It’s been a rocky road from Nasrec where President Cyril Ramaphosa narrowly won the 2017 ANC conference to Loftus Versveld where he will be inaugurated on Saturday. And Legalbrief reports that events over the next few days will play a ... Read More

For pundits, Steinhoff’s 2017 financial statements were always going to be a precedent-setting treat, stretching the boundaries of what is possible. The company last week finally revealed its audited financials for the year to September 2017 — the very set ... Read More

An exposure draft proposing amendments to a section of the international code of ethics for professional accountants dealing with ‘assurance engagements’ has been released for comment, notes Legalbrief. Once finalised, the changes mooted will be incorporated into the Independent Regulatory ... Read More

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni may well be ‘poised’ to retain his position in Cabinet for ‘at least another year’ (Engineering News) – but South Africans concerned about the state of the economy and Eskom (among other things) probably need just ... Read More

When the Public Protector fails to discharge her mandate and duties, the strength of SA's constitutional democracy is inevitably compromised and the public is left without the assistance of their constitutionally created guardian. It means that a vital constitutional ... Read More

While commissions of inquiry into corruption and wrong-doing in state departments have taken centre stage in recent times, government was still streets ahead of the corporate sector in holding leaders to account. 'What lies at the heart of the rot ... Read More

As if Goldman Sachs’ very public pre-election support for the ANC was not enough, the firm hosted an investment conference last week that was headlined by President Cyril Ramaphosa and attended by Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, investors and SA ... Read More

MTN has paid more than three-quarters of a record $1.5bn dollar fine levelled by Nigeria for failing to disconnect unregistered subscribers, the government has confirmed. The company was initially fined $3.9bn in October 2015, after failing to disconnect ... Read More

The cash-strapped Zimbabwean economy looks set for a further battering following a staggering R1.9bn lawsuit against the ‘corrupt’ Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) filed by the country’s biggest gold producer. Mzi Khumalo, chairperson of miner Metallon Corporation, confirmed to ... Read More

The Zimbabwe Government is preparing to start rolling out the second phase of the national agricultural land audit aimed at guaging farm ownership and property sizes. At the same time, farmers are expected to start using the revised 99-year lease ... Read More

Organisations managing more than $350bn in assets have signed up to the new operating principles for impact management, drawn up by World Bank subsidiary, the International Finance Corporation (IFC). According to an analysis piece on the Out-Law.com site, this ... Read More

Pension trustees in the UK have not been allowed to justify pensions increases with rule changes that happened two years later. According to a report on the Out-Law.com site, the Court of Appeal in the UK has ruled that ... Read More

* More than R1m was siphoned from a struggling municipality in the Eastern Cape – and part of the money was then used to renovate the home of ANC provincial chair and premier-designate Oscar Mabuyane. About R45 000 of the money ... Read More

* The Western Cape ANC's provincial executive committee (PEC) has overturned its provincial working committee's (PWC) decision to suspend treasurer Maurencia Gillion over a controversial election donation from businessman Iqbal Survé. ‘She remains in her position. We have agreed ... Read More