Temporary financial relief scheme around the civil unrest

Another draft Employment Equity economic sector targets: Have comments been considered?

Taking a bite out of food waste: A brief overview of the Draft Strategy For Reducing Food Losses And Waste

The Draft Strategy for Reducing Food Losses and Waste (Draft FLW Strategy) was published for comment on 19 September 2023, setting out the proposed plans and goals to address and reduce food losses and waste within the food supply chain (FSC). With an estimated annual loss/waste of 12,6 million tonnes of food in South Africa, the Draft FLW Strategy forms a critical part of the National Waste Management Strategy’s Waste Minimisation Pillar.

It never ends: Proposals to clarify the interaction between section 7C and transfer pricing rules in the context of low or interest-free loans

Tax advisors, like others in the legal profession, can sometimes be guilty of using jargon and “ legalese ”. However, considering the amount of times that section 7C of the ITA has been amended since its introduction in 2017, saying “ 7C is a problem ” might become a common phrase at a Saturday evening braai. In the Budget, National Treasury is at it again, this time proposing to clarify the interaction between sections 7C and 31 of the ITA.

Electronic Travel Authorisation: Visa in disguise?

During Kenya’s 60 th independence anniversary celebrations on 12 December 2023, the president directed that Kenya will be a visa-free country, effective from January 2024. This development in the immigration sector is now implemented through the electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA) system that was unveiled on 5 January 2024. Notably, the eTA system departs from the public understanding of a visa-free experience as travellers (including infants and children) are required to obtain the document before embarkment. Travellers who expected a seamless entry into the country have aired their disappointment with the unexpected costs and additional documentation for persons from initially visa-exempt countries

Missed opportunities: The implications of squandering a disciplinary hearing

In employer-employee workplace tales, a person decrying unfair termination is a common scenario. But what about the instances where the employee had a chance to tell their side of the story in a disciplinary hearing, but they let it slip away? This is the story in the case of Okun v Kenyatta University (Cause 363 of 2019) where the employee sought a declaration from the court that his employment was terminated unfairly. The twist is that the employer had extended two invitations to the employee to appear before a disciplinary committee, which were postponed at the request of the employee. Thereafter, it sent a third invitation which the employee refused to honour entirely. What is the implication of squandering the termination process in thisway? 

Njeri Wagacha talks to Mary Wamae - Videocast

Njeri Wagacha talks to Mary Wamae, Group Executive Director at Equity Group Holdings PLC