A collection of Covid-19 related information for South Africa

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• COVID-19: Health data reporting by employers in South Africa – what you should know, 16 October 2020 - Bowmans
  
• Level 1 Lockdown regulations – key considerations for employers, 12 October 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• COVID-19: additional obligations on South African employers in terms of the Revised Occupational Health and Safety Direction, 2 October 2020 - Bowmans
  
• South Africa : Consolidated Directions on Occupational Health and Safety Measures in certain Workplaces (for industries outside mining), 2 October 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• South Africa puts 59 countries on its ‘banned leisure travel list’, 1 October 2020 - IBN Immigration Solutions
  
• Up again: South Africa - DLA Piper
• National State Of Disaster: Alert Level 1 Frequently Asked Questions, 21 September 2020 - Fasken
  
• COVID-19: Does the opening of South Africa's borders offer tax relief for individuals?, 18 September 2020 - Bowmans
  
• New Covid-19 directions call for the resumption of activities and processes in respect of environmental permits and licences, 15 September 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• The ticking TERS timebomb: a transient alternative to retrenchment, 15 September 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• COVID-19: TERS applications closing dates, 15 September 2020 - Bowmans
  
• COVID-19: impact of the pandemic on B-BBEE in South Africa, 15 September 2020 - Bowmans
  
• TERS extended until national state of disaster ends, 14 September 2020 - Webber Wentzel IP
• A patent is filed for the COVID-19 vaccine... what now?, 11 September 2020 - Kisch IP
• Public Benefit Organisations and the special tax dispensation under the Disaster Management Tax Relief Bill, 10 September 2020 - Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
  
• COVID-19: Excessive pricing - cases pursued by the south African Competition Commission, 10 September 2020 - Bowmans
  
• COVID-19: South Africa - extension of TERS benefit to 15 September 2020, 4 September 2020 - Bowmans
  
• Key health and safety considerations for the re-opening of sports stadiums, 26 August 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• Counterfeiting of Essential Goods during COVID-19, 25 August 2020 - Spoor & Fisher
  
• Lockdown level 2 regulations: explained, 20 August 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• COVID-19: South Africa – TERS benefit extended for certain categories of employees, 18 August 2020 - Bowmans
  
• TERS: New direction published, 17 August 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• COVID-19 South Africa: FSCA update on contingent business interruption cover, 13 August 2020 - Clyde & Co.
  
• Covid-19: New directions on isolation and quarantine periods, 12 August 2020 - Webber Wentzel
• TERS: 8 Key Updates For Employers, 30 July 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• South Africa: COVID-19 related insurance claims and coverage: resolving the coverage disputes, 28 July 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• COVID-19 and mental health in the workplace, 28 July 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• COVID-19: FSCA’s latest stance on Business Interruption insurance cover, 27 July 2020 - Bowmans
  
• Expired visa due to COVID-19? Be at ease, your visa may be extended until 31 October 2020, 27 July 2020 - Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
  
• COIDA – Directive on Compensation for Workplace-Acquired Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), 24 July 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• COVID-19: Compensation for workplace contracted COVID-19, 23 July 2020 - Bowmans
  
• COVID-19: Financial Conduct Authority: business interruption test case, 17 July 2020 - Bowmans
  
• COVID-19: Excessive pricing: a total of 30 consent agreements confirmed by the South African Competition Tribunal, 17 July 2020 - Bowmans
  
• COVID-19: FSCA stance on Business Interruption insurance cover, 10 July 2020 - Bowmans
  
• COVID-19: High Court decision on business interruption insurance claim, 8 July 2020 - Bowmans
• New directions for personal care services and communications and digital technologies sector gazetted, 24 June 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• Tax treatment of losses incurred during lockdown, 19 June 2020 - Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
  
