You will undoubtedly have followed developments over the past few days related to the South African COVID-19 vaccine acquisition and rollout programme. Colleagues will be aware that we established the B4SA vaccine platform to provide up-to-date information on bilateral and multilateral engagements with government, hopefully enabling businesses to respond to the latest news. The coronavirus…
14 April 2021Johannesburg The Small Business Institute (SBI) released four additional papers this morning in the series of six aimed at the promotion and development of small business in South Africa, during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond (two were released earlier and are available here). The papers are a culmination of evidence, data from the ground…
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has published a new gazette that provides further details around South Africa’s level 1 lockdown over the Easter period. Movement of persons Every person is confined to his or her place of residence from 00h00 until 04h00 daily unless they have been granted permission as an…
Key points: Curfew remains from midnight to 4am Alert level 1 remains Beache, parks and dams will remain open Funerals limitations remain Interprovincial travel allowed Alcohol restrictions, offsite sales and consumption os prohibited this Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday Licensed shebeens and bars are allowed to open till 11pm Religious gatherings expanded: 250 people indoors…
We have included only the adjusted items (of the business section) in the Regulations, as mentioned by the President in his speech last night, for ease of reference. The following is an extraction from the gazetted adjusted Alert Level 1 regulations (Gazette 44201 of 28 February 2021) . Disaster Management Act: Regulations: Alert level 1 during Coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown…
STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA ON PROGRESSIN THE NATIONAL EFFORT TO CONTAIN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC UNION BUILDINGS, TSHWANE 1 FEBRUARY 2021 Fellow South Africans, I address you this evening as we begin a new chapter in our struggle against thecoronavirus. Earlier today the Deputy President David Mabuza, Minister of Health Dr Zwelini Mkhize,Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni…
UNION BUILDINGS, TSHWANE11 JANUARY 2021 Fellow South Africans, We are now 11 days into a new year. Once again, I wish you all the very best for 2021. We enter this year with a great deal of hope – hope that we will restore our nation to health, that the new year will bring our people relief and…
A message circulating on social media has caused an uproar among South Africans, who say another hard lockdown would make life even more difficult for them. South Africans have called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to avoid another hard lockdown, amid rising cases of Covid-19. As of Sunday, the cumulative number of detected Covid-19 cases was…
HOW TO FIGHT MILD COVID ILLNESS AT HOME Dr Lauren Wise #VoicesThatCare The following interventions will depend on how… Posted by Gauteng General Practitioners Collaboration on Sunday, January 3, 2021 Visit the GGPC Facebook page
Minister Zweli Mkhize Public Briefing StatementSouth Africa’s COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy 3 January 2021
3 Dec 2020 My fellow South Africans, I wish to speak to you this evening about the current state of the coronavirus pandemic in South Africa. Before doing so, I wish to express my appreciation to all South Africans who observed the five days of mourning from the 25th to the 29th of November for…
11 Nov 2020 My fellow South Africans, We have not had our national family meeting for some time. It has been many months now since the outbreak of the coronavirus in South Africa. The pandemic has caused great hardship for all our people. After such a long time of uncertainty and worry, we all wish…
The City of Johannesburg disaster relief rebate application process is still open until the end of November 2020. All business and Multipurpose residential property owners are encouraged to apply before the closing date. All the qualification requirements are stated in the application forms. The completed application forms together with supporting documents can be emailed to [email protected] or [email protected].
October 6 2020 The Small Business Institute (SBI) released today a review of the unprecedented flood of papers, surveys and scenarios – over 160 – concerned with South African small, micro and medium-sized businesses (SMMEs), formal and informal, written since the arrival of Covid-19 and the country’s lockdown response. Exxaro is funding the SBI follow-up…
Gauteng Provincial Command Council: Weekly Media Update on COVID-1925th September 2020
9th September 2020 B4SA SUPPORTS UIF TERS EXTENSION Business for South Africa (B4SA) is pleased to note the announcement by Employment and Labour Minister Thembelani Nxesi of the further extension of the Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) operated by the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF). It appears that this extension will last until the state of…
The outbreak of COVID-19 has changed the way people live, work and interact with one another on a global scale. It required swift action, adaptability and resilience from every business and individual affected by its impact. This special COVID-19 edition of the MySappi newsletter reports on SAPPI’s response to the pandemic.
There is huge potential for digitization and innovation to add value to society and to contribute to public health, the environment and biodiversity. A successful digital transformation will involve empowering people to work in new ways, including reskilling and upskilling. Cross-sector collaboration will play a pivotal role in allowing us to ‘build-back better’ from the…
Auditor-general (AG), Kimi Makwetu, today reported that the relief package redirected by government as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, “landed in a weak control environment”. After the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in South Africa, the government announced a R500 billion package for the health response and the relief of social and economic distress…
B4SA NOTES ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESUMPTION OF UIF TERS PAYMENTS Business for South Africa (B4SA) notes the announcement by the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) that Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) benefits are to resume following a halting of payments due to investigations into system integrity problems. “The move is greeted with relief, though it is still…
Up to 30,000 eligible small businesses in more than 30 countries (including South Africa) will be able to receive a grant from Facebook. To be eligible to apply, your business must: Have between 2 and 50 employees Have been in business for over a year Have experienced challenges due to COVID-19 Be in or near…