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Background Brutes Air Solutions is an importer and distributor of high-end oil-free and oil-injected air compressors. The company, which was…

Background SepSci Lab Rentals is an equity partnership between Westbrooke Alternative Rental Income Assets Ltd (“Westbrooke Aria),a Section 12J Company,…

Background Mobile Macs was founded in 2015 when the entrepreneurs who started the businesses identified a need in the quick…

The Section 12J tax incentive is having a positive effect on South Africa’s hospitality industry, unlocking new hotel developments and…

Many so-called community shareholders share dissident shareholders’ concerns about gaming vs fast-food investments.
The board of embattled empowerment group Grand Parade Investments (GPI) must surely be giving serious consideration to a settlement with a group of dissident shareholders.

There are more than 100 registered Section 12J companies in South Africa and is estimated that the market has raised more than R3.6 billion in investments.

S12J was instituted in 2009 with a 12 year sunset clause for 2021. We are technically at the six year midpoint – the right time to question whether S12J is a success.

Disgruntled investors have been lining up well-qualified candidates to possibly take over from long-serving directors
Disgruntled minority shareholders at Cape Town-based empowerment company Grand Parade Investments (GPI) are intent on beefing up lean returns by shaking up the board of directors.

Taking Stocks with Nastassia Arendse

Jarred Winer in studio to discuss the opportunities in small cap stocks.

The attraction of the upfront income tax relief, via Section 12J, is that it effectively reduces the cost of the investment, thereby boosting overall returns.

The venture capital incentive in terms of section 12J of the Income Tax Act, No. 58 of 1962 (the Act), is a mechanism attempting to accelerate the economy and enhance private investment and equity funding in small and medium-sized South African businesses.