South Africa

View contact details and general information for some of the leading hotels and resorts in South Africa.

There are many reasons foreign investors, including investors from other countries in Africa, continue to look at South Africa as an investment opportunity on the continent. South Africa has a highly developed, sophisticated legal system that is comforting to foreign investors looking to invest in Africa and in South Africa specifically. The country also has a very well...

The law in South Africa is primarily derived from RomanDutch law, but it has been extensively influenced by English common law. Since the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (the “constitution”) came into effect, all statutory and common laws became subject to the constitution, with the effect that courts must now develop our law in line with the...

Taxes that are levied by the national government of South Africa under the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962 (the Act) include the following:

Foreign investors should thoroughly plan before they invest in South Africa. Once they have done that, it should be a smooth process, as the country’s tax system is among the most developed in the world. South African residents are taxed on their worldwide income. Non-residents are taxed only on their South Africansourced income. A company is considered a South African...

The continent’s largest drugs market, South Africa has a well-established pharmaceuticals manufacturing base that contributes 1.6% to GDP and employs 9600 people directly, and another 11,100 indirectly. Since 2009 pharmaceuticals spending has risen by a compound annual growth rate of 10%, from $3.01bn to a projected $4.9bn in 2014, according to sector information,...