BUSINESS FOR SOUTH AFRICA CALLS ON BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO ADOPT CONTACT TRACING Business for South Africa (B4SA), in referring to President Ramaphosa’s announcement of the enhanced level 3 regulations last month, and which further eased restrictions on economic activities, wishes to remind members that the threat remains for infections to increase exponentially. Our goal remains to accelerate the opening of the…
The B4SA ACCELERATED ECONOMIC RECOVERY STRATEGY is being put forward as the basis for an intensive process of engagement, which we hope will lead to increased trust between societal stakeholders, and to a new form of partnership between government and business in pursuit of shared challenges. To access the full B4SA Accelerated Economic Recovery Strategy please go…
A new inclusive economic future for South Africa: Delivering an accelerated economic recovery strategy South Africa will only be able to materially improve the lives of all South Africans and deliver on the promise of 1994 if we are able to kick-start, and sustain, high levels of inclusive economic growth. South Africa entered a technical…
Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on progress in the national effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Buildings, Tshwane My Fellow South Africans, This evening, as I stand here before you, our nation is confronted by the gravest crisis in the history of our democracy. For more than 120 days, we have succeeded in delaying…
FREE ANTI COVID-19 ‘BEHAVIOUR CHANGE’ CAMPAIGN TOOLKITS FOR BUSINESS USE The Solidarity Fund launched its Citizens in Solidarity campaign to help drive positive and healthy behaviour as a key tool in South Africa’s fight against the spread of the Coronavirus as the country braces for its peak. If you’re a brand or business that’s looking to collaborate, follow this…
By: Laura Pisanello & Sarah Koning: Fourways Review Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered an unprecedented interim budget on 24 June to outline how the budget will need to be readjusted to account for the significant measures that President Cyril Ramaphosa put in place to combat the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the dire socio-economic effects…
Slides 23-26 deals with Covid 19 beds available and number of patients in hospital and how many have recovered. Gauteng Provincial Command Council Media Briefing: Approach to resource planning for the COVID-19 surge Dr Mary Kawonga 2 July 2020
29 June 2020 BUSINESS FOR SA GUIDANCE NOTE: ALERT LEVEL 3 REGULATIONS This note serves to outline the present regulatory framework pertaining to AL3 and to highlight the likely areas of interest or concern for B4SA members. Since adopting a risk-adjusted strategy to COVID-19, the South African government has gradually lifted restrictions on economic activity…
Compiled by Business for South Africa Community and relevant Informal Market Sector Bodies & Organisations. Please note attached one-page sector guidelines are now available for download on the Return to Work website at https://www.return2work.co.za/informal-sectors/. We have also attached PDF copies of the guidelines below as well as abbreviated versions of the guides that were designed for…
Statement by Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane – COVID-19 alert level 3 risk adjusted strategy tourism sector response measures and direction Originally published on gov.za: Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane on Coronavirus COVID-19 alert level 3 tourism sector directions In line with President’s announcement last week, we are continuing with the effort to reactivate the Tourism sector so that…
Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has published an amendment to the National State of Disaster regulations which detail the advanced level 3 lockdown rules announced by Cyril Ramaphosa on 17 June.
24th June 2020 CONCERNS ABOUT JUNE TERS APPLICATIONS We advised employers earlier today that the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) is now open for applications for June. However, a number of employer applicants have detected serious security breaches in the system, with some data being accessible by other applicants. B4SA has asked…
24 June 2020 JUNE TERS APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN This is to advise employers that the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) is now open for applications for June, the final month of the scheme. It appears that the June applications follow the same procedures and have the same requirements as the May applications, including…
23rd June 2020 UIF WEBCAST: RESPONSES TO WRITTEN QUERIES AT 17 June 2020; INVITATION TO A WEBINAR ON uFILING Business for South Africa (B4SA) conducted a webcast on 17 June 2020 to assist employers struggling with their UIF Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) benefit applications. There wasn’t time to answer all questions. The individuals who…