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Business Tech is reporting that South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs plans to extend its e-visa programme to a number of countries in 2021 in a potential boost for the tourism industry.

South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs is calling upon qualifying asylum seekers and refugees to renew their expired visas and statuses online to remain in South Africa before the deadline on 30 June 2021.

“Domestic employees” are now covered under the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA) and will now be entitled for compensation from the Compensation Fund in the event they are injured or contract diseases while on duty. The new benefitsNote: The benefits set out below are recorded in summary only and awards are subjectRead more

“…the mere exercise of majority shareholding voting rights does not amount to oppression…” (extract from judgment below) What happens when a company’s directors and shareholders fall out and cannot reconcile their differences? “Relief from oppressive or prejudicial conduct”If you should find yourself in such an unfortunate situation, our Companies Act offers you several possible remedies. Professional adviceRead more

“This virus is unprecedented in our lifetime and requires an unprecedented response” (António Guterres, UN Secretary-General) Most of us will celebrate the day we are offered a COVID-19 vaccination, but here in South Africa as overseas it seems inevitable that a significant number of people will refuse to be vaccinated. The reasons given for thisRead more

“I am a marvellous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house” (seven-times-divorced actress Zsa Zsa Gabor) Historically 44% of South African marriages have ended in divorce, and there has reportedly been a 20% surge in new divorce applications since lockdown.For those unfortunate couples whose marriages do eventually fall apart, often theRead more

South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) is expected to announce the closures of several South African foreign diplomatic missions soon.

Thulas Nxesi, South Africa’s Employment and Labour minister, says that his department is currently working on the labour migration policy which will be tabled in cabinet soon.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that foreign students from China, Brazil, Iran and South Africa will be exempt from the remaining travel bans imposed during the coronavirus pandemic, which makes it more likely for them to be able to enrol as foreign students at US universities to start later this year.

South Africans who are in the process of emigrating may be prevented from leaving the country – or worse – if their tax clearance application is denied by the South African Revenue Service (SARS).