Category: COVID-19

Professional services firm PwC has published its latest economic outlook for South Africa, which includes forecast scenarios for the country’s lockdown levels and their likely impact on the economy. The group’s economic scenarios for 2021 are strongly influenced by different perspectives about the third wave of Covid-19 infections. On 27 June, president Cyril Ramaphosa announced…

Summary of the speech made by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday 25 July 2021SA moves to LOCKDOWN LEVEL 3, with immediate effect. Curfew: 22:00 to 04:00 Social relief grant will be reinstated from August 2021 untill March 2022 – “the R350 is back”- watch out for the registration information. Gatherings: limited to 50 indoors and…

SA remains on LOCKDOWN LEVEL 4 for another 14 days with most of the same rules in place. Lockdown date: 12 July to 25 July, after which the President will speak again. Curfew: 21:00pm to 04:00am Travel: No additional restrictions were mentioned Alcohol: No alcohol sales. All Prohibited. Schools remain closed until 26 July. Restaurants…

In the US, the first two available Covid-19 vaccines were the ones from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna. Both vaccines have very high “efficacy rates,” of around 95%. But the third vaccine introduced in the US, from Johnson & Johnson, has a considerably lower efficacy rate: just 66%. Look at those numbers next to each other, and…

Trade union federation Cosatu says an agreement has been reached to extend the Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) payments to workers and companies affected by the adjusted level 4 lockdown. This includes the liquor industry, tourism, and hospitality sectors. Business, labour, and the government agreed in principle to bring back Ters payments at the…

The National Vaccine rollout is now well under way. While most Healthcare Professionals have been vaccinated, not all Health Care Workers (HCWs) have been vaccinated. The attached Circular sets out the process for registering and verifying a broad spectrum of HCWs. Please note, employers are obliged to supply consolidated lists of frontline HCWs who do…

The circular below outlines what people who are eligible for vaccination should do if they have been infected with COVID-19, and how long after infection they should wait to be vaccinated.

The Minister of Employment and Labour has published, in the Government Gazette, a new consolidated COVID-19 Direction on Occupational Health and Safety in the Workplace (Revised OHS Direction). The Revised OHS Direction replaces the Direction that was published on 1 October 2020.  Click here to access a copy of the Revised OHS Direction which came…

This is the Gauteng Provincial Government Weekly Media Update released on 20th May 2021.

The impact As of 6 May, the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases identified in South Africa is 1 590 370. The total number of deaths stands at 54 620 and the total number of vaccines administered is 366 101. REGISTER FORYOUR VACCINATIONhttps://vaccine.enroll.health.gov.za REGISTRATION AND YOUR MEDICAL AID Medical aids MUST communicate to their membership that they have to…