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SA Delisted - What Comes Next?

The Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) confirmed at its Plenary held during the week of 20 – 24 October 2025 that South Africa has been removed from the FATF's greylist.

South Africa Government

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Webber Wentzel

Guide: How To Register A South African Company And Your Initial Obligations

Whether you are a local entrepreneur or a foreign investor, establishing a business in South Africa requires strategic planning and legal compliance from the outset to ensure a strong foundation on which to grow.

South Africa Commercial

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Fairbridges Wertheim Becker

Why South African Entrepreneurs Should Consider Setting Up Offshore To Attract Foreign Investment

South Africa boasts the most advanced, broad-based economy in sub-Saharan Africa, which offers a wide range of opportunities to South African business owners and foreign investors alike.

South Africa Government

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The Sovereign Group

2024: Doing Business In South Africa

What is the current business climate in your jurisdiction including major political, economic, and/or legal activities on the horizon in your country that could have a big impact on businesses?

South Africa Government

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World Law Group

Understanding The Complexities Of Offshore Investments For South Africans

South Africa Government

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The Sovereign Group

72 Hours Of Trump's Presidency – What Are The Implications For Africa?

Worldwide International

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Shikana Group

Investing In Africa | Insights From Nigeria's Investment Facilitation Agencies (Video)

South Africa Government

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ENS

Investing In Africa Webinar Series | Insights From Nigeria's Investment Facilitation Agencies

South Africa Government

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ENS

M&A In SA: Navigating Legislation And Regulation For Global Investment

South Africa Commercial

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Andersen in South Africa

The African Continental Free Trade Agreement: Unlocking Prosperity For Africa

South Africa International

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Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL)

South Africa Tightens Foreign Exchange Controls With Increased Disclosure

South Africa Government

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The Sovereign Group

Thinking About Moving Intellectual Property Offshore? Here's What You Need To Know

South Africa Tax

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Adams & Adams

Externalising IP?- What Do You Need To Know

South Africa Commercial

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ENS

Grey-listed: What The FATF Now?

South Africa Government

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ENS

Will October 2025 See The End Of South Africa's Greylisting Headache?

South Africa Government

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ENS

Tax Focus: August/September 2025

South Africa Tax

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SNG Grant Thornton

South Africa's Parental Leave Reform In Progress - All Parents - Biological, Adoptive, And Commissioning Are Now Entitled To Parental Leave

South Africa Employment

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Fasken

When Property Sales Go Wrong: Breach Of Contract And The Cost Of Non-Performance

South Africa Real Estate

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Barnard Inc.

Why SEP Holders Should Litigate In Africa

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Rouse

The New Mozambican Electricity Law

The long-awaited reform of Mozambique's electricity law has reached the statute books this winter in Maputo (summer if you're in the Northern Hemisphere), with the enactment of Law 12/2022...

South Africa Energy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

How To Set Up An Offshore Trust – Five Key Factors To Consider

These are among the questions facing many South African taxpayers – and for a growing number, the answer lies in offshore trusts.

South Africa Government

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The Sovereign Group

Grey-listing Looming As South Africa Rushes To Meet Tight Deadline

It has been a little over a year since the Financial Action Task Force ("FATF") , an international initiative established to combat money laundering published its Mutual Evaluation Report ("MER") on South Africa in which it identified major "weak spots" in our compliance processes.

South Africa Government

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ENS

Webinar – South Africa Lifts ‘Loop Structure' Restrictions (Video)

There have been a number of highly significant developments in respect of South Africa's exchange control and tax regimes. These include the Reserve Bank's recent lifting of the restriction...

South Africa International

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The Sovereign Group

How Technology Could Underpin Growth In Africa

South Africa Media & IT

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Ocorian

Local Content Policies And Their Value On The African Continent (Podcast)

South Africa Energy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

SA And USA To Crack Down On Financial Crime

Worldwide Criminal

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SNG Grant Thornton

African Countries To Invest In

South Africa Strategy

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Smit & Van Wyk

Africa's Top 10 Stories – August 2021

South Africa Energy

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Adams & Adams

Webinar – The African Continental Free Trade Agreement: How Does The AfCFTA Align With Existing African Multi-Lateral Trade Agreements?

