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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 8 of Level 2 Adjusted, 7 June 2021

 

Monday 7 June 2021, Day 8 of Adjusted Level 2 đŸ˜·

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a perfect 7 hour continuous sleep, it being quiet in the next door apartment overnight and the renters checking out this morning 🙏; for a speed working morning, so that I could attend a meeting in Sea Point, meeting the owner of the hotel, so that I could get to know him better; for a quick shop at Kleinsky’s; for discovering a massive film shoot for Fear Factor India at Maiden’s Cove, having to stop and photograph the action, even though we were told not to đŸ˜±; for a working Continue reading →

POPI Act affects every business, including restaurants, every website owner: deadline 30 June!

 

A new word on everyone’s lips is POPIA, short for the Protection of Public Information Act.  Its original deadline was a year ago, and has been extended to 30 June 2021.

Working with restaurant clients, which collect public information when recording Covid-compliant diner temperatures, names, email addresses, and cell phone numbers, it became clear to me that restaurants need to comply with the Act by 1 July, failing which they can face a Fine of up to R10 million. Continue reading →