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Online Corporate Training and Employee Skills Development Programs Available

Impact on Employee training during COVID-19 During these difficult times, The IIEโ€™s Varsity College is committed to assisting our clients proactively as we navigate through these complexities together. We remain committed to meeting your training requirements for 2020โ€“ your circumstances will be taken into consideration every step of the way. Work Skills Plan and Annualโ€ฆ
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Directions Regarding the Sale of Cars and Emergency Automobile Repairs During Alert Level 4

DIRECTIONS REGARDING THE SALE OF CARS AND EMERGENCY AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS DURING ALERT LEVEL 4 OF THE COVID-19 NATIONAL STATE OF DISASTER Permitted trading activitiesThe following trading activities with regard to cars are permitted during Alert Level 4: Trade in new and used cars; wholesale trade of new and used cars by OEMs and importers; exportโ€ฆ
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Directions Regarding The Sale Of Clothing, Footwear and Bedding During Alert Level 4

DIRECTIONS REGARDING THE SALE OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND BEDDING DURING ALERT LEVEL 4 OF THE COVID-19 NATIONAL STATE OF DISASTER The purpose of these Directions is to provide direction on the type of clothing, footwear and bedding which may be sold by retailers during Alert Level 4 in terms of Part E of Table 1โ€ฆ
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Directions to Assist Micro and Small Businesses to Comply With the Regulations.

MEASURES TO PREVENT AND COMBAT THE SPREAD OF COVID19 These Directions are issued in order to assist micro and small businesses trading inpermitted services, to comply with the Regulations. The permitted businesses covered in these Directions are the following-(a) small scale bakeries and confectioneries;(b) small scale hardware stores;(c) informal restaurants and shisanyamas for home deliveriesโ€ฆ
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Covid-19 Support for Municipalities

MEDIA STATEMENTCLARITY ON FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF R5 BILLION ALREADY MADE AVAILABLE TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR COVID-19 RESPONSE National government has made available more than R5 billion in support to municipalities to assist them in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in the 2019/20 municipal financial year. This support is assisting municipalities to provide additional access to basicโ€ฆ
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Business For South Africa Update โ€“ 12th May 2020

BUSINESS FOR SOUTH AFRICA PARTNERS WITH EM GUIDANCE TO DRIVE DIGITAL COVID-19 RESOURCE PLATFORM FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS Business for South Africaโ€™s (B4SA) Health Workgroup has partnered with Essential Medical Guidance (EMGuidance), the countryโ€™s largest free digital health care platform and community, which has launched a dedicated COVID-19 Support Channel for South African health careโ€ฆ
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Loan Guarantee Scheme Opens

The Covid-19 loan guarantee scheme announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in April will operate from today, 12 May 2020. The initial set of participating banks (Absa, First National Bank, Investec, Mercantile Bank, Nedbank and Standard Bank) are ready to accept loan applications from distressed businesses which bank with them. The activation of the loan guaranteeโ€ฆ
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Reporting of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases

Transnet National Ports Authority would like to remind port users of the requirement to disclosesuspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases to the Authority and the National Institute forCommunicable Diseases (NICD), for the purposes of addressing, preventing or combatting thespread of COVID-19 in the port system. This is in accordance with the published level 4 regulationsby Governmentโ€ฆ.
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Schindlers Webinar Event Reminder For This Week: 12 May 2020 โ€“ 15 May 2020

 Schindlers Webinar Event Reminder For This Week: 12 May 2020 โ€“ 15 May 2020                       The coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic has brought additional strain to an already struggling South African economy. IQbusiness, Schindlers Attorneys, Engaged Business Turnaround, Sirdar Group and Envision have formed a consortiumโ€ฆ
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Open letter to the president His Excellency, Cyril Ramaphosa

May 12 2020 Dear Sir, The Small Business Institute beseeches our government to revise regulations pertaining to business issued during our State of Disaster immediately. The harm they are causing the economy cannot be justified; there is no discernible link between many of them and the stated aim of protecting people from transmitting the Covid-19โ€ฆ
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Need Help Dealing With Red Tape?

One Licensing Compliance Your Licensing and Compliance Specialist โ€“ for Peace of Mind, Excellent service, Personal Customer service and relationship plus reasonable rates I am Gert Deysel a FEDHASA and RASA member, and have been in business since 2011. I can assist, advise, consult and facilitate your applications for Business /Trading Licences Certificate of Acceptabilityโ€ฆ
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Assault Not Always Reason To Fire

BYย  ย Ivan Israelstam, Chief Executive of Labour Law Management Consulting. He may be contacted on (011) 888-7944 or 0828522973 or on e-mail address: [email protected]. Go to: www.labourlawadvice.co.za. Even serious assault might not merit dismissal if the employer is unable to show that the misconduct rendered the employment relationship intolerable. The Code of Good Practice: Dismissalโ€ฆ
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