NEW OFFICE ANNOUNCEMENT: VDMA IS OPENING A NEW OFFICE IN STELLENBOSCH
VDMA is excited to announce that it will be opening a new office in Stellenbosch during the course of September 2022. Stellenbosch has increasingly become the top destination for specialist service providers and decision makers in business. It is therefore the...
LOOP STRUCTURES EXPLAINED
Until recently, South African investors contemplating foreign investments were required to take note of the South African exchange control regulations in order to avoid a potential pitfall, namely creating a loop structure. Loop structures come into existence when a...
HEALTH CHECK IN RESPECT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ACT NO. 4 OF 2013
Background: The Protection of Personal Information Act No. 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”) was signed by the President of the Republic of South Africa (“RSA”) on 19 November 2013 with the first of its provisions coming into effect on 11 April 2014, and the majority of the...
THE HISTORY AND BENEFITS OF SHARE BUY-BACKS
A share buy-back, also commonly referred to as a share repurchase, is a process whereby a company buys back its own shares from its shareholders, whether by agreement or by virtue of a scheme of arrangement as contemplated in terms of the Companies Act No. 71 of 2008...