2020)
> Lockdown (24 March 2020)
> Independent schools (23 March 2020)
> Regulations (19 March 2020)
> Public gatherings and shareholder meetings (18 March 2020)

Aviation

Shipping and Logistics

Banking and Financial Services Regulatory
> SCA judgement on business interruption claim (18 December 2020)
> Santam loses COVID-19 insurance case (19 November 2020)
> FSCA’s latest stance on Business Interruption insurance cover (27 July 2020)
> Financial Conduct Authority – business interruption test case (17 July 2020)
> FSCA stance on Business Interruption insurance cover (10 July 2020)
> High Court decision on business interruption insurance claim (8 July 2020)
> Insurers walk a tightrope due to pandemic (31 May 2020)
> Business interruption insurance (15 May 2020)
> Further Communication to Accountable Institutions (13 May 2020)
> Regulatory frameworks – implementation dates (5 May 2020)
> South African accountable institutions (4 May 2020)
> Insurers embrace TCF principles (30 April 2020)
> Maintaining unapproved risk benefits (30 April 2020)
> Exemptions for short-term insurers providing premium relief (28 April 2020)
> Managers of collective investment schemes (24 April 2020)
> Exemptions for insurers (20 April 2020)
> Financial reprieve for members of medical schemes and SMMEs (17 April 2020)
> Insurance premiums – employer considerations (14 April 2020)
> Funeral policy premium collection (8 April 2020)
> Compliance with Financial Markets Act (6 April 2020)
> Amended Regulations – essential services expanded (3 April 2020)
> FCSA’s expectations of regulated entities (1 April 2020)
> Future of insurance after pandemic (31 March 2020)
> Medical scheme contributions (28 March 2020)
> Retirement fund contributions (27 March 2020)
> Insurance services, essential in lockdown (27 March 2020)
> Compliance in the financial services sector (26 March 2020)
> Insurance considerations (19 March 2020)

Competition
> Excessive pricing – Cases pursued by the Commission (10 September 2020)
> Excessive pricing settlements (17 July 2020)
> Excessive Pricing – A total of 23 consent agreements confirmed by the South African Competition Tribunal (8 July 2020)
> Cases pursued by the Competition Commission (16 June 2020)
> Supplier guilty of excessive pricing (2 June 2020)
> Cases pursued by the Competition Commission (27 May 2020)
> Cases pursued by the Competition Commission (25 May 2020)
> Cases pursued by the Competition Commission (14 May 2020)
> Expansion of Banking Sector Block Exemption (13 May 2020)
> ‘Failing firm’ mergers (4 May 2020)
> First price gouging case (20 April 2020)
> Healthcare block exemption (15 April 2020)
> Relief for retail tenants (9 April 2020)
> Merger control and retrenchments (7 April 2020)
> Competition Tribunal (7 April 2020)
> Hotel industry exemption (30 March 2020)
> Consumer protection (23 March 2020)
> Competition exemptions (23 March 2020)
> Excessive pricing (23 March 2020)

Employment
PRODUCT: RETURN TO WORK PACK
> CCMA rules in favour of employee in mandatory vaccine case (7 July 2022)
> New Code of Good Practice for Managing Covid-19 (27 June 2022)
> Update on masks in the workplace (24 June 2022)
> Update on masks in the workplace (23 June 2022)
> Cross-border remote working (31 May 2022)
> CCMA finds retrenchment of employee fair (17 May 2022)
> End of Disaster Management transitional period (5 May 2022)
> Developing case law on vaccinations (28 April 2022)
> Recourse for injuries caused by vaccinations (22 April 2022)
> Vaccination requirements at the workplace (11 April 2022)
> End of the National State of Disaster (5 April 2022)
> New regulations for managing COVID-19 in the worksplace (18 March 2022)
> New Code of Good Practice replaces OHS Direction (16 March 2022)
> Labour Court finds employer’s admission policy to be lawful (16 March 2022)
> Application to declare mandatory vaccine policy unlawful struck off the roll (28 January 2022)
> CCMA rules in favour of employer in mandatory vaccine case (28 January 2022)
> Unvaccinated employee’s dismissal ‘substantively fair’ (27 January 2022)
> Exemptions from vaccine requirements in the workplace (7 December 2021)
> Amended OHS Direction (15 June 2021)
> Updated TERS Direction (22 April 2021)
> Continued TERS relief in South Africa (4 March 2021)
> Enforcing restraints of trade during COVID-19 (1 March 2021)
> COVID-19: Employers and vaccinations (22 January 2021)
> Health data reporting by employers (15 October 2020)
> Revised OHS Direction (2 October 2020)
> TERS applications closing dates (15 September 2020)
> Extension of TERS benefit to 15 September 2020 (04 September 2020)
> TERS benefit extended for certain employees (14 August 2020)
> Compensation for workplace contracted COVID-19 (23 July 2020)
> Symptomatic and positive cases (17 June 2020)
> Occupational Health and Safety Direction (5 June 2020)
> Section 189A consultation via Zoom (1 June 2020)
> New world of work revised (31 May 2020)
> Considerations for safe resumption of football (31 May 2020)
> Alert Level 3 – what employers should do (29 May 2020)
> Update: leave for occupationally acquired COVID-19 (28 May 2020)
> Leave for occupationally acquired COVID-19 (26 May 2020)
> Compensation for occupationally acquired COVID-19 (25 May 2020)
> When can retrenchment processes start? (13 May 2020)
> Forfeiture of annual leave (11 May 2020)
> Level 4 workplace plans and safety measures (8 May 2020)
> No need for rigidity in retrenchments (7 May 2020)
> Safe return to work (5 May 2020)
> Home offices – health and safety obligations (30 April 2020)
> TERS benefit – Amended Directives (28 April 2020)
> Annual leave accrual (23 April 2020)
> Public holidays during lockdown (9 April 2020)
> TERS benefit (8 April 2020)
> Mental wellbeing of employees (6 April 2020)
> The protection of personal information (3 April 2020)
> Executive pay (31 March 2020)
> The lockdown and strikes (27 March 2020)
> Payment of employees (26 March 2020)
> Payment of domestic workers (25 March 2020)
> Meaning of a gathering (20 March 2020)
> Department of Employment and Labour Guidelines (19 March 2020)
> CCMA proceedings (18 March 2020)
> Impact of school closures on the workplace (16 March 2020)
> Time off work (12 March 2020)
> Preventative measures (10 March 2020)
> Legal obligations (9 March 2020)

Tax
> Opening of borders could offer tax relief (18 September 2020)
> Beneficial ownership declarations and written undertakings (6 July 2020)
> Compliant tax filings (19 June 2020)
> Carbon tax (11 May 2020)
> Get your diesel refund (30 April 2020)
> Additional tax relief – updated (23 April 2020)
> Additional tax relief (23 April 2020)
> Tax treatment of TERS benefits (20 April 2020)
> Tax relief (1 April 2020)
> Tax in the mining industry (31 March 2020)
> Employees’ tax (30 March 2020)
> Tax relief (24 March 2020)
> Tax risk assessments (24 March 2020)