The Editorial Team

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Governance Resource Desk

How to Draft an Effective Organisational Policy: Policy vs Procedure vs Framework, and When to Review

Oct 27, 2026

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9 min read

How to Draft an Effective Organisational Policy: Policy vs Procedure vs Framework, and When to Review

From Approval to Application: Making Sure a Policy Works in Practice

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Oct 20, 2026

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5 min read

Payments, Penalties and Pressure

South Africa opens its payments system, regulators crack down on compliance failures, and CGISA students enter exam week

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Governance Resource Desk

How Should a Board Evaluation Be Conducted?

Oct 13, 2026

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7 min read

How Should a Board Evaluation Be Conducted?

A practical guide to assessing board effectiveness and turning evaluation findings into governance improvement

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When Process Fails: Governance Lessons from Recent Court Judgments

Oct 6, 2026

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4 min read

When Process Fails: Governance Lessons from Recent Court Judgments

What the Public Procurement Act, SAA lease and Tembisa Hospital cases teach boards about accountability, integrity and consequence management

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Governance Resource Desk

What Happens When a Director Resigns but CIPC Still Shows Them as Active?

Sep 29, 2026

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7 min read

What Happens When a Director Resigns but CIPC Still Shows Them as Active?

What happens when a director resigns, the company accepts the resignation internally, but months later a CIPC disclosure still shows that person as an active director?

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Sep 22, 2026

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5 min read

Oversight Under the Microscope

New powers, regulatory penalties and a growing demand for evidence that governance actually works.

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Do South Africa’s Corporate Governance Frameworks Undervalue the Company Secretary? Evidence from the Companies Act and King V

Sep 15, 2026

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6 min read

Do South Africa’s Corporate Governance Frameworks Undervalue the Company Secretary? Evidence from the Companies Act and King V

Exploring the responsibility–authority asymmetry facing company secretaries under South Africa’s governance framework

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If Your Governance Were Tested Tomorrow, Could You Prove It?

Sep 8, 2026

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4 min read

If Your Governance Were Tested Tomorrow, Could You Prove It?

From data protection and corporate transparency to AI oversight and beneficial ownership, the pressure is shifting from having governance frameworks to demonstrating that they work.

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Governance Resource Desk

What Happens if the Company Never Appoints a Public Officer?

Sep 1, 2026

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8 min read

What Happens if the Company Never Appoints a Public Officer?

A practical guide to who appoints the public officer, who may hold the role, what happens if nobody is appointed, and what companies should have on record.

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Governance Resource Desk