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It's 7am on Thursday 3 August 2000 at the offices of PPC ("Pretoria Portland Cement Company Limited").

Reporting on corporate responsibility (CR) is now a standard business practice worldwide, undertaken by almost three quarters (71 percent) of companies, according to the 8th KPMG Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting published in December 2013.

Startup funding in Africa increased steadily from 2016 until the pinnacle in 2022. After that, deal volume and deal size decreased significantly.

In today's digital age, business email compromise ("BEC") has become a threat to businesses and individuals. BEC is defined as "a criminal act where criminals illegally access...

The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation entered into force on 1 July 2010 with the following members: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

On 4 December 2025, COMESA marked a significant milestone in the evolution of competition regulation across the Common Market with the approval of its revised Competition Regulations and Rules.

COMESA has introduced a major overhaul of its competition framework. The new COMESA Competition and Consumer Protection Regulations of 2025 and companion Rules replace the 2004 regime...

The Financial Action Task Force (herein "FATF") is the global policy-developing body for anti-money laundering (AML); counter financing of terrorism (CFT); and counter financing...

The amendments to the of the Codes of Good Practice ("Codes") issued under the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act ("the Act") in 2015, have caused differences in its interpretation between regulators and...

A restraint of trade is an agreement usually between an employer and an employee, and in certain instances, may be contained in shareholder agreements and be binding on shareholders.

This article is the first of a 3‑part series which will consider the broad trends that are taking place in South Africa with regards to the environmental, social and governance indicator ("ESG").

The new Companies Act has expanded director duties and extended these to prescribed officers. This has implications for labour law, particularly as executive directors and designated officers are also company employees.

In contemporary leadership, one generation emerges as a force to be reckoned with. Millennials (aged 27 to 42 as of 2023), often portrayed as tech-savvy and unconventional...

A recent judgment in the High Court of South Africa (Cape Town) – Muller NO and Another v Cultigrain (Pty) Ltd – has clarified how payments made by a company under winding-up...

For the past four years, we have offered continuous professional development sessions for our clients and the broader financial services sector during the second quarter.

With the advent of electronic communication over the last few decades, e-mail has become the most common method of communication in business

Many changes are expected in South Africa's company law, with the public hearings on the proposed amendments to the Act scheduled to commence on 20 February.