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Author Albert Mushai

Albert Mushai

Legally Speaking is a regular column by Albert Mushai from the school of Economics and Business Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand. Mushai holds a master’s degree from the City University, London, and was the head of the insurance department at the National University of Science and Technology in Zimbabwe before joining the University of the Witwatersrand as a lecturer in insurance. 

Eskom’s failure in the grand scheme of things

Albert Mushai
22nd Mar 2023
Legally Speaking
That Eskom has failed should be clear to all, including those who do not even care to look. South Africa is now permanently facing multiple sessions of daily loadshedding. Clearly, under these circumstances, ... Read More...

Vexing questions

Albert Mushai
30th Nov 2022
Legally Speaking
Over the past year or so, like most people, we have been preoccupied with the Covid-19 pandemic. Unsurprisingly, most of our contributions over this period focused on this subject, and rightly so. The pandemi... Read More...

Mandatory vaccinations – a turning tide?

Albert Mushai
21st Sep 2022
Legally Speaking
It is not surprising that the Covid crisis is abating, but will the call for mandatory vaccinations follow? In South Africa, the enforcement mechanism for mandatory vaccinations did not come directly from an ... Read More...

Covid-19 still vexing occupational health

Albert Mushai
27th Jul 2022
Legally Speaking
When Covid-19 was first detected in March 2020, it was feared that the pandemic would be another 1918 Spanish Flu or worse. In 1918, however, South Africa lost 3,5% of its population over a six-week period du... Read More...

Covid: a legal game changer?

Albert Mushai
4th May 2022
Legally Speaking
We seem to now be part of a new dispensation – one not governed by the common law, nor by Parliamentary laws. This is a strange new world; indeed, this is a game changer. The truth of the matter is that societ... Read More...

Mandatory Covid mandates: US Supreme Court speaks

Albert Mushai
9th Mar 2022
Legally Speaking
The question of employers imposing mandatory Covid-19 mandates is very topical right now. Typically, employers take the stance that because they are necessary for occupational health and safety reasons, it is t... Read More...

Statutory risk control and Covid-19

Albert Mushai
28th Jan 2022
Legally Speaking
The first step of any statutory risk control programme is to identify the relevant regulations. Sadly, this is where the problem starts. Since regulations are laws, it should be easy to find a way to ensure com... Read More...

Risk control and compliance

Albert Mushai
1st Dec 2021
Legally Speaking
What are the complications of applying risk control principles to the problems stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic? Dr Albert Mushai and Professor Robert Vivian address the issues. Historically, the earliest... Read More...

Counting the cost

Albert Mushai
22nd Sep 2021
Legally Speaking
Events during July, where rampaging mobs of people in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng looted and burnt shops, warehouses and factories, left many perplexed, worried and traumatised. Sadly, more than 270 lives were al... Read More...

Covid vaccinations: Could a compensation fund work?

Albert Mushai
28th Jul 2021
Legally Speaking
In this issue, Professor Robert Vivian and Dr Albert Mushai explore the concept of a no-fault fund and the proposed Covid no-fault compensation fund. The South African government announced it would establish... Read More...
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