Tax Deduction Timing: A Simple Mistake Can Become An Expensive SARS Dispute

Many taxpayers assume that if a deduction is valid, the timing of the claim is a minor issue. However, a recent Tax Court judgment...
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Bitcoin, Capital and Conflicting Judgments: Where does the Industry Stand?

For years, one question in South Africa’s crypto debate has been deceptively simple: if bitcoin is bought in South Africa and moved to a...

CPA Amendments 2026: What Property Practitioners Need to Know About Cold Calling

The CPA amendments introduced in 2026 significantly change how property practitioners approach cold calling and direct marketing in South Africa, introducing stricter compliance obligations...

2026 National Budget Impact on SMEs: What You Should Know

The 2026 National Budget did not introduce significant headline tax increases. However, it implemented structural threshold adjustments that materially affect succession planning, retirement modelling,...

Feeling Green at Work? SA’s Cannabis Workplace Policy Explained

With cannabis now legal for private use in South Africa, employers must navigate privacy rights, workplace safety and evolving labour law. Here’s what recent...

Crypto Asset Service Providers: The Travel Rule and Regulatory Reporting

Crypto assets broaden opportunities in the transaction environment but also pose significant money laundering and terrorist financing risks due to their ease of availability,...

Closing a Company in South Africa: Ticking all the Compliance Boxes

Learn important information about closing a company in South Africa legally and correctly. From SARS tax clearance to CIPC deregistration, banking, employees, and compliance...

Two Legal Developments: Workplace Harassment and Parental Leave

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr’s Anli Bezuidenhout, director – Employment Law, and Nadeem Mahomed, director – Employment Law, discuss how enhanced harassment protections and evolving parental...

COFI, TCF and Succession: How Sole Prop FSP’s Can Plan For The Future

With the Conduct of Financial Institutions (COFI) Bill set to reshape the financial services industry, sole proprietor Financial Services Providers (FSPs) may want to...

Essential Contract Clauses Your Deal Might Be Missing

In commercial deals, contracts underpin everything from property sales to shareholder exits - shaping outcomes and mitigating risk, and can be the difference between...

This Heading Has Been AI-Generated – Your AI Policy Shouldn’t Be

As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools becomes more prevalent in the workplace, businesses face new legal, ethical, and operational challenges. AI brings...

The Travel Rule: What CASPs Need to Know About Directive 9

With the Financial Intelligence Centre’s (FIC) Directive 9 now in effect, crypto asset service providers (CASPs) face new compliance responsibilities. The directive gives effect...

AI Security Risks and POPIA Compliance: Learning from the Deepseek Breach

DeepSeek, a prominent competitor in the artificial intelligence (AI) marketplace, recently faced a significant security incident when an unsecured ClickHouse database exposed over a...

Bitcoin, Capital and Conflicting Judgments: Where does the Industry Stand?

For years, one question in South Africa’s crypto debate has been deceptively simple: if bitcoin is bought in South Africa and moved to a...

CPA Amendments 2026: What Property Practitioners Need to Know About Cold Calling

The CPA amendments introduced in 2026 significantly change how property practitioners approach cold calling and direct marketing in South Africa, introducing stricter compliance obligations...

2026 National Budget Impact on SMEs: What You Should Know

The 2026 National Budget did not introduce significant headline tax increases. However, it implemented structural threshold adjustments that materially affect succession planning, retirement modelling,...

Feeling Green at Work? SA’s Cannabis Workplace Policy Explained

With cannabis now legal for private use in South Africa, employers must navigate privacy rights, workplace safety and evolving labour law. Here’s what recent...

Crypto Asset Service Providers: The Travel Rule and Regulatory Reporting

Crypto assets broaden opportunities in the transaction environment but also pose significant money laundering and terrorist financing risks due to their ease of availability,...

Closing a Company in South Africa: Ticking all the Compliance Boxes

Learn important information about closing a company in South Africa legally and correctly. From SARS tax clearance to CIPC deregistration, banking, employees, and compliance...

Two Legal Developments: Workplace Harassment and Parental Leave

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr’s Anli Bezuidenhout, director – Employment Law, and Nadeem Mahomed, director – Employment Law, discuss how enhanced harassment protections and evolving parental...

COFI, TCF and Succession: How Sole Prop FSP’s Can Plan For The Future

With the Conduct of Financial Institutions (COFI) Bill set to reshape the financial services industry, sole proprietor Financial Services Providers (FSPs) may want to...

Essential Contract Clauses Your Deal Might Be Missing

In commercial deals, contracts underpin everything from property sales to shareholder exits - shaping outcomes and mitigating risk, and can be the difference between...

This Heading Has Been AI-Generated – Your AI Policy Shouldn’t Be

As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools becomes more prevalent in the workplace, businesses face new legal, ethical, and operational challenges. AI brings...

The Travel Rule: What CASPs Need to Know About Directive 9

With the Financial Intelligence Centre’s (FIC) Directive 9 now in effect, crypto asset service providers (CASPs) face new compliance responsibilities. The directive gives effect...

AI Security Risks and POPIA Compliance: Learning from the Deepseek Breach

DeepSeek, a prominent competitor in the artificial intelligence (AI) marketplace, recently faced a significant security incident when an unsecured ClickHouse database exposed over a...
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