Posts tagged as COVID-19

Legal questions brought by COVID-19

x Bookmark As South Africa moves to Level 3 of the COVID-19 Risk Adjusted Strategy, the country and indeed the legal profession has had to grapple with the new regulations […]

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Letters to the editor – June 2020

x Bookmark PO Box 36626, Menlo Park 0102 Docex 82, Pretoria E-mail: derebus@derebus.org.za Fax: (012) 362 0969 Letters are not published under noms de plume. However, letters from practising attorneys who make […]

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Practical tips for legal practitioners working from home

x Bookmark In his address to the nation on 23 March, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that South Africa (SA) would be placed under lockdown in an attempt to stop the […]

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How will COVID-19 impact the buying and/or selling of property?

x Bookmark Following the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 23 March of a 21-day nationwide lockdown and then the announcement of the extension of that lockdown due to the […]

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Government’s response to COVID-19: Has the Bill of Rights been given effect to?

x Bookmark Under the heading ‘The virus does not discriminate; but its impacts do’, the United Nations policy brief on ‘COVID-19 and Human Rights’ states: ‘Responses need to be inclusive, […]

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Should sex workers be classified as essential workers?

x Bookmark COVID-19, an infectious disease broke out in the Hubei province of China spreading across the globe. The spread of this ongoing pandemic has been rapid and consequently many […]

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The impact of COVID-19 on the property sector – how does it influence property values and possible litigation?

x Bookmark The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the international population and economic markets. South Africa (SA) has not yet been ruled out and it is expected […]

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Three principal ways COVID-19 will affect South African jurisprudence in bail proceedings

x Bookmark The current COVID-19 pandemic is having profound implications on the criminal justice system. Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng issued directives in terms of s 8(3)(b) of the Superior Courts […]

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Faith in the time of lockdown: A Constitutional right to freedom of religion

x Bookmark In terms of s 15(1) of the Constitution ‘[e]veryone has the right to freedom of conscience, religion, thought, belief and opinion’ and in s 31(1) it provides that […]

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Deputy Minister says the executive, the judiciary and the DOJ should work together to help flatten the curve of COVID-19

x Bookmark By Kgomotso Ramotsho Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, John Jeffery, told legal practitioners to direct any concerns about court services to him. Mr Jeffery was a […]

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