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When Sandton tech-entrepreneur Michael Ndlovu (not client's real name) filed for divorce after 18 years of marriage, he assumed the fight would centre on the Camps Bay beach house...

According to the Institute of Directors of Southern Africa ("IODSA"), the King lV Report on Corporate Governance ("King IV") recognises Companies as integral parts of the broader society.

There is a growing trend in South Africa towards businesses adopting malus and clawback policies in relation to their variable pay structures and employee incentive schemes.

The Insurance Act, 2017 (the "Act") has recently been enacted to reform the law governing insurance in Uganda.

The King IV Report on Corporate Governance" in South Africa1 was published in 2016 and is the current South African applicable corporate governance code.

Generative AI tools are creating unprecedented compliance challenges for organisations, from embellished employee grievances to hallucinated content in regulatory filings and sophisticated AI-enabled fraud schemes. As these risks manifest across sectors, companies must urgently assess whether their investigation frameworks and governance protocols can effectively detect and respond to AI-generated content at scale.

The Broad-Based Black Economic Act and its Codes, gazetted in 2007, are said to have achieved a measure of success.

The laws of prescription in South Africa are governed by the Prescription Act of 1969 ("the Prescription Act"), which delineates various time limits within...

As artificial intelligence moves from experimentation to everyday business practice across South African organisations, a critical gap is emerging between AI policy development and actual governance implementation. While many companies have established AI guidelines, few have mechanisms to ensure these policies are followed or that AI delivers intended outcomes, creating an urgent need for independent assurance through internal audit functions.

A company comes into existence as a legal entity with effect from the date recorded in what the old Companies Act of 1973 called the certificate of incorporation and what the new Companies Act of 2008 calls the company’s registration certificate.

While organisations invest heavily in data governance frameworks to manage information security and compliance, a critical gap is emerging: the assumption that governing data automatically means governing the AI systems that use it. This article examines why data governance and AI governance are distinct disciplines, exploring the unique risks that arise when AI operates faster than the governance structures designed to control it...

It is generally conceded that inappropriate incentives and remuneration structures led to unwelcome behavior in the banking industry.

There is an interdependency between companies and South African society, which mirrors the African concept of Botho, otherwise known as Ubuntu, which translates to "I am because you are; you are because we are."

South Africa's Companies Amendment Act introduces sweeping changes to corporate governance, mandating individualised director remuneration disclosure and implementing a binding "say-on-pay" framework for public and state-owned companies.

Over the past 30 years corporate governance in South Africa has undergone meaningful transformation, largely guided by the influence of the King Codes.

The Regulation of Trusts Bill, 2026 seeks to repeal South Africa's Trust Property Control Act, 1988, introducing sweeping changes to trust law including expanded beneficial ownership disclosure requirements, enhanced trustee duties, and new criminal penalties. Will these modernization efforts align South Africa with international transparency standards, or will the onerous compliance obligations discourage competent professionals from serving as trustees?

Shareholders' meetings are one of the crucial platforms for decision-making within a company.