A number of jurisdictions have local stakeholder requirements for private companies. South Africa has a hybrid system where there are local requirements (so that some positions can only be held by South African citizens or residents).
A South African private company must have at least one director but there is no requirement that this
Restructuring of companies in financial distress is on the increase globally. In line with this trend, Mozambican Insolvency Law (Decree law No 1/2013) provides greater protection to debtor companies in financial distress and gives them an opportunity to reorganise and restructure while continuing to operate their businesses.
The law covers three procedures namely judicial reorganisation
The question arises how businesses should prepare for the introduction of carbon tax in South Africa on 1 January 2016, when the legislation has not been released. There are clues in the carbon tax policy paper released in 2013 by National Treasury about what we can expect to see in terms of the pricing of
We have posted a briefing note which discusses how commodity exchanges can help Africa’s fragmented farmers.