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Bruce Hunt, Managing Director, Transcend Capital

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#BizTrends2025: 5 trends that will transform the forensics and compliance sector in 2025 and beyond

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Joon Chong, Partner, Webber Wentzel

#BizTrends2025: Tax bill proposal - benefits of offering ADR at an earlier stage

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#BizTrends2025: South Africa’s cannabis market: preventing misuse or missed opportunities

#BizTrends2025: South Africa’s cannabis market: preventing misuse or missed opportunities

Christopher John Day 13 Jan 2025

Chloë Loubser, Knowledge and Learning Lawyer, Bowmans

#BizTrends2025: African employment law trends - employee rights and well-being, workplace and technology evolution

Chloë Loubser 13 Jan 2025

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#BestofBiz 2024: Legal

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#BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the Future

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Rise of ESOPs: Transforming business through employee ownership

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A steep climb ahead as South Africa races to delist from FATF greylisting

Rufaro Nyakatawa and Milton Osborn 3 May 2024

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Alicia van der Walt, Tshireletso Tlholoe, and Marcelle Samons 28 Jan 2025

Bruce Hunt, Managing Director, Transcend Capital

HR & Management#BizTrends2025: 5 BEE trends transforming South Africa

Bruce Hunt 28 Jan 2025

Jane Andropoulos, Partner, Bowmans

Legal#BizTrends2025: Expect more corporate corruption crackdowns in 2025

Jane Andropoulos 27 Jan 2025

Michelle Rawlinson and Melissa Steele, Nortons Inc

Legal#BizTrends2025: The fight against corruption in South Africa

Michelle Rawlinson and Melissa Steele 21 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends that will transform the forensics and compliance sector in 2025 and beyond

Legal#BizTrends2025: 5 trends that will transform the forensics and compliance sector in 2025 and beyond

Zaakir Mohamed and Mawande Ntontela 20 Jan 2025

Joon Chong, Partner, Webber Wentzel

Legal#BizTrends2025: Tax bill proposal - benefits of offering ADR at an earlier stage

Joon Chong 14 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: South Africa’s cannabis market: preventing misuse or missed opportunities

Retail#BizTrends2025: South Africa’s cannabis market: preventing misuse or missed opportunities

Christopher John Day 13 Jan 2025

Chloë Loubser, Knowledge and Learning Lawyer, Bowmans

Legal#BizTrends2025: African employment law trends - employee rights and well-being, workplace and technology evolution

Chloë Loubser 13 Jan 2025

#BestofBiz 2024: Legal

Legal#BestofBiz 2024: Legal

17 Dec 2024

#BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the Future

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the Future

Bizcommunity.com 21 Nov 2024

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HR & ManagementRise of ESOPs: Transforming business through employee ownership

Dhevarsha Ramjettan and Safiyya Pate 20 Nov 2024

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HR & ManagementAfrica adopts global executive remuneration trends

Norma Mazibuko 24 Oct 2024

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Bizcommunity.com 19 Sep 2024

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FinanceA steep climb ahead as South Africa races to delist from FATF greylisting

Rufaro Nyakatawa and Milton Osborn 3 May 2024

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LegalWhat fund managers want... and other investment trends

Ashford Nyatsumba and Michael Denenga 23 Apr 2024

Tracy van der Colff, Head of Employment, OWP Partners

Legal#BizTrends2024: Potholes and prosperity in store for employment law

Tracy van der Colff 24 Jan 2024

Ricci Hackner, Knowledge and Learning Lawyer: Corporate, Bowmans

Legal#BizTrends2024: Trends shaping the corporate governance landscape

Ricci Hackner 23 Jan 2024

Feryal Domingo, Acting Executive Director, Inyathelo

ESG & Sustainability#BizTrends2024: NPOs face increasing regulatory pressure

Feryal Domingo and Soraya Joonas 22 Jan 2024

Kylie Slambert, Associate, Dispute Resolution Practice, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg

Legal#BizTrends2024: Dispute resolution trends - rising demand for legal compliance and due diligence

Kylie Slambert 22 Jan 2024

Johan Botes, Partner and Head of the Employment & Compensation Practice, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg

Legal#BizTrends2024: Adapting to change and the growing call for DEI

Johan Botes 18 Jan 2024

Rui Lopes, animal welfare specialist and Equity Principal & Head of Africa Relations at Lopes Attorneys

Legal#BizTrends2024: Animal welfare laws and regulation - what we can expect in 2024

Rui Lopes and Michael Jenkins 16 Jan 2024

Dina Biagio, Partner & Patent Attorney, Spoor & Fisher

Legal#BizTrends2024: Shaping the future of IP law in 2024 and beyond

Dina Biagio 16 Jan 2024

Chloë Loubser, knowledge and learning lawyer in Bowmans’ Cape Town office Employment and Benefits Practice

Legal#BizTrends2024: Key legislative developments and their impact on employment

Chloë Loubser 15 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Navigating tomorrow - trends shaping corporate legal in Africa

Legal#BizTrends2024: Navigating tomorrow - trends shaping corporate legal in Africa

Aalia Manie and Claire Bestbier 10 Jan 2024

Alison Mellon, Knowledge and Learning Lawyer: Banking and Finance, and Thomas Erskine, Candidate Legal Practitioner, Bowmans

Legal#BizTrends2024: Legal insight into banking and finance for 2024

Alison Mellon and Thomas Erskine 9 Jan 2024

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Marketing & Media#BizTrends2024: Legal complaints in South African advertising will stay unique and conservative

Gail Schimmel 9 Jan 2024

Virusha Subban is a partner and head of Tax in Baker McKenzie's Tax Practice Group in Johannesburg

Legal#BizTrends2024: Africa's growing role in global trade dynamics

Virusha Subban 8 Jan 2024

#BestofBiz 2023: Legal

Legal#BestofBiz 2023: Legal

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LegalDigital finance regulations - trends and developments

Christoff Pienaar, Analisa Ndebele & Shannon 'O Brien 20 Sep 2023

Johan Botes, Partner and head of Baker McKenzie’s Employment & Compensation Practice in Johannesburg.

Legal#BizTrends2023: Quitting quiet quitting - balancing the needs of employers and employees

Johan Botes 23 Jan 2023

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Legal#BizTrends2023: Beefing up competition law

Lerisha Naidu, Angelo Tzarevski and Sphesihle Nxumalo 19 Jan 2023

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LegalJapan and South Africa: 2023 shifting trends in international tax

Francis Mayebe 18 Jan 2023

Darryl Bernstein, Partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution Practice at Baker McKenzie

Legal#BizTrends2023: Trends in dispute resolution - ESG compliance and risk management in Africa

Darryl Bernstein 9 Jan 2023

Koos Benadie, Director and Head of Commercial Law at Barnard

Legal#BizTrends2023: Say goodbye to the one-trick pony | Law trends 2023

Koos Benadie 9 Jan 2023

Ashlin Perumall, Partner - Corporate and M&A Practice Group, Baker McKenzie

Legal#BizTrends2023: African fintech is trending

Ashlin Perumall 9 Jan 2023

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LegalRamaphosa's power base boosted, but South Africa's reform path still rocky

23 Dec 2022

#BestofBiz 2022: Legal

Legal#BestofBiz 2022: Legal

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LegalM&A trends: Keeping context in mind is key

Dave Pinnock 2 Mar 2022

#BizTrends2022: Key legal trends in Africa - Part 3

Legal#BizTrends2022: Key legal trends in Africa - Part 3

Darryl Bernstein, Johan Botes, Kieran Whyte and Lerisha Naidu 31 Jan 2022