Introduction and overview / Farouk H.I. Cassim -- Partnerships / Farouk H.I. Cassim, Maleka Femida Cassim -- Business trusts / Richard Jooste -- The legal concept of a company / Rehana Cassim -- Types of companies / Maleka Femida Cassim -- Formation of companies and the company constitution / Maleka Femida Cassim -- Corporate capacity, agency and the Turquand rule / Farouk H.I. Cassim -- Groups of companies and related persons / Richard Jooste -- Shares, securities and transfer / Richard Jooste, Jacqueline Yeats -- Corporate finance / Richard Jooste -- Governance and shareholders / Rehana Cassim -- Governance and the board of directors / Rehana Cassim -- Corporate governance / Rehana Cassim -- The duties and the liability of directors / Farouk H.I. Cassim -- The auditor, financial records and reporting / Joanne Shev, Richard Jooste -- Public offerings of company securities / Jacqueline Yeats -- Fundamental transactions, takeovers and offers / Maleka Femida Cassim, Jacqueline Yeats -- Shareholder remedies and minority protection / Maleka Femida Cassim -- Enforcement and regulatory agencies / Maleka Femida Cassim -- Business rescue and compromises / Farouk H.I. Cassim -- Winding-up / Jacqueline Yeats -- Insider trading and market manipulation / Richard Jooste, Rehana Cassim -- Transitional arrangements / Maleka Femida Cassim, Farouk H.I. Cassim -- Close corporations / Richard Jooste, Joanne Shev.