July 23, 2023

Notice 35 of 2023 issued on 11 June 2023 by CIPC announced that certain enquiry queues as from 11 July 2023 will be merged. Under the ‘Company Registrations’ category the following sub-categories will be merged into the new sub-category ‘Electronic company registration’: Under the ‘Company Amendments’ the following sub-categories will be merged into the new …

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CIPC Notice 40 was issued on 18 July 2023 announcing the release of enhancements to the Beneficial Ownership functionality which now includes the integrated upload capability of the securities/members register and/ or beneficial interest register where applicable. This functionality is applicable to entities (affected companies or non-affected companies) that have no beneficial ownership information to …

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On 21 July the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) issued a media release urging all companies and close corporations to submit their Annual Returns promptly. Compliance with this legal obligation is crucial to avoid deregistration. All companies, including external companies (non-profit, private, and public), and close corporations are required by the Companies Act (Act …

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