by Peet Pieterse | Jul 16, 2020 | Advisory
A public company or state-owned company must appoint a person knowledgeable or experienced in relevant laws as a company secretary. This is not a requirement for typical owner managed companies. A public company or state-owned company must appoint an auditor. This is...
by Peet Pieterse | Jul 3, 2020 | Advisory
A company’s name is registered at CIPC and CIPC will also issue the company with a registration number. A company may trade under a different name but must disclose the actual company name and registration number to any person who enquires after it. Every company must...
by Peet Pieterse | May 21, 2020 | Advisory
The Companies Act requires a company to maintain certain records. These records must be accessible from the company’s registered office. If they are not accessible from the company’s registered office a notice to this effect must be filed with CIPC. What documents...
by Peet Pieterse | Jan 7, 2020 | Advisory
Not all companies registered in South Africa need to appoint an auditor. According to Section 90 of The Companies Act, 71 of 2008, only a Public Company or a State-owned company is required to appoint an auditor. For these two classes of companies the appointment of...
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