• Covid-19: Do's and Don’ts for Contact Tracing by Employers, 18 June 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• COVID-19: What to do if an employee displays or discloses COVID-19 symptoms or tests positive for the virus, 17 June 2020 - Bowmans
• Health & safety in the workplace: Employees' right to refuse to enter a dangerous workplace in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, 15 June 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• Covid-19: An update on vulnerable employees and the workplace, 15 June 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• Environmental considerations for surviving Covid-19, 10 June 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• Covid-19: Temporary exemption from holding physical general meetings to help companies raise capital, 8 June 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• COVID-19: Amended Consolidated Occupational Health and Safety Direction, 5 June 2020 - Bowmans
• South Africa: CIS exemption relating to sale and repurchase obligations, 2 June 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• South Africa: COVID-19 related insurance claims and coverage: the arguments for and against coverage, 2 June 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• Covid-19: can employees withdraw from the workplace?, 29 May 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• Covid-19: Emergency measures & investor-state arbitration claims, 26 May 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• COVID-19: Merger notification processes and competition enforcement activity in Africa, 22 May 2020 - Bowmans
• Mine employers & Covid-19 - the Guidelines & Mandatory Code of Practice unpacked, 20 May 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• Covid-19: Vulnerable employees and the workplace, 19 May 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• South Africa: B-BBEE and disaster relief funding, 19 May 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• COVID-19: Expansion of Banking Sector Block Exemption, 13 May 2020 - Bowmans
  
• COVID-19: Further Communication to Accountable Institutions, 13 May 2020 - Bowmans
  
• COVID-19: Revisiting the question: when can retrenchment processes start?, 13 May 2020 - Bowmans
  
• The failing firm doctrine during COVID-19: Old medicine or a new cure?, 12 May 2020 - Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
  
• COVID-19: Proposed deferral of payment of carbon tax, South Africa, 11 May 2020 - Bowmans
  
• Covid-19: How to manage 'place of effective management' tax risk during lockdown, 6 May 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• Covid-19 and downgrades: Director's duties unpacked, 5 May 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• Covid-19 excessive pricing consent agreements provide important insights, 5 May 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• Covid-19: TERS - 5 important updates, 30 April 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• South Africa: Update to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) TERS and tax treatment of C19 TERS Benefit, 24 April 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• COVID-19: Additional tax relief, South Africa – updated, 23 April 2020 - Bowmans
  
• Covid-19 and SA courts, 22 April 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• Covid-19: Providing essential financial services? – here's a summary of everything you need to know, 22 April 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• Covid-19: Directive to financial institutions on precautionary measures when performing essential financial services, 21 April 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• COVID-19: Tax treatment of TERS benefits, South Africa, 20 April 2020 - Bowmans
  
• COVID-19: Exemptions for insurers providing premium relief, 20 April 2020 - Bowmans
  
• New Directives from the Chief Justice, Supplementary Directives from the Gauteng Judge President and Directions from the SCA in regard to litigating during lockdown, 20 April 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• South Africa: Water and Sanitation Emergency Procurement COVID-19 Disaster Response Directions published, 20 April 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• COVID-19: Financial reprieve for members of medical schemes and SMMEs, 17 April 2020 - Bowmans
  
• South Africa: MPRDA related timeframes extended, 16 April 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• South Africa: A new Online Portal and Easy Aid Guides for applying to the C19 TERS, 16 April 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• Covid-19: Key considerations for call centres, 15 April 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• COVID-19: Employer considerations on risk benefit insurance premiums and cover when reducing salaries, 14 April 2020 - Bowmans
  
• South Africa: Cost-cutting employment alternatives to retrenchment following the extended lockdown, 14 April 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• South Africa: All Industries excluding the mining industry: is there an obligation on employers to report and investigate incidents of employees contracting the Coronavirus (COVID-19)?, 14 April 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• COVID-19: Relief package for retail tenants, South Africa, 9 April 2020 - Bowmans
  
• Covid-19: Expansion of block exemption for the healthcare sector, 9 April 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• South Africa: New amendments to the coronavirus (COVID-19) TERS Directive clarify who can apply for relief benefits and how, 9 April 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• South African Mining Industry: Practical considerations for employers relating to coronavirus (COVID-19), post lockdown, 9 April 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• South Africa: Coronavirus (COVID-19) TERS: a guide to the updated memorandum of agreement for employers, 9 April 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• COVID-19: South African TERS benefit – what you need to know, 8 April 2020 - Bowmans
  
• COVID-19: impact on businesses and investments in South Africa, 8 April 2020 - Bowmans
  
