Aug 28, 2025
The Pretoria High Court’s landmark judgment in Financial Sector Conduct Authority v Financial Services Tribunal and Others[1] fundamentally transforms how South African regulators can pursue foreign persons whose conduct impacts domestic financial markets. Lenee...
Aug 28, 2025
The regulatory landscape is evolving at breakneck speed. From FSCA requirements to POPIA rulings and stricter PCI-DSS guidelines, South African businesses are often faced with compliance challenges. By Monica Peethum-Nanoo, risk and compliance manager at Altron...
Aug 14, 2025
We are at a pivotal moment in the evolution of the global sustainability agenda, writes Stephan Jooste, MD: sustainability, Africa at Zutari. ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance), once heralded as a pragmatic framework for embedding long-term resilience into...
Aug 12, 2025
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. It forms a key component of the country’s Twin Peaks regulatory...
Aug 4, 2025
In June this year, the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Strasbourg Plenary deemed South Africa successful in “substantially completing” its 22-item Action Plan for removal from the FATF greylist. This has set the stage for an authorised onsite visit in October...
Jul 29, 2025
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) has publiched the Revised Code of Best Practice in Scholarly Journal Publishing, Editing, and Peer Review, a key milestone in advancing ethical, professional and trustworthy standards in scholarly publishing in South...