Registering the company

CIPC, name reservation, sole proprietor or (Pty) Ltd, shelf companies.

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  • Shareholders and directors

    A director runs the company; a shareholder owns it. In small companies they are usually the same people, which is exactly why the distinction goes unexamined…

    Content Agency26 August 2026

  • Your first week as a registered company

    Registration is the beginning of the obligations, not the end of the task. Most of what follows takes an afternoon each, and none of it happens automatically.

    Content Agency26 August 2026

  • Choosing a company name

    You can register without one at all. And registering a name gives you an entity, not a monopoly on the words — which surprises people regularly.

    Content Agency26 August 2026

  • Sole proprietor or (Pty) Ltd?

    Trading as yourself, or creating a separate legal person to trade for you. Almost everything else follows from it — and for a business not yet earning, the…

    Content Agency26 August 2026

  • Registering a company

    You do not need a registered company to start trading — and there is a point at which not registering starts costing you. What the trade actually is.

    Content Agency25 August 2026

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