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Business Law Focus

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Artificial Intelligence
South Africa
South Africa VAT Threshold
Value-Added Tax (VAT)
Inflation
Small and Medium Enterprises
SARS
EU AI Act
Corporate Tax
Inclusive Growth
General Anti-Avoidance Rule
ECOWAS
AGOA
Africa Free Trade Area
OECD
Turnover Tax System
Rand (south African Currency)
Excise Taxes
Harvard Business School
Boston Consulting Group

The Business Law Focus podcast series covers the latest and most important developments in business law and tax. Through exclusive interviews with leading experts in the field and the lawyers actually arguing the most important cases, these interviews cut through the noise to provide legal insights that matter for the C-suite, entrepreneurs and professionals.

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In a world where each regional competition regulator has distinct merger control triggers and thresholds, assessment frameworks, regulatory powers, policy prerogatives and stakeholders to appease, it may become a case of too many cooks spoiling the b... more

The 22 April 2026 judgment of the Constitutional Court in Absa Bank Limited and Another v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service marks a significant development in South African tax law. For the first time, a higher court has provided aut... more

The recent withdrawal of South Africa’s Draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy by the minister of communications and digital technologies was an extraordinary and embarrassing saga. The very document meant to govern AI in South Africa had been... more

In this edition of Business Law Focus, host Evan Pickworth interviews Charles de Wet, a Tax Executive at ENS. Charles has more than three decades of experience advising local and international clients across multiple industries.

Notably, he was pa... more

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Recent Guests

Lesetja Morapi
Legal expert on competition law, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Episode: Is regulatory red tape disincentivising investment in africa?
Albertus Marais
Tax lawyer presenting the case analysis
AJM
Episode: Landmark Constitutional Court judgment clarifies scope of South Africa’s general anti-avoidance rule
Ashlyn Perumal
Partner at Baker McKenzie, South Africa; head of the IP Tech Division
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Episode: The jagged frontier of AI and law
Charles de Wet
Popular budget commentator with decades of experience; contributed to VAT implementation in 1991
Episode: Expect an inclusive growth balancing act in budget 2026
Johan Steyn
Authority on AI for business and law firms
aiforbusiness.net
Episode: AI ethics and the law: A wake-up call for South Africa’s legal profession
Avishkar Harriparsad
Partner at PKF Durban, trade and tax advisor
PKF Durban
Episode: Navigating Tariff Turbulence
Megan Landers
Senior Manager at Specialist Tax Advisors, AJM
AJM
Episode: Getting paid to post? Here’s What SARS expects from influencers
Leonard Willemse
Director at AJM, specialist tax advisory firm
AJM
Episode: South Africa’s VAT threshold: Why R1 million no longer adds up

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Evan
Host of the show, focused on business law and tax developments

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South Africa’s VAT threshold: Why R1 million no longer adds up
Q: What number should we be looking at for South Africa?
The inflation-adjusted target discussed at a Tax Practitioners conference points toward around 2 million rand as the new threshold, with a separate consideration to raise the voluntary threshold to about 100,000 rand to balance registration incentives.
South Africa’s VAT threshold: Why R1 million no longer adds up
Q: How do we compare globally, Leonard?
OECD benchmarks place South Africa as a moderate VAT threshold compared with high-threshold European economies; while places like the UK and Germany have higher thresholds (around 2 million rand-equivalents when adjusted), the more comparable peers for SA are other economies with similar SME mix, suggesting a higher threshold could be considered to encourage growth.
The jagged frontier of AI and law
Q: What does a robust verification chain look like in a law firm?
A four-layer approach consisting of logging every AI touch, attestation by a lawyer, dual control for high-stakes work, and dedicated tooling to keep verification cost-effective and scalable.
The jagged frontier of AI and law
Q: What does the jagged frontier mean for lawyers and regulators in practical terms?
It means understanding where AI can safely assist with processing, summarizing, and drafting while recognizing its limits, especially in providing reliable citations and regulatory positions; practitioners must verify outputs against primary sources.
Is regulatory red tape disincentivising investment in africa?
Q: What are the next steps there and the implications for a new transaction in pipeline?
Deal teams should check the new thresholds, reassess filing fee budgets, and plan a coordinated, continent-wide timeline considering both regional and national regulators to avoid conflicting requirements and penalties.

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The show consistently covers intersections of business, tax, and regulation, with a strong emphasis on practical implications for dealmakers, firms, and policy audiences. Episodes frequently feature tax and corporate-law experts analyzing Africa's regulatory landscape, VAT and GAR implications, AI governance in the legal sector, and tariff/trade considerations affecting exporters. Listeners can expect rigorous, practitioner-focused discussions that translate complex rules into actionable guidance for executives, counsel, and finance teams. A standout pattern is the prominence of regional policy and enforcement dynamics (notably in Africa), the rising role of technology (AI, data, SaaS) in legal and tax contexts, and a preference for guest e... more

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