Amber Kardamilakis

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Increasingly we are seeing small businesses introduce Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) ownership arrangements where there is obviously no intention for that arrangement to have substance. When the ownership is questioned or tested, the businesses often respond with surprise, indignation, and shock.

In the evolving landscape of BEE, businesses often focus on ticking boxes to…

In the fast-paced world of private sector procurement, requests for proposals (RFPs) are an essential tool for securing goods, services, and partnerships. But when these RFPs are issued without properly interrogating the business objectives that drive them — particularly where empowerment criteria are concerned — the consequences can be commercially risky, legally questionable, and reputationally…

For decades, the South African legal fraternity has wrestled with backlogs within the Master’s Offices across the country. The administration of trusts, deceased estates, and related applications has been marred by delays, missing documents, inconsistent communication, and an almost unavoidable reliance on in-person submissions. But recent developments signal a shift — the long-awaited automation of…

For years South Africa has battled the plight of loadshedding. Despite many promises over the years for the issue to be addressed, loadshedding has become part of our daily lives. It was therefore encouraging when, on Wednesday 23 August, South Africa signed the Framework Agreement on Cooperation in Green Energy, a joint memorandum of cooperation…

In response to South Africa’s greylisting, the South African government implemented the General Laws (Anti Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Act, 2022 to amend four different acts, one of which was the Trust Property Control Act, 1988.

Amendments to the Trust Property Control Act introduce additional administrative and disclosure duties…