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Basic Company Law & Secretarial Practice
Build the company-law foundation every company secretarial practitioner needs.
- 3 × 2-hour live sessions
- 6 CPD hours
- Starting November 2026
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Secretarial Practice Centre
Download our editable company secretarial mandate and resolution template — plus practitioner articles on South African company law.
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Company Secretarial Mandate & Resolution (AI / POPIA Template)
Editable Word template — a combined company secretarial mandate and resolution covering AI usage and POPIA compliance for your firm. Complete a short form and we'll email the editable Word document straight to your inbox.
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Company Law & Secretarial Practice — November 2026
Learn the South African company law and practical process behind company-secretarial work. The Basic course includes three live two-hour sessions (6 CPD hours) and the Advanced course four live two-hour sessions (8 CPD hours) — recordings and full notes included for both.
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Advanced Company Law & Secretarial Practice
Move beyond routine compliance into complex transactions, risk and advanced company law.
- 4 × 2-hour live sessions
- 8 CPD hours
- Starting November 2026
Articles
Removal of Directors in South Africa: Understanding the Different Routes Under the Companies Act
Shareholder removal, board removal, the Companies Tribunal route, MOI mechanisms, statutory cessation and delinquency — the different routes under the Companies Act 71 of 2008, with the developing case law and a practica…
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The Turquand Rule in South African Company Law – Protection for Outsiders or a Trap for the Unwary?
Origin, purpose and modern statutory codification of the Indoor Management Rule — when outsiders are protected, and when suspicious circumstances defeat the rule.
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Section 48(8) and Share Buybacks: The New Rules Practitioners Must Understand
Why the old 5% trigger has fallen away, what the new approval test means in practice, and the documentation every practitioner must now keep on file.
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The Shocking Performance of the CIPC in Supporting Secretarial Practitioners
Two regulators, two very different experiences — why SARS's open API model works, and why the CIPC's outdated portal is failing practitioners and the economy.
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