We live in the so-called age of "transparency". Individual and corporate behaviour is required to be transparent, and transparency is touted as an attractive quality of organisations.
Nevertheless corporate and government corruption not only continues unabated, but, contrary to what some officials may claim, is still annually on the increase.
There are methods and means for corruption reduction, but ability, will, ingenuity and determination are sadly lacking.
Enforcing transparency (doing things in an open and honest manner) is one way of attempting to control corruption.
Disclosure is a part of transparency. Disclosure of certain corporate information is entrenched in South African corporate legislation. In the "old days", if you wanted to get statutory information about a CC or PTY, you had to write to the powers that be, attaching revenue stamps, and the process could take up to 4 weeks. Now you can obtain the information online within 1 hour.
Please visit the following Order page and follow the directions there. |