• South Africa: tax considerations arising from the impact of COVID-19 on contractual obligations, 7 April 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• Covid-19: Unpacking the new regulations for the ICT industry, 7 April 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• Covid-19: Electronic communications service providers must disclose information to tracing database, 7 April 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• South Africa: Coronavirus (COVID-19): illegal and impossible performances under derivatives transactions: contractual provisions and South African common law, 7 April 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• COVID-19: Impact on compliance with various requirements of the South African Financial Markets Act, 2012, 6 April 2020 - Bowmans
  
• The JSE issues guidance on the impact of Covid-19, 6 April 2020 - Webber Wentzel
• South Africa: essential services during lockdown: employer FAQs, 3 April 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• South Africa: Coronavirus (COVID-19): VAT relief extension of the prescribed periods for the exportation of goods, 2 April 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• South Africa: Coronavirus (COVID-19): VAT relief on the importation of “essential goods”, 2 April 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• Breathing Room for Companies and Directors in South Africa Reckless Trading Prohibition Relaxed by CIPC, 2 April 2020 - Dentons
  
• COVID-19: Disaster management tax relief, 1 April 2020 - Bowmans
  
• Covid-19: What the lockdown means for environmental applications & administrative timeframes, 1 April 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• South Africa: Regulator’s response to the impact of COVID-19 on the retirement funds industry, 31 March 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• South Africa: digitisation in the time of COVID-19, 31 March 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• South Africa: beware of what you post online about COVID-19, 31 March 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• South Africa: FSCA provides general guidance to financial institutions on COVID-19, 31 March 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• The impact of the coronavirus crisis on the franchise industry and what franchisors and franchisees can do to survive, 31 March 2020 - Dentons
  
• Covid-19: Frequently-asked questions on electronic signatures, 30 March 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• .ZA sites must link to government's Covid-19 portal, 30 March 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• South Africa: repercussions of allegations about a person’s coronavirus (COVID-19) status, 27 March 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• South Africa: TERS and the National Disaster Benefit: some much-needed clarity, 27 March 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• South Africa: Coronavirus (COVID-19): obligations and roles of the electronic communications sector published, 27 March 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• South Africa: Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown: do tenants have an obligation to pay rent?, 27 March 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• COVID-19: Must employees be paid during the lockdown in South Africa?, 26 March 2020 - Bowmans
  
• Covid-19: Electronic signatures in lockdown times, 26 March 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• Covid-19: Takeaways for the private equity industry, 26 March 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• Electronic Shareholders’ Meetings in the time of COVID-19, 25 March 2020 - Dentons
  
• COVID-19: B-BBEE and the Solidarity Response Fund, 24 March 2020 - Bowmans
  
• South Africa: competition exemptions for banking and retail property sectors to support the Coronavirus fallout, 24 March 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• South Africa: special leave benefits announced for employees in self-quarantine, 24 March 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• South Africa: can employees, who are infected with COVID-19, be compensated in terms of COIDA?, 24 March 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• Employment and health & safety implications of the Covid-19 disaster management regulations, 23 March 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• Covid-19 will impact employers: how bad can things get?, 23 March 2020 - Webber Wentzel
• South Africa: Coronavirus (COVID-19): landlord and tenant relationships and force majeure, 23 March 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• Covid-19: Competition & consumer law developments affect consumer & healthcare sectors, 20 March 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• Disaster Management Act – Regulations – South Africa, 20 March 2020 - Dentons
  
• COVID-19 and your contracts – what are your rights and risks? (South Africa), 20 March 2020 - Dentons
  
• South Africa: Coronavirus (COVID-19): can you escape your contractual liabilities?, 19 March 2020 - ENSafrica
  
• Workplace preparedness guideline on Covid-19 released by Department of Employment & Labour, 17 March 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• Covid-19 & performance on contracts - unpacking key issues, 16 March 2020 - Webber Wentzel
  
• In this video, Andreas Krensel, CEO of IBN Immigration Solutions, gives an update on South Africa in regard to the confusion around what is allowed and not allowed in light of the COVID-19 situation and who can enter with which Visas, either from High/Low-risk countries, 9 October - IBN Immigration Solutions