By Saadiyah Kadwa The COVID-19 Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (TERS) was amended on April 8th, following complaints that the Scheme was not accessible as it was only available to businesses in financial distress, which incidentally, was not defined in the directive. The amended TERS directive allows for employers who have had to close their businesses, […]
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Simone Gray For many South Africans, there is not a fear of dying of COVID-19 but a very real fear of dying of hunger as a result of loss of income during the lockdown period and beyond. People who work in the informal sector have been particularly hard hit by lockdown regulations, causing widespread food […]
Pursuant to the lockdown Regulations made under section 27 (2) of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002): Measures to Prevent and Combat the Spread of Covid-19, the Minister of Small Business Development, Ms Khumbudzo Ntshaveni issued directives in terms of regulation 10 (8). These directives are set to regulate informal trading […]
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17 April 2020 – Media Statement: Western Cape High Court affirms Empolweni residents’ right to stay on land
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Media Statement 17 April 2020 Western Cape High Court affirms Empolweni residents’ right to stay on land CAPE TOWN – The Legal Resources Centre welcomes today’s order by the Western Cape High Court that the City of Cape Town’s evictions of people from, and the demolition of their homes, in Empolweni, Makhaza are unlawful and […]