SPEAK UP NOW ON RULES
By Thebe Mabanga
The most drastic overhaul of company law in SA is nearing completion with Monday's deadline for comment on the regulations of the Companies Act of 2008. The regulations provide details on the implementation of a number of provisions...

GAPS FOR BRIDGE-BUILDERS
By Evan Pickworth
Telecommunications still offers plenty of opportunity for operators in Africa as only half of the continent's 800m population are connected to a service. In some countries, penetration is as low as 27%. According to the SA Inter...

SIGNAL FAILURE
By Matebello Motloung
The digital migration regulations published last week by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) confirm two things. These are that SA will miss its November 2011 deadline to switch to digital broadcasting, and that new...

WESTERN UNION
By David Furlonger
If kulula has any fears of being forced to surrender its exclusive flight status out of Lanseria airport, it's not showing them. A 35% increase in flights to Durban and Cape Town from the airport, west of Johannesburg, from March 25...

LENDING POT NEEDS TOP-UP
By Carol Paton
The African Development Bank (AfDB), which was at the forefront of helping African countries through the global economic crisis, has reached its lending limit and is seeking to recapitalise two years ahead of schedule. In Cape Town ...

FUND GETS PHYSIOTHERAPY
By Thebe Mabanga
The proposed new compensation system for road accident victims will focus on medical care and transfer most of the other costs of an accident to the social security system. As those benefits are limited, road users may need to purch...

THROUGH THE BACK DOOR
By Claire Bisseker
In a carefully staged performance on budget day, finance minister Pravin Gordhan clarified the Reserve Bank's mandate: its job wasn't to pursue low inflation at any cost - the impact on growth and jobs had to be taken into account. ...

SOCCER WON'T SAVE IT
By Ian Fife
Owners of l eisure properties and second homes have suffered most from the property slump that has just ended. Demand has fallen more than 50% since 2008, but there are two good reasons why it could recover fast. First, there are s...

A FRACTION OF THE COST
By Ian Fife
Fractional ownership seems to be the fastest-growing sector of leisure property. In 2008/2009 prices rose , according to Seeff, the biggest operator in the fractional market sector in SA. The recently introduced system gives leisure buyers a 13th ...