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![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2006/562130-400x208.jpg?2) | The government has gazetted regulations for the operation of personal care services, including hairdressing, beauty services and tattoo parlours... read |
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| | ![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2006/561831.png) | June is Youth Month in South Africa and this year, Pride Factor Academy kickstarted the conversation with Bizcommunity, by launching the 'Have Your Say' campaign... Read | ![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2006/561352.jpg) | Global law firm Baker McKenzie has partnered with organisations including the Centre for International Rights to create the Youth Rights Resource Compass, a website that directs young people, as well as those who advocate for them, to the entities, organisations, governmental and other agencies that are open and available to them during Covid-19... Read | ![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/b/2006/2083037.jpg?1) | |
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Corporate & Commercial Law |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2006/561493.jpg) | TANIA BROUGHTON The Constitutional Court has ruled that private (or independent) schools may no longer rely on contracts with parents as the basis for kicking children out of school without a fair hearing... Read |
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Environmental Law |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2006/561527-120x120.jpg?2) | The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries has welcomed a R3.6m fine handed to a major steel-producing company after it admitted to contravening sections of the Air Quality Act... Read |
Labour Law |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2006/561534.jpg) | JAIME MYHILL On 4 June 2020, Government repealed the Covid-19 Occupational Health and Safety Measures in Workplaces (OHS Directive) and replaced it with the Consolidated Covid-19 Direction on Health and Safety in the Workplace (the Consolidated Directive) which, while largely similar to the former OHS Directive, is materially different in certain respects... Read |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2006/561709.jpg) | BRADLEY WORKMAN-DAVIES The Johannesburg High Court recently found in the matter of Mhlonipheni v Mezepoli Melrose Arch and Others (2020) that employees (in this case, employed by the Mezepoli and Plaka chain of restaurants) were able to tender their services during Level 4 and 5 of the National Lockdown... Read |
Law Practice |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2006/561320.jpg) | The Commission of Inquiry into Taxi Violence in Gauteng has been granted an extension of six months until August 2020... Read |
Legislation |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2006/562066.jpg) | The Presidency has announced the commencement of certain sections of the 2013 Protection of Personal Information Act... Read |
Public Liability |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2006/561827.jpg) | KIRSTIE HASLAM Child victims of road accidents are eligible for compensation from the Road Accident Fund (RAF), providing the qualifying criteria are satisfied... Read |
Tax Law |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2006/561994.jpg) | GRAEME PALMER Section 179 of the Tax Administration Act, 2011 allows the South African Revenue Service (Sars) to issue a notice to a person who holds or owes money, including a pension, salary, wage or other remuneration, for or to a taxpayer, requiring the person to pay the money to Sars in satisfaction of the taxpayer's outstanding tax debt. Read |
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![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2006/562155-120x120.jpg?2) | TOLU OLAREWAJU The Covid-19 pandemic will have economic consequences for many countries. In Nigeria, the country's lockdowns froze economic activities, causing job losses and supply chain disruptions. Read |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2006/561739-120x120.jpg?2) | Vera Songwe, executive secretary of the ECA, says tackling the ongoing coronavirus pandemic effectively to ensure Africa grows back and builds back better in the aftermath of Covid-19 requires boldness... Read |
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![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2006/561955-120x120.jpg?2) | KHANYISA NOMOYI It is without doubt that the inclusion and representation of Black people in corporate South Africa continues to be an urgent matter that needs to be addressed... Read |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2006/561847-120x120.jpg?2) | ANDREW WALLACE "What will it take to encourage much more widespread reliance on working at home for at least part of each week?" asked Frank Schiff, the chief economist of the US Committee for Economic Development, in The Washington Post in 1979... Read |
![](https://www.bizcommunity.com/c/2006/561426-120x120.jpg?2) | BERNARD SACKS On 26 February, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni, presented his National Budget to Parliament against a backdrop of weak economic growth, coupled with high unemployment, a sluggish economy and a looming credit ratings downgrade... Read |
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