South Africa: Financial Services

This comprehensive legal briefing examines critical developments across African jurisdictions, from constitutional interpretation in Ghana and AI policy governance in South Africa...

This comprehensive legal update covers recent developments across South African law, from pharmaceutical naming regulations and copyright platform liability to VAT amendments affecting insurance and digital services. The collection explores emerging challenges in intellectual property protection, cryptocurrency regulation, and data brokerage compliance.

On 29 April 2026, the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, published amendments to the Regulations relating to Mutual Banks in Government Gazette Notice No. 7414 (Government Gazette No. 54593).

The Ombud Council published the Ombud Council Rules for the Pension Funds Adjudicator, 2026 (the "Rules")...

The transition from the Johannesburg Interbank Average Rate (JIBAR) to the South African Rand Overnight Index Average (ZARONIA)...

The Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group (“IFWG”) has published a discussion paper examining how existing South African financial regulatory frameworks apply to rand-pegged stablecoin arrangements (“Discussion Paper”).

On 22 October 2025, the South African Reserve Bank Financial Surveillance Department (SARB) issued Exchange Control Circular No 15/2025 (Excon Circular 15/2025) detailing amendments to section B.3...

The Sasfin Bank Limited vs SARS judgment delivered last week dealt with the crossroads of tax enforcement, banking regulation and law of delict.

Once enacted, the much-anticipated Conduct of Financial Institutions Bill (COFI) will introduce a significant shift in the legislative and regulatory landscape of South Africa's financial services sector.