Insights & blogs
Articles and longer writing from the practice.
Tax, companies, property and the work of making South Africa home.
Insights
Insight · 1 April 2026
Law, tech and AI in South Africa
Celine Bakker
Insight · 16 October 2025
Virtual commissioning of affidavits: where do we stand now?
Sienna Barnes
Insight · 8 April 2025
VAT increase on 1 May 2025
Stefan le Roux
Insight · 4 April 2025
When is a claim barred by prescription?
Celine Bakker
Insight · 25 February 2025
Key amendments to the Companies Act
Sienna Barnes
Insight · 2 February 2025
Doing business in South Africa
SL Law
Insight · 1 February 2025
Can terms of a contract be unilaterally waived?
Celine Bakker
Insight · 25 November 2024
ChatGPT — do you copy?
Celine Bakker
Insight · 6 November 2024
Capital gains tax is not a property tax
Alexander Bouwer and Stefan Le Roux
Insight · 21 October 2024
Unlock tax efficiency: asset-for-share transactions
Alexander Bouwer
Insight · 18 April 2024
The Shifren principle: a golden goose or an ugly duckling?
Celine Bakker and Alexander Bouwer
Insight · 1 May 2023
Does wet ink still hold water in the sale of land?
Stefan Le Roux and Celine Bakker
Insight · 30 March 2023
Pride without prejudice
Celine Bakker
Insight · 22 February 2023
Budget speech summary 2023
Stefan Le Roux, Phillip Sampson, Celine Bakker and Luke Da Silva
Insight · 9 February 2023
When e-legal turns illegal
Celine Bakker
Insight · 20 September 2022
Your last will and testament
Phillip Sampson and Celine Bakker
Insight · 30 May 2022
Water rights: can I sell or lease the water on my farm?
Lydia McKay
Insight · 3 May 2022
Withholding tax: a non-resident seller may pay less, or nothing
SL Law
Insight · 29 April 2022
Solar systems and registration
Celine Bakker
Insight · 29 March 2022
The time of our lives
Celine Bakker
Insight · 19 November 2021
A body corporate’s perceived nest egg
Stefan Le Roux
Blogs
Blog · 29 October 2025 · Mathys Briers-Louw
Post-emigration income: the big shake-up
Leaving South Africa does not end the tax conversation. Income that still has a South African source, and assets that stay behind, need a structure that matches the new residence position.
Blog · 26 August 2025 · Stefan Le Roux
Buying property with cryptocurrency
A purchase price in cryptocurrency is an attractive idea. It does not fit a conveyancer’s trust account, and it is not legal tender. The rand still has to land.
Blog · 4 December 2024 · Phillip Sampson
Making South Africa home
A visa, a house and a tax number are three different files. Treating them as one conversation is how inbound clients actually land.
