Georg Kahle

Chief Inspector of Mining ordered to publish health and safety guidelines to manage and mitigate against COVID-19 under Alert Level 4

By Danielle Ebrahim-Naseem, Murray Alexander and Georg Kahle on May 8, 2020 Posted in General

The Labour Court’s looming deadline of 18 May 2020, compels government to issue detailed guidelines on health and safety and requires that all employers prepare and implement a Code of Practice to mitigate the effect of COVID-19 on mine employees returning to work. Under Alert level 4, various mining operations are allowed to operate at … Continue reading

Force majeure and contractual obligations (COVID-19)

By Georg Kahle and Yasmine Wilson on March 23, 2020 Posted in General

COVID-19 and force majeure Will the corona virus (COVID-19) constitute a force majeure event under South African law? The answer to that is it depends. The virus has been declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation and is causing economic chaos on an international scale never seen before, due to the closure of … Continue reading