As if the corona pandemic is not hard enough on all South African businesses, we are constantly faced with changing regulations, strict rules on making our businesses COVID-19 safe and to reduce the spread of the virus as conditions change. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on the 24th of May 2020 that South Africa will move to Level 3 from the 1st of June 2020, opening most sectors for trade with strict health protocols and social distancing rules. Employers will be required to develop a...

On 24 May, President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation and announced that the Cabinet has decided to move the entire country from lockdown alert level 4 to level 3 on 01 June. This will be the biggest shift towards “some kind of normal” South Africans have seen since the hard lockdown was announced in March of this year. Ramaphosa did, however, acknowledge that some COVID-19 “hotspots”, being amongst other, Johannesburg, Tshwane, Cape Town, Ekurhuleni and Ethekwini, to name a few, would...

Employers should be aware that mental illness in the workplace can lead to decreased productivity, poor work quality, and even compromised workplace safety. Employers should take proactive steps to identify and manage mental illness in the workplace. As South Africa was placed in lockdown since 26 March 2020, to combat the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), it is no wonder that, after a few weeks, many people have been experiencing heightened feelings of uncertainty, unrest and loneliness...