Companies defy annual returns deadline
Friday, July 08, 2016
Earlier this year, CIPA announced they had decided to take action against companies that have been failing to comply for the past five years by giving them until April to submit their annual fees and penalties.
In an interview with BusinessWeek on Wednesday, CIPA Awareness and Communications Manager Marietta Magashula said from the 60,000 companies that were notified of their default only 500 approached CIPA to rectify the issue.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....