King IV extends application to retirement funds
By David Geral, Partner, Banking and Financial Services Regulatory, Bowmans South Africa The latest King (IV) Report on Corporate Governance for SA, 2016 (King IV) refers to certain "paradigm shifts in the corporate world", including a shift from...
  Insurance Gateway   28 Nov 2016  21:00   

AGF Service Providers Awards 2016
...covering Africa. Our finalists and winners included such respected names as BNY Mellon, RisCura, S&P Dow Jones Indices, Bowmans, FBN Quest, FactSet, Prescient Fund Services, Cim Global Business, Trident Fund Services, Morningstar, Exotix...
  Africa Global Funds   28 Nov 2016  07:00   

Salient Features of Kenya's Banking Amendment Act, 2016
By Kamami Christine Michira Mweti, Bowmans Kenya Kenya's real interest rate spread, among the highest in the world, has been a source of great public concern. Rightly or wrongly, the spread has been blamed on avarice on the part of banks. Recent...
  ACQ Magazine   25 Nov 2016  23:00   

The growing arm of South Africa's CCMA
...have jurisdiction to hear employment disputes involving South Africans that arise abroad? Potentially, writes Bowmans associate Nonkululeko Mkhwanazi. A word of caution to South African companies with branches outside of South Africa:...
  The Global Legal Post   25 Nov 2016  16:00   

Bowmans employees pledge to prevent women and child abuse
An average of 142.2 sexual offences are recorded by the South African Police Service (SAPS) in South Africa every day. In 2015/16, more than 50 000 sexual offences were recorded by SAPS in one year, a figure that is thought to be much higher in...
  Skills Portal   25 Nov 2016  10:00   

Despite lack of studies on health benefits, sugar-drinks set for tax
...marginal. Treasury officials said the subject is open for discussion and proposals are welcome. - Subban is a partner at Bowmans specialising in customs, excise and international trade, Sher and Li are candidate attorneys at the law firm....
  Business LIVE   25 Nov 2016  07:00   

Petroleum: Finding common ground
...minister of finance during the production stage, taking into account the nature and financial viability of the project. Bowmans oil and gas head David Forfar says the department's decision to change the free-carry clause was the result of...
  Financial Mail   25 Nov 2016  07:00   

16 days of Activism: Bowmans employees pledge to prevent women and child abuse
An average of 142.2 sexual offences are recorded by the South African Police Service (SAPS) in South Africa every day. In 2015/16, more than 50 000 sexual offences were recorded by SAPS in one year, a figure that is thought to be much higher in...
  Insurance Gateway   24 Nov 2016  10:00   

National minimum wage a step closer
...it will be implemented. But we may reasonably expect it to happen during 2017,' says Christ Todd, head of employment at Bowmans in SA. He said in a Skills Portal report that the 'potential impact of a national minimum wage is that if it is set...
  Legalbrief   23 Nov 2016  13:00   

Blockchain technology is set to improve trust in international trade...
...technology in the banking system. This is according to Nicola Nel, an associate in the Shipping & Logistics Practice at Bowmans law firm in Durban. Nel explains that blockchain is the revolutionary concept behind the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, and...
  Insurance Gateway   23 Nov 2016  07:00   

New national minimum wage gets closer to implementation with release of Nedlac...
Chris Todd, head of Employment at Bowmans. On 20 November 2016, the report of the advisory panel to National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) on the issue of a national minimum wage was published. It recommended a national minimum...
  FANews   22 Nov 2016  09:00   

New national minimum wage gets closer to implementation with release of Nedlac...
...it will be implemented. But we may reasonably expect it to happen during 2017," says Christ Todd, Head of Employment at Bowmans in South Africa. Todd explains that there have been ongoing discussions at the National Economic Development and...
  Africa Legal Jobs   21 Nov 2016  22:00