Companies Amendment Act will be counter-productive and harmful
Sakeliga strongly criticized the proposed Companies Amendment Act (“the Act”) in its comments to the portfolio committee on Trade, Industry and Competition.
Sakeliga welcomes and supports two promising initiatives in Ditsobotla
Bringing stability and prosperity back to local economies and communities is crucial to avoiding a cascading destabilisation. Sakeliga considers Ditsobotla a promising case for developing answers that could scale to other municipalities.
Public interest litigation: a high-impact tool for responsible business
Rather than to complain about state failure and harmful policy, Sakeliga was established as an outcome-focussed entity with an unambiguous value proposition – impactful litigation to establish a healthy business environment stewarded by an independent and resilient – state-proof – business community. Sakeliga is a premier vehicle for businesspeople and organisations to create scalable solutions to state failure.
Action recap: Sakeliga improves property protection against land invaders
Sakeliga’s urgent intervention upheld crucial legislation against land invasions, enhancing property protections.
Action Recap: Sakeliga’s historic BEE-victory
Sakeliga achieved the first significant setback for harmful BEE policies when we reversed illegal BEE and local content regulations in public procurement, unlocking billions in potential savings.
Sakeliga rejects Sahpra’s BEE conditions for medical products
Sakeliga rejects the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority’s (Sahpra) proposed BEE conditions for the manufacture, import, prescribing and trading of health products and medical equipment. Sahpra’s plan to make BEE a prerequisite in the medical industry is contained in a new draft policy entitled “Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment Policy for Issuance of Licences”. The […]
Court finds Sakeliga’s Auditor-General application laudable, but legislative amendments require a longer process
The Gauteng High Court found today that Sakeliga’s attempt to shed light on the dysfunctionality of municipalities is laudable, but due to recent amendments to the law, a longer process must follow. Sakeliga will, therefore, continue its action to obtain the Auditor-General of South Africa’s (the “AG”) detailed management reports on decaying municipalities. We regret […]
Stop load reduction
STOP LOAD REDUCTION Support this case Why this case? This court case against Eskom seeks to bring relief to businesses and other paying direct end users of Eskom who have been subjected since 2021 to “load reduction” — irregular power outages implemented on top of load shedding. Correspondence accessed by Sakeliga indicates that Eskom is […]
Speed up drastic interventions at Ditsobotla municipality
Sakeliga is now asking for a court order to force the national government to intervene directly in the Ditsobotla local municipality (Lichtenburg and Coligny) and to empower community organisations to undertake emergency interventions.
Remove obstructions to alternative electricity
REMOVE OBSTRCUTIONS TO ALTERNATIVE ELECTRICITY Support This Case Bring obstructions to our attention Why this case? Sakeliga is currently investigating options for legal action to remove obstructions to alternative electricity in South Africa. We invite business people and others, who have concrete needs for legal assistance on a principled basis, to approach us. The large-scale […]