Lize de la Harpe, Senior Legal Advisor at Sanlam Introduction Section 37C of the Pension Funds Act, 1956 which regulates the payment of fund death benefits, imposes several...
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Nadeem Mahomed, Director: Employment Law; and Safee-Naaz Siddiqi, Professional Support Lawyer Knowledge Management; at Cliff Dekker Hofmeyr The International Labour Organization...
The FSCA publishes 2026 Three-Year Regulation Plan
Press release from the FSCA The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has published its 2026 Three-Year Regulation Plan (1 April 2026 – 31 March 2029), setting out a strategic...
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Claudia Jackson, Partner, and Shanae Durman, Senior Associate, at Bowmans AI is transforming business operations across critical functions and infrastructure. In doing so, it is...
Executor’s bid crumbles: Loyal housekeeper secures R1.9m pension windfall
Naheem Essop, Deputy Pension Funds Adjudicator at the Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator The executor of a deceased estate has suffered a decisive defeat in her bid to overturn...
Maintenance upon divorce should not be seen as a guaranteed meal ticket for life
Lize de la Harpe, Senior Legal Advisor at Sanlam Under our law, parties to a marriage have a reciprocal duty to support each other. This duty, however, comes to an end when the...
Cash is still king: the SARB’s Cash Smart Strategy
Lerato Lamola, Partner at Webber Wentzel In a fast-evolving digital payments landscape, cash still continues to play a critical role in the South African economy. In June 2026, the...
Crypto assets and intermediary services
Adv John Simpson, FAIS Ombud On 19 October 2022, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) published the declaration that Crypto Assets are financial products under the Financial...
POPIA update: Information Regulator issues an Enforcement Notice for an email data breach
Lize de la Harpe, Senior Legal Advisor at Sanlam Introduction The Information Regulator issued an enforcement notice on 22 May 2026 against the Central Johannesburg TVET College...
The Long-term Insurance Amendment Bill is one step closer to becoming law
Christine Rodrigues, Partner at Bowmans The Long-term Insurance Amendment Bill [B17-2026] (available here) has been introduced in the National Assembly. It aims to amend the Long-term...
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