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Coronavirus (covid-19)

Following the gazetting of Statutory Instrument 77 of 2020, Public Health (COVID-19), Prevention, Containment and treatment) Regulations and Statutory Instrument 76 of 2020 declaring COVID-19 a state of disaster, the President of Zimbabwe on the 27th of March 2020 declared a 21 day national lockdown. This was subsequently followed by Statutory Instrument 83 of 2020, Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment)(National Lockdown) Order,2020 and Statutory Instrument 85 of 2020 Exchange Control Regulations,2020 (No.2). The various regulatory provisions that have been issued( and to be issued ) prohibit or limit commercial and manufacturing activities.

As our clients experience business disruptions in this rapidly changing environment, Muvingi and Mugadza continues to discuss the legal considerations arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic. Find below some insights covering issues such as; The Effect of the Covid-19 on Contractual obligations; Labour and Employment law; Covid-19 and the additional pressures of Administering Pensions funds:Covid-19 and Intellectual Property and The Financial and Monetary Policy Instruments during the Covid-19.