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Restructure, revive and rise - A new dawn for the aviation industry
Many executives across the globe can attest to this famous statement. The operations involved in running an airline requires an intense...
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Lawtons Africa
Apr 23, 20203 min read
Treasury confirms second round of COVID-19 tax relief measures
Following the President’s latest address on 21 April 2020, National Treasury has issued a media statement detailing further tax relief...
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Apr 23, 20204 min read
The legality of evictions during the lockdown
As part of the government’s plan to combat the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, evictions have been suspended across the country for the...
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Apr 21, 20203 min read
Relief package for tenants in good standing during lockdown
The relief announced for retail tenants to offset the financial impact of the Covid-19 lockdown [Relief offered to retail tenants by...
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Lawtons Africa
Apr 17, 20203 min read
The “track and trace” of personal information amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, governments around the world have implemented a range of digital tracking, physical surveillance and...
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Lawtons Africa
Apr 16, 20205 min read
Relief offered to retail tenants by property industry
On 7 April 2020, the Property Industry Group, a newly formed collective of the country’s major commercial property representative bodies...
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Lawtons Africa
Apr 16, 20203 min read
Police brutality during lockdown
As South Africans remain indoors for an extended lockdown until the end of April 2020, reports of excessive use of force and unlawful...
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Lawtons Africa
Apr 15, 20204 min read
Business interruption claims
Business interruption insurance is designed to compensate a business for the financial impact of an interruption or interference as a...
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Lawtons Africa
Apr 14, 20202 min read
COVID-19 Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme Update
On 8 April 2020, the Minister of Employment and Labour, Thulas Nxesi, published an Amendment to the Covid-19 Temporary Employee/Employee...
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Lawtons Africa
Apr 8, 20204 min read
The State of the Law during Lockdown
The nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus was announced on 23 March 2020 amid speculation and fear around the...
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Lawtons Africa
Apr 7, 20205 min read
The National Lockdown and the Limitation of Rights: Is it Reasonable?
The COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national disaster on 18 March 2020, bringing the Disaster Management Act 57/2002 (the DMA) into...
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Lawtons Africa
Apr 6, 20202 min read
Public Benefit Organisation COVID-19 tax relief
Income tax and donations tax relief measures have been made available for donors and qualifying Public Benefit Organisations (PBOs)...
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Lawtons Africa
Apr 6, 20204 min read
Due care and diligence still the standard even during COVID-19?
It seems likely that the nationwide lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak and the resultant remote working implemented by...
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Lawtons Africa
Apr 3, 20204 min read
The laws, powers and role-players underlying a lockdown
The COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national disaster on the 15th of March 2020 by notice in the Government Gazette. This declaration...
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Lawtons Africa
Apr 3, 20203 min read
Jogging or walking dogs within a complex
There have been mixed messages about whether residents in a sectional title scheme can jog or walk their dogs within a complex during the...
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Lawtons Africa
Apr 2, 20204 min read
Force-majeure during COVID lockdown in South Africa
The announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that South Africa has just entered a 21-day lockdown to mitigate the effects of the global...
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Lawtons Africa
Apr 2, 20202 min read
Classification of the production of “hand sanitisers” and rebates for importers of ethyl alcohol
SARS has provided clarity regarding the use of ethyl alcohol for the manufacture of hand sanitisers and whether this is classifiable...
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Lawtons Africa
Apr 2, 20203 min read
COVID-19 block exemption for the hotel industry and banking, 2020
In the wake of the declaration of COVID-19 as a National Disaster, Government has taken several steps to limit and mitigate the impact...
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Lawtons Africa
Apr 1, 20204 min read
COVID-19 lockdown gently nudges court procedure into the 4th industrial revolution
The coronavirus pandemic has begun to test the court system and curtailed most of its work, although it has endeavoured to continue...
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Mar 31, 20202 min read
Some relief for the textile industry
1. As the national lockdown heaves on, the textile industry faces increased financial challenges as a result of the coronavirus pandemic...
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