Compliance News

On 23 October 2026, the amended Rules for the Conduct of Proceedings before the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) came into effect. The amendments are predominantly procedural rather than substantive.

SARS has started issuing new final demands to trusts with outstanding income tax returns. Trustees who do not respond within 21 business days face monthly penalties of between R250 and R16,000, for up to 35 months.

Learn how reactive compliance can create unnecessary costs and operational pressure, and how South African businesses can use structured assessments to prioritise their obligations.

Discover why outdated HR policies and incomplete employee records can create risks for South African employers, and how to improve workplace compliance.

Learn how South African businesses can identify B-BBEE scorecard gaps, align transformation spending with business priorities and improve their compliance planning.

Discover how South African businesses can identify compliance gaps, manage regulatory risk and keep up with key legal obligations through a structured compliance approach.

Think back to where it all started. Perhaps you had a passion, a brilliant idea or the determination to build something of your own. Perhaps you started as an employee, worked your way through the ranks, developed your expertise and aspired to become a manager, director or CEO. For some, it began with an entrepreneurial dream. For others, it was a career built through years of dedication, ambition and hard work. Different journeys, but a shared desire to achieve something mea

Today a full bench of the Gauteng Division of the High Court, Pretoria, reviewed and set aside the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition's decision to promulgate the Legal Sector Code (Government Notice 5221, Government Gazette 51271, 20 September 2024). The matter has been remitted to the Minister for reconsideration.

When a business is under financial or operational pressure, restructuring can become unavoidable. But deciding that a position must disappear is only one part of a retrenchment process. Under section 189 of the Labour Relations Act, employers must engage in a genuine consultation process aimed at reaching consensus on matters including avoiding dismissals, reducing the number of dismissals, changing the timing of dismissals, mitigating the effects of dismissal and selecting

Artificial intelligence is already changing the workplace. Recruitment platforms can screen applications. Software can analyse employee performance. Generative AI can draft correspondence, summarise information and produce reports within seconds. The technology is moving quickly. Workplace policies often are not.

A business can invest significantly in skills development, supplier development or other B-BBEE initiatives and still lose points during verification.

South Africa's Employment Equity landscape has changed significantly. For designated employers, compliance is no longer simply about submitting an annual report and maintaining an Employment Equity Plan on file.

I hope this finds you well. I am writing to you personally because you may be considering placing your B-BBEE compliance on hold, and recent developments have made this a good moment for us to talk about whether that still serves you.

A judgment out of the Pretoria High Court has removed one of the more aggressive uses of B-BBEE seen in recent years: the requirement that a property business hold a B-BBEE certificate before it may be licensed to operate at all. For the businesses caught by it, the relief is real and immediate.

The 2026 Employment Equity reporting period opens today, 1 SEPTEMBER 2026, and for many designated employers that means the familiar return to spreadsheets, workforce movement reports, occupational level checks and the annual search for last year’s Employment Equity file.

Employment Equity Must Keep Pace With Technology The workplace is changing faster than many Employment Equity strategies. Automation, artificial intelligence, data analytics and digital systems are changing the way organisations recruit, manage performance and make operational decisions. This creates an important challenge for employers.

Procurement Risk Does Not End With a Policy Procurement is one of the areas of business most exposed to ethical and governance risk. Supplier relationships involve significant financial decisions, commercial influence and access to organisational resources. Where oversight is weak, conflicts of interest, fraud, favouritism and corruption can become difficult to detect.

Compliance Could Become Your Competitive Advantage South Africa's infrastructure requirements are creating significant opportunities across construction, engineering, manufacturing, logistics, professional services and supporting industries. Major state owned enterprises and public sector entities continue to drive infrastructure investment and procurement programmes aimed at strengthening economic activity and local industrial capacity.

Cyber Resilience Requires More Than Good Intentions Data protection has become one of the most important governance issues facing South African businesses.

From Compliance to Commercial Transformation BBBEE procurement is often discussed as a scorecard requirement. But effective transformation is not simply about achieving points. It is about changing who participates in the economy and creating sustainable opportunities for businesses that have historically been excluded from major value chains.