By Nicola Nieuwoudt – Partner, Jeannique Booysen – Associate, and Celeste Frank, Candidate Attorney INTRODUCTION The COVID-19 crisis has not only shocked global healthcare and the world economy to the core but has led to the first National State of Disaster and lockdown in our democracy, with personal lives being affected in an unprecedented manner.

Written by Wade Jacobs – Candidate AttorneyContributors: Charlotte Clarke – Senior Associate and Wesley Pons – Associate INTRODUCTION COVID-19 has resulted in a national lockdown, having consequences on the performance of contractual obligations, where parties to reciprocal agreements are unable to meet their obligations to one another, resulting in a temporary impossibility of performance. In

By Lisa Schmidt- Associate and Marc Gevers – Candidate Attorney INTRODUCTION The Corona virus (“COVID-19” or “the virus”) outbreak has changed many facets of our lives. In terms of Regulation 11B to the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 (“the Regulations”), from midnight on Thursday 26 March 2020 until Midnight on 16 April 2020, a

Contributors: Lauren Squier, Associate Designate and Alisha Naik, Candidate Attorney Introduction Covid-19 has brought additional strain to the already struggling South African economy. One of the industries that has undoubtedly been hardest hit is the global Travel and Tourism industry (“the industry”). This article explores several insights around travel insurance in light of this.  Travel

Contributors: JARROD VAN DER HEEVER CANDIDATE ATTORNEY AND JUSTIN SLOANE PARTNER On the 17th of March 2020, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, MP Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, released the first set of regulations (“the regulations”) in terms of section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 (“the Act”) in response to

Contributors: Chantelle Gladwin-Wood, Partner and Maike Gohl, Partner INTRODUCTION The City of Tshwane (“Tshwane” or “COT”) 2020 General Valuation Roll (“2020 GV”) has been released for public inspection and comment. It will remain open for inspection and objection until 5 May 2020.   It is avialable for inspection electronically on COT’s website at http://www.tshwane.gov.za/PropertyValuations/NewSearch.aspx.  It is

The authors are: Lisa Schmidt and Ayanda David Katjitae Introduction  Load shedding is an inconvenience that all businesses and individuals across South Africa experience. Many members living within sectional title schemes (“schemes”) have increasingly chosen to circumvent this inconvenience by opting to install generators to continue the enjoyed use of electricity.  However, generators are costly

Contributors: Alisha Naik and Candidate Attorney INTRODUCTION The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an unparalleled level of economic uncertainty in South Africa. The spread of the pandemic has forced both employers and employees to adopt a proactive role in limiting the negative impact of the virus. It is essential that employers and employees are provided with

Contributors: Marius van Rensburg – Partner INTRODUCTION The purpose of this article is to explore the impact of COVID-19 and the resultant lockdown on contractual implications in South Africa.   There are two primary issues to be considered in this regard: Does the contract have a Force Majeure (FM) clause? If there is no FM