In 2021, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released its Mutual Evaluation Report of South Africa, which summarised the effectiveness of South Africa’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing measures.
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In 2021, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released its Mutual Evaluation Report of South Africa, which summarised the effectiveness of South Africa’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing measures.
On 1 September 2023, the Minister for Industry and Trade (the Minister) issued the Business Licensing Regulations, 2023 (the New Regulations), vide the Government Notice No. 626 of 2023.
Data breaches are now a regular occurrence in the modern data-driven and digital global
economy that the world has now become. A number of organisations have suffered data
breaches in the course of their operations with differing degrees of seriousness. ..
The Ministry of National Treasury and Economic Planning (the National Treasury) has released the Medium–Term Revenue Strategy MTRS or the Strategy) for the financial years 2024/25 – 2026/27. The newly released MTRS is dubbed “An Approach for Enhancing Domestic Revenue.” T..
The regulator of the Nigerian financial system, the Central Bank of Nigeria (“CBN”), on June 20, 2023, issued the Customer Due Diligence Regulations (“Regulations”). This is ostensibly as a reaction to Nigeria being name-checked by the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”)..
Financing company operations often involves borrowing from commercial lenders, private lenders and even the company’s own shareholders. Whether or not formal documentation of the loan is done is determined by the company size, the loan size and tenure, whether the company..
Every day unfortunate events occur. From a building that burns down to the ground, a motor vehicle accident and a customer who slips on a wet floor in a retail store. Behind these misfortunes is a negligent party wh..
It is trite that the amendment of the Electricity Regulation Act 4 of 2006 (ERA) in August 2021 was the first fundamental step to “unlocking” the private electricity generation and procurement market in South Africa. In addition to dispensing with the need for a ..
The Access to Information Act 8 of 2022 (hereinafter “the Act”), was passed by Parliament and signed by the President of the Republic of Namibia on 29 November 2022, but has however, not yet been brought into force. Although not having taken effect in Namibia, the concept..