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…

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  • 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.

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  • 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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