March 2020 – Information Resources

COVID-19: Tax Measures in Response to Covid-19 Pandemic

If you have not already seen our President’s address to the nation last night, it is well worth a watch: https://www.enca.com/news/livestream-president-ramaphosa-addresses-nation I was impressed to hear that the “track and trace” process will continue and that there will be expanded testing. All of this at a time when our Statistics remain in the “lower leagues”Continue reading “COVID-19: Tax Measures in Response to Covid-19 Pandemic”

COVID-19: Debt Relief Scheme and Business Growth / Resilience Facility Guidelines

We hope you are all doing well, getting used to this new normal. For some of us, we have already been in isolation for a while and a weekend spent at home entirely with family is becoming familiar. For others, it is new. There are some positives – notice how quiet the crime groups areContinue reading “COVID-19: Debt Relief Scheme and Business Growth / Resilience Facility Guidelines”

COVID-19: A Brief Update on Essential Services

Please find below an update from Warrick de Wet on the current status of the registration requirements with regard to essential goods and services. This provides much needed answers to what was an extremely stressful situation yesterday, particularly with regard to certain issues that remain unresolved. Warrick has also given extremely useful legal guidance onContinue reading “COVID-19: A Brief Update on Essential Services”

COVID-19: Lock-Down Regulations and Essential Services

By: Warrick de Wet (Attorney) On 25 March 2020, additional Disaster Management Regulations in terms of the Disaster Management Act 2002, dealing with the national lockdown from midnight on 26 March to midnight on 16 April 2020, were issued. In terms of the lockdown Regulations every person shall remain at his place of residence for the periodContinue reading “COVID-19: Lock-Down Regulations and Essential Services”

COVID-19: A Curveball on the Eve of Lockdown (ESSENTIAL SERVICES)

I had thought it would be a few days before another update was necessary, and it actually feels like about a week. But in reality it was only yesterday. This shows the pace and which things are moving and, for those of us whose businesses remain open, the sheer magnitude of the challenges we areContinue reading “COVID-19: A Curveball on the Eve of Lockdown (ESSENTIAL SERVICES)”

An Update from Strategic Business Support

It is hard to believe that just on Monday I wrote to you to inform of the physical closure of our office, but the fact that our team would be working remotely with the objective of providing you continued service during these unprecedented times. I spoke of how the week before had been extraordinary and,Continue reading “An Update from Strategic Business Support”

Business as Unusual

Dear clients, colleagues and service providers This last week has been extraordinary to say the least! As this COVID-19 crisis develops, there may well be a profound call to care for the needy and the sick, and that may cost us our very lives. But in the meanwhile there is something profoundly important that weContinue reading “Business as Unusual”