PUBLICATION OF DRAFT COMPANIES ACT REGULATIONS TO ENABLE BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SHARES TO BE DETERMINED

On 1 October 2021 the Companies Amendment Bill, 2021 (“the Bill”) was published. It proposed certain changes to the Companies Act (Act no. 71 of 2008) (“the Companies Act”) and recognised the current inadequacies of the Companies Act around establishing the identity of true owners of companies, and that transparency in respect of beneficial ownership…

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Financial intelligence centre act: increase in the number of sectors as accountable institutions

The Minister of Finance has officially amended the schedules to the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (Act no. 38 of 2001) (“the FIC Act”) through the issue of Government Gazette 47596 , which amendments came into effect on 19 December 2022. The amendments relate to changes affecting accountable institutions listed in Schedule 1, supervisory bodies listed in…

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GMI’s take on loadshedding #2

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16 Days of Activism and gender -based violence

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Public law and Commercial litigation

What we do: Our department advises a number of public bodies. These include major government business enterprises, regulatory bodies and other public bodies such as universities and medical schemes. We conduct specialised litigation regarding Commercial disputes, Building and Construction Law disputes, Professional Negligence claims, and arbitration and litigation relating to legislative interpretation. We also offer…

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Property Law

What we do: At GMI, our Property Law practice and our conveyancers have collective experience in all aspects of Property Law. Our clients include companies in the property development and mining and mineral rights sectors. We also specialise in land expropriations and represent all major South African banks. Areas our department specialises in: Our services:

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