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Fanie Botes

Consultant, Commercial Department

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George

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044 874 1140

086 615 9449

083 284 3493

From pen to platform: can you sign digitally?

14 January 2026

Are digital signatures legally valid? Find out when electronic signing works, and when “pen to paper” is still required.

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King V: A new era for Corporate Governance

01 October 2025

The latest draft of the King Code brings clarity, ethics, and even AI into the heart of governance.

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To be or not to be: The director’s dilemma

05 August 2025

Find out what it really means to be a director, and what happens when things go wrong.

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Storm warning for accountable institutions without an updated RMCP

06 May 2025

The storm has passed—but the damage may be just beginning. With the deadline for submitting updated RMCPs now behind us,... accountable institutions that failed to comply could be in the FIC’s crosshairs.

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Deregistration looms for non-compliant companies

24 July 2024

The recent ruling of Goosen v Minister of Trade and Industry and Others (EL 639/2024) [2024] ZAECELLC 28 highlights the... critical duty companies have to file annual returns with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) and the significance of the procedures companies must follow to reinstate a deregistered company.

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The latest developments in respect of the new Anti-money Laundering Legislation

04 October 2023

In this article, we provide an important update to trustees and company directors on the latest developments in respect of... the newly introduced beneficial ownership reporting for trusts and companies as introduced by the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Act 22 of 2022 (“Amendment Act”) whi

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Trusts: Majority rules, or unanimity triumphs?

27 July 2023

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New registration requirements for non-profit organisations

13 June 2023

How does the recently passed General Laws (Anti-money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Act 22 of 2022 (“Amendment Act”)... affect the proposed Nonprofit Organisation Amendment Bill of 2021 (“NPO Bill”) and what does it mean for non-profit organisations (“NPOs”)?

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From pen to platform: can you sign digitally?

14 January 2026

Are digital signatures legally valid? Find out when electronic signing works, and when “pen to paper” is still required.

172

Article

King V: A new era for Corporate Governance

01 October 2025

The latest draft of the King Code brings clarity, ethics, and even AI into the heart of governance.

1045

Article

To be or not to be: The director’s dilemma

05 August 2025

Find out what it really means to be a director, and what happens when things go wrong.

862

Article

Storm warning for accountable institutions without an updated RMCP

06 May 2025

562

Article

Deregistration looms for non-compliant companies

24 July 2024

1169

Article

The latest developments in respect of the new Anti-money Laundering Legislation

28 August 2023

1010

Article

Trusts: Majority rules, or unanimity triumphs?

27 July 2023

Everyone is familiar with the term ‘majority rules’ and generally when applied it means that the decision of the majority... sticks and is valid. The question that arose in the recent case of Shepstone & Wylie Attorneys v Abraham Johannes de Witt N.O. and Others [2023] ZASCA 74 was whether the majority decision by the trustees of a trust needed a resolution signed by all the trustees to be valid. In this article we take a look at the decision and what it potentially means for the law of trusts in South Africa.

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