Following hot on the heels of our second ngoLAW Brief, issued on 3 November, is this, the third and last ngoLAW Brief of 2025, packed with all sorts of views, information, updates and links to useful resources. In this Brief: What are the most important qualities of great Board members?

Following our September issue “All Systems Go (or not)” which , if you missed it, can be accessed here: https://ngolawsa.co.za/ngolaw-brief-september-2025/ This Brief contains some links to useful resources and engagements, some of which will be explained in this Brief (with links in each section) but, for those in a hurry,

This is the first ngoLAW Brief of 2025, after a long hiatus. We have not stopped writing, but have just not managed to get it out to you. A couple of (very kindly worded) emails from subscribers asking about when there would be another Brief have prompted action to get this

This interview series with our #Nonprofit Service Provider Classifieds advertisers aims to unveil the stories and motivations behind those who specialise in uplifting and guiding the nonprofit community. In this interview, we get to know Nicole Copley, NGOLaw. Read the full article here

This is the first ngoLAW Brief of 2024 and coming to you a bit later than usual, as it has been a busy (and tough) first quarter of the year for ngoLAW, and many others.  And it comes to you on an auspicious day, as we await results from our journeys to

First the news that the latest iteration of the “Spy Bill” (which looks like being rushed through committees and Parliament in the dying days of 2023 in the same way that the FIC General Laws Amendment Act was in 2022) has dropped specific references to security vetting of all NGOs, but is

Non-profits must be alert to a new threat to their freedom of association and ability to operate from a draft Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill. (This article was written by Nicole Copley, and appeared in the Daily Maverick on 03 Sep 2023)

Welcome to June!- the past couple of months have brought more regulatory changes to the sector, including the final versions of: the NPO Act Regulations (the draft version was dealt with in our previous Brief) and the new Companies Act Regulations (which we will deal with in our next Brief).

https://youtu.be/YmwxQhQceNA This link is to a high-speed panel discussion, featuring Nicole and hosted by Trialogue, on Corporate “Foundations” Trialogue’s primary research shows that 43% of companies surveyed in 2022 managed some or all of their corporate social investment (CSI) through a separate legal entity, 28% through trusts and 15% through

This year has begun with a bang, as the contents of this Brief will show- there are three major regulatory changes for the NGO sector to understand and respond to: A major expansion of the FICA Schedule of “accountable institutions’ and who it now applies to; New 18A receipt rules, effective