Companies and other Business Structures in South Africa offers a unique synthesis of legal and accounting expertise to provide a clear, practical and authoritative overview of company law and particularly the far-reaching changes introduced by the Companies Act, No 71 of 2008. The book integrates common law and an applied, business orientated approach, providing an invaluable analysis of the purpose and rationale of the new provisions. It provides a careful explanation of the concepts and principles of company law, highlights how the legislative provisions of the new Companies Act depart from the existing company law regime, and considers their impact and relevance for companies and the legal and accounting professions. This book has been written primarily for students of commerce studying the compulsory undergraduate course on the law of companies and other business structures. Companies and other Business Structures in South Africa is designed to comply with the sugg ested syllabus for commercial law as outlined in the SAICA education requirements for Part 1 of the Qualifying Examination (revised 2005). Endorsed by SAIPA.

Corporate governance continues to evolve, especially in a South African context where companies must deal with the combined effects of environmental challenges, socio-political uncertainty and impediments to economic growth. The second edition of Corporate Governance in South Africa contains essential details on the principles and practices of good governance outlined in the first edition. It builds on these concepts by covering the latest developments in the sustainability reporting space, incorporating recent research findings on integrated thinking and clarifying the core features of outcomes-based governance. This book demonstrates to governing bodies, users of corporate reports, practitioners and academics how corporate governance is not just a compliance exercise but something central to the generation of superior financial returns and long-term sustainable development.

''The Law of Business Structures provides a comprehensive but simplified treatment of the different types of business structures in South African law. Partnerships, business trusts, close corporations and companies, whether large or small, whether profit-making or non-profit making, are discussed. This includes modern corporate governance best practices, and even an updated analysis of insider trading and market manipulation. The proposed new Companies Amendment Bill of 2021, which was published when this new edition was nearing completion, is also discussed wherever relevant. In the nine years since the publication of the first edition of The Law of Business Structures, there has been extensive judicial development of many provisions of the Companies Act 71 of 2008. This second edition has been updated to include a discussion and analysis of the leading cases on the subject. Much of the material on this subject, particularly company law, has been updated. The prime, original aim of keeping complex theoretical analysis and debate to a minimum has been retained. A highlight of this book is that legal doctrines and principles are expounded in a lucid and coherent way and stated, wherever possible, in simple terms."--Back cover

(Black & White version) Fundamentals of Business was created for Virginia Tech's MGT 1104 Foundations of Business through a collaboration between the Pamplin College of Business and Virginia Tech Libraries. This book is freely available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/70961 It is licensed with a Creative Commons-NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0 license.