Worldwide International

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Volterra Fietta

ENSafrica Webinar | Section 65 Of CISCA | WED 26 MAY (Video)

South Africa Government

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ENS

ENSafrica Tax In Brief | Issue 59

South Africa Tax

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ENS

Andersen Tax Review — March 2021

South Africa Tax

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Tabacks

Food For The Future: A Roadmap For Africa's Evolving Agri-Landscape

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

ENSafrica Webinar | Section 65 Of CISCA | WED 26 MAY (Video)

Live webinar recording.

South Africa Government

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ENS

ENSafrica Tax In Brief | Issue 59

Below, please find issue 59 of the ENSafrica tax in brief, a snapshot of the latest tax developments in South Africa.

South Africa Tax

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ENS

Andersen Tax Review — March 2021

Notable Tax Law updates covering South African case law, legislation, SARS and global tax developments.

South Africa Tax

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Tabacks

Food For The Future: A Roadmap For Africa's Evolving Agri-Landscape

Africa by right should be one of the great bread baskets of the world, but despite boasting roughly 60% of the arable land on the planet, barely a fraction is being fully utilised.

South Africa Healthcare

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Adams & Adams

Goodbye To The "Loop Structure" Prohibition

South Africa Government

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ENS

The Reserve Bank Relaxes Its Policy On Loop Structures For Individuals

On 31 October 2019, the Financial Surveillance Department of the South African Reserve Bank ("Reserve Bank") released Circular 18/2019 stating that the loop dispensation currently available ...

South Africa Government

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ENS

Africa's Growth Triggers New US-Led Initiative: Prosper Africa

Raju Jaddoo, Ocorian's AMEA Non-Executive Director, shares his insights on Prosper Africa, a new US-led initiative unveiled in June at the Business Summit organised by the Corporate Council on Africa in Mozambique.

Worldwide Government

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Ocorian

Merger & Acquisition In Africa And South Africa

Africa is still the next big market for multinationals, even in the face of global economic uncertainty and political and regulatory issues.

Worldwide Commercial

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Hogan Lovells

Business in Africa: investment and intellectual property

Exponential economic development across Africa has resulted in a greater necessity for increased protection of intellectual property ("IP") assets on the continent.

South Africa IP

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ENS

Rwanda Has Been Admitted As A Member Of The OECD Development Centre

South Africa Government

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ENS

U.S. Investors To Help BUILD Africa

South Africa Government

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Hogan Lovells

AFRICA - Socio-Economic Thumbnail

South Africa Strategy

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Adams & Adams

Why Registration Of Your Brand With Customs In Mauritius Is Important To Your South African And Rest Of Africa Enforcement Strategy.

South Africa IP

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KISCH IP

South Africa Newsletter - April 2018, Issue 1

South Africa Government

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Dentons

Amendments To Zimbabwe's Indigenisation Laws To Open Economy To Foreign Investment

South Africa Government

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ENS

The Namibia Investment Promotion Act, 2016: Hindering Or Promoting Foreign Investment?

South Africa Government

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ENS

Investors In Southern African Development Community Stripped Of International Treaty Protections

South Africa Government

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Jones Day

Investment Promotional Agencies In South Africa

South Africa Government

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Dentons

The Rule Of Law In Africa: Enforcing Governance Or Scaring Off Foreign Investors?

South Africa Government

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ENS

Special Economic Zones – An Efficient Instrument To Increase Industrialisation

South Africa Government

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ENS

Is South Korea An Outlier For Trade In South Africa?

South Africa Government

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ENS

The NDP- The Right Plan For Private Sector Participation

South Africa Government

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PricewaterhouseCoopers

No More BITs And Pieces

South Africa Government

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Routledge Modise

Investor Protection: Security of tenure of mining rights in South Africa

South Africa Energy

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DLA Piper Australia

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Investing In Africa Webinar Series | Insights From Nigeria's Investment Facilitation Agencies

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ENS

Webinar – South Africa Lifts ‘Loop Structure' Restrictions (Video)

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The Sovereign Group

ENSafrica Webinar | Section 65 Of CISCA | WED 26 MAY (Video)

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ENS

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