Lebogang Mogashoa, Pension Funds Adjudicator When a member of a pension fund passes away, the distribution of death benefits often becomes a deeply contested matter. One case...
Regulation & Compliance
No short cuts – Labour Court reinforces duty to explore medical boarding before dismissal
Pascale Towers, Senior Associate and Chloë Loubser, Knowledge and Learning Lawyer, Bowmans The Code of Good Practice: Dismissal (Code) requires an employer to explore reasonable...
Evidence, not alerts: What South Africa’s next FATF test measures
Bradley Elliott, CEO of RelyComply On 24 October 2025, the Financial Action Task Force removed South Africa from its list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, 32 months after...
Why strong AI oversight and governance will shape the future of SA’s financial services
Chanal Subramoney, Group Senior Compliance Manager (MLCO) at Yellow Card Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become deeply woven into every aspect of financial services, from customer...
Is buy now, pay later on borrowed time?
Angela Itzikowitz, Executive; Era Gunning, Consultant; and Dylan Martheze, Candidate Legal Practitioner; in Banking & Finance at ENS South Africa’s buy-now-pay-later (“BNPL”)...
Penetration testing of third-party providers: Independent execution or reliance on provider results under Joint Standard 2 of 2024?
Leon Greyling, Director at ICTS Legal Services South African retirement funds largely outsource core operations - administration, investment management, actuarial services, and...
FSCA publishes list of employers reported to be in arrears with retirement fund contributions
Press Release from the FSCA The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has published FSCA Communication 12 of 2026 (RF): Publication of the names of retirement funds and employers...
PFA upholds distribution of fund death benefit to former housekeeper
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...
GenAI, gender and employment equity
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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