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The spread of COVID-19 has negatively influenced the output of work at a global level. It has affected nearly every sector and has ultimately halted cross border trade.
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented business disruption.
The month of March has seen a rush of new trademarks being applied for at the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (“CIPC”).
The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 120 of 1998 (“the Act”) prescribes the formalities that need to be complied with in order for a customary marriage to be valid.
Within the past month, we have gone from mainly needing to authenticate and verify documents through a physical (wet-ink) signature to an era where the need to authenticate and verify documents online is inevitable.
By now, everyone knows that certain constitutional rights can be limited in order to serve a public interest such as public health.
There is general consensus that, if conducted lawfully and in compliance with privacy and related laws, combating Covid-19 with mobile track and trace technology may be justified.
Here's what you need to do to continue operating as an essential service, e.g. a telco or data centre, during the SA lockdown:
In 2010 the notion of the use of electronic communication by courts was a rumour in South Africa’s judicial system.
In January 2020, the World Health Organisation (“WHO”) declared the outbreak of a new Coronavirus disease in Hubei Province, China to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and on 11 March 2020, a pandemic.
The spread of COVID-19 has negatively influenced the output of work at a global level. It has affected nearly every sector and has ultimately halted cross border trade.
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented business disruption.
The month of March has seen a rush of new trademarks being applied for at the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (“CIPC”).
The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 120 of 1998 (“the Act”) prescribes the formalities that need to be complied with in order for a customary marriage to be valid.
Within the past month, we have gone from mainly needing to authenticate and verify documents through a physical (wet-ink) signature to an era where the need to authenticate and verify documents online is inevitable.
By now, everyone knows that certain constitutional rights can be limited in order to serve a public interest such as public health.
There is general consensus that, if conducted lawfully and in compliance with privacy and related laws, combating Covid-19 with mobile track and trace technology may be justified.
Here's what you need to do to continue operating as an essential service, e.g. a telco or data centre, during the SA lockdown:
In 2010 the notion of the use of electronic communication by courts was a rumour in South Africa’s judicial system.
In January 2020, the World Health Organisation (“WHO”) declared the outbreak of a new Coronavirus disease in Hubei Province, China to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and on 11 March 2020, a pandemic.
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COURTS v COVID – 19

In 2010 the notion of the use of electronic communication by courts was a rumour in South Africa’s judicial system.

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Covid-19 and Workplace Safety

In January 2020, the World Health Organisation (“WHO”) declared the outbreak of a new Coronavirus disease in Hubei Province, China to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and on 11 March 2020, a pandemic.

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