Purpose – The South African Companies Act of 2008 (SACA2008) seeks to reaffirm the company as a means of promoting the economic welfare and development of South Africa by encouraging efficient, transparent value-additive corporate management. The purpose of this paper is to present the important ...
Fortunately, the new Companies Act No. 71 of 2008 ("the Act") that came into effect on 1 May 2011, has a significant impact on directors' liability in corporate South Africa. The provisions of the Act set the bar for competent directors at much higher levels than we have seen ...
This article briefly deals with the new social and ethics committee (SEC) applicable to certain companies in terms of the South African Companies Act (CA), 2008. This is especially important in the context of Syllabus Area F (1): Management, administrati
摘要: [1] This application is in terms of section 160 of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (the "Act"). The Applicant requests an order directing the Respondent to change its name because it does not comply with section 11 of the Companies Act....
Under the Companies Act, employees are entitled to elect representatives to the board of directors. This is common in most large listed entities, where employees form about one-third of board seats. In terms of diversity, despite the female labor pa...
However, section 20(9) of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 grants the court the discretion to disregard the corporate veil where there is an unconscionable abuse of the juristic personality so as to impose personal liability upon directors or any other person involved in that transaction. However, ...
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A spotlight on the tuberculosis epidemic in South Africa Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, with over 25% of these occurring in the African region. Multi-drug resistant strains which do not respond to first-line antibiotics continue to emerge, putting at...
We had selected South Africa (SA) as part of this research as the main authors originate from this country, hopefully this research and suggestions can be used for the benefit of the country in the near future. SA is a developing country, and is located on the southern tip of Africa. It...
and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority. Standard Chartered Bank (trading as Standard Chartered Private Bank) is an authorised financial services provider (license number 45747) in terms of the South African Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, ...