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INDEX

Assurance Levels and the Public Interest Score (PIS) 17
Average Exchange Rates for a Year of Assessment 42
Business Vehicles 6
Categories of Companies 9
Companies Act, 71 of 2008 7
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission 25
Competition Law 61
Consumer Protection Act, 68 of 2008 46
Directors and Officers 11
Employment Law 53
Environmental Law 62
Financial Intelligence Centre Act, 38 of 2001 51
Financial Reporting and Accounting 15
Foreign Employees: Permanent Residence Visas 59
Foreign Employees: Temporary Residence Visas 60
General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing)
Amendment Act, 22 of 2022 48
Important Laws Affecting Businesses in South Africa 44
Incentives and Grants 8
Intellectual Property: Copyright, Design, Patents, Trade Marks 21 – 24
Key Facts on South Africa 3
King Report and Code of Corporate Governance 18
National Credit Act, 34 of 2005 45
Overview 2
Government Policy Priorities 2024 64
Prime Bank Overdraft Rates 43
Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 OF 2013 51
Small Business Corporations 40
South African Development Community (SADC) 6
Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters 43
Statutory Business Registrations in South Africa 27
Taxation in South Africa 28
Turnover Tax for Micro Businesses 41
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