Professor T Broodryk Faculty of Law Stellenbosch University Introduction The challenges confronting South Africa’s court system prior to the arrival of the novel Corona Virus Covid-19 are well-documented.[1] The system’s immunity was already compromised, so to speak....

The effect of Covid-19 on schools: Focus on core business – a practical approach There is currently a great deal of uncertainty in the education sector. In fact, the only certainty is that things are uncertain! We do not know when the schools will reopen (just look at...

Constitutional implications of COVID-19: Access to justice and the functioning of the courts during lockdown Jason Brickhill   This new contribution seeks to provide a weekly analysis of constitutional issues arising from COVID-19 and the responses to it. In this...

COVID-19, business interruption and short-term insurance Daleen Millard   The outbreak of Covid-19 has lead governments across the globe to introduce wide-ranging measures to curb the spread of the deadly disease. This unprecedented occurrence caught the world...

Constitutional implications of COVID-19 Parliament: oversight, law-making and public participation in lockdown   Jason Brickhill This new contribution seeks to provide a weekly analysis of constitutional issues arising from COVID-19 and the responses to it. In...

LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT John Grogan and Avinash Govindjee   NEHAWU obo Members Providing Essential Services v Minister of Health and Others (Labour Court case no J423-20 dated 11 April 2020 (WhitcherJ)) was the first case after the lockdown in which a trade union tried...

Advertising Code of Practice Gail Schimmel   The Advertising Regulatory Board recently passed a number of significant changes to the Code of Advertising Practice. Practitioners need to be aware of these changes, which particularly impact the procedure. The...

UIF CLAIMS and REMUNERATION during lockdown Andrew Pons & Marleen Potgieter   Following the issuing of an amendment to the TERS fund as per Government Gazette 43216 of 8 April 2020, the major unanswered question regarding the amount an employer can pay an...

Constitutional implications of COVID-19  Jason Brickhill This new contribution seeks to provide a weekly analysis of constitutional issues arising from COVID-19. In this first installment, I map the rights framework and the governance and accountability structures...