1 October 2010		Companies Act 2008 The new Companies Act 2008 and Regulations are currently expected to become effective in the last quarter of 2010. The Companies Act 2008 and Regulations make radical changes to what we have been u...
30 August 2010		Deregistration of Entities As of midnight on 16 July 2010 CIPRO finally deregistered thousands of companies and close corporations that had not paid their annual duty. These companies and close corporations will no longer be ab...
20 August 2010		The Corporate Laws Amendment Act 2006 The Corporate Laws Amendment Act 2006 has come into effect. What this means for all of us is not clear at this stage since the naming conventions of companies, i.e. “widely held”, &ld...
29 July 2010		Draft Companies Amendment Bill, 2010 The Department of Trade and Industry has published a draft Companies Amendment Bill which seeks to address the flaws inherent in the Companies Act 2008.  The Bill, which runs to 102 pages, seeks ...
12 July 2010		Certified Copies of IDs to be Lodged with CIPRO for all Applications and Transactions. Be aware that there are now a number of transactions and applications where CIPRO requires a certified true copy of the ID’s of either: •    all the members of a CC; or &...
1 March 2010		King Report The King Report on Corporate Governance in South Africa – King III became effective for all companies whose financial year ends commence after 28 February 2010. All companies are expected to app...
8 August 2008		Dont panic about CCs Please do not panic about Government's stated intention to do away with Close Corporations which has been aired on radio and in the Press recently.   While, if the new Companies Bill 2008